First Time Boot Failure

[medo271]

Nearly always when I first power up my PC the boot fails. It displays the motherboard logo , even sometimes passes by the windows 8 logo , then a blank screen & I have to reset my computer , which solves the problem.

Why does the first time boot always fail ?

 

[dodger46]

Nearly always when I first power up my PC the boot fails. It displays the motherboard logo , even sometimes passes by the windows 8 logo , then a blank screen & I have to reset my computer , which solves the problem.

Why does the first time boot always fail ?

Probably because Fast Startup fails. Info is written to the Hiberfile to speed up the boot process, and in some cases the info is corrupt. When you reset the Fast Startup is not employed and you are able to boot.
Try Windows Diagnostics to fix the problem...

First try System File Checker
Windows key plus 'X'
Choose Command Prompt (Admin)
Type sfc /scannow then Enter

It finds and fixes errors in Windows, but doesn't always report them. Run it and see if the fault disappears after re-booting your system
If corrupt files are found that can’t be fixed, try

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (Observe spaces before /)

Re-run SFC

To view CBS Log

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

Search C drive for sfcdetails.txt or navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and scroll down.

If the problem persists turn off Fast Startup from CMD Prompt as above, type powercfg -h off then Enter

 

[medo271]

Nearly always when I first power up my PC the boot fails. It displays the motherboard logo , even sometimes passes by the windows 8 logo , then a blank screen & I have to reset my computer , which solves the problem.

Why does the first time boot always fail ?

Probably because Fast Startup fails. Info is written to the Hiberfile to speed up the boot process, and in some cases the info is corrupt. When you reset the Fast Startup is not employed and you are able to boot.
Try Windows Diagnostics to fix the problem...

First try System File Checker
Windows key plus 'X'
Choose Command Prompt (Admin)
Type sfc /scannow then Enter

It finds and fixes errors in Windows, but doesn't always report them. Run it and see if the fault disappears after re-booting your system
If corrupt files are found that can’t be fixed, try

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (Observe spaces before /)

Re-run SFC

To view CBS Log

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

Search C drive for sfcdetails.txt or navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and scroll down.

If the problem persists turn off Fast Startup from CMD Prompt as above, type powercfg -h off then Enter

Only by turning off the Fast Startup was the problem fixed !

So what's the problem ?

 

[dodger46]

Wish I knew what causes it, but it's not unusual. Somewhere between recording the Windows kernel to the Hiberfile and reading the info on boot there is an error, but I have no answer as to how to fix. Personally I use 'Sleep' a lot, I also have one machine that can't wake from sleep or use Fast Startup, but as it runs on an SSD I'm not too bothered. (I can wait the extra 5 seconds!)
If SFC and Dism don't help there's always Refresh and Reset, but I wouldn't hold your breath, most likely to go to a lot of trouble re-installing everything only to find the problem persists... I had hoped the 8.1 upgrade would improve matters...

 

[medo271]

Actually I reinstalled everything & still the same problem. Guess there's nothing bad about waiting for the extra 5 secs. Thanks a lot