Question Extremely slow boot Windows 10

Simsmax

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Problem with 6 month new desktop (Windows 10 Pro 64 on SSD), once installed was very fast, a few seconds and Windows ready to go.

Now
the Windows takes about 4 minutes to startup, that is insane compared to 5~10 seconds from initial installation.

I'm advanced user and no bloatwares installed, always checking msconfig and services to disable unecessary stuff.
The PC is still very fast after the startup, so I presume is not any hardware problem.


UserBenchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15397703


What I've tried so far:

  • Windows updates all up to date
  • Graphic driver updated
  • Power plan maxed out
  • Hibernation disabled (so the option of fast startup is not even there)
  • msconfig tweaked
  • task schedule tweaked
  • services tweaked
  • CCleaner used, temporary files cleaned, registry fixed
  • Disk fragmentation all perfect (0% fragmented, up-to-date)
  • Scandisk found no errors on SSD (Windows drive)
  • More than 50% free storage on 250gb SSD
  • Disk cleanup done
  • Cleared System32\WDI directory



I'm running out of ideias, a fresh installation is the last thing I want. Any advices or tests to do?
 
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You might try unplugging some of those ancient hard drives to see if it speeds things up.

You can forget about 3200MHz memory speeds with more than two memory slots filled.
I suggest 2666MHz for two modules.

Memory Configurations
Dual ChannelSingle Rank2 of 2DDR4-2933
2 of 4DDR4-2933
4 of 4DDR4-2133
Double Rank2 of 2DDR4-2667
2 of 4DDR4-2400
4 of 4DDR4-1866
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_7/2700x

CPU-z should tell you if you have Single or Double Rank memory.
 
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Simsmax

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Done tests disconnecting everything.
Leaving only the SSD, GPU (necessary because Ryzen), 1 stick of 8GB RAM (also changed the stick to test if the only stick left was not faulty).

Same result, now I timed the Windows startup, it takes 3-4 minutes no matter if I remove RAM or the ancient magnetic HDDs or not, or change the RAM sticks.

So this excludes problems with RAM and the ancient magnetic HDDs.
 
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