My PC takes at least 60 second to bootup now, up from 5-7

[Lucine]

As title say: My PC bootup time slowed down significantly. I bought it back in April this year, so it is only 6 months old. The storage is SSD, but for clearer specs view, check this image:

https://i.imgur.com/2qyrX0N.png

My SSD got 160GB free space. I do not do any heavy write/read on it. Only some gaming here and there. I do not believe my PC is infected with malware (but I'm not 100% certain). The slowdown started out at one day, with nothing to relate to as to why. Extremely confused on what is wrong, or how to fix it. Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[captaincharisma]

if you are not certain then do a full virus scan and do a scan for malware with malwarebytes. if both scans come back clean then do a stress test on your PC with a program like prime95

 

[Lucine]

if you are not certain then do a full virus scan and do a scan for malware with malwarebytes. if both scans come back clean then do a stress test on your PC with a program like prime95

I did a lot of scanning, I'm almost absolutely sure there isn't any malware. I'm just wondering if there are other potential reasons.

 

[geofelt]

What has changed?

Consider using system restore to reset your pc back to a time when all was well.
Possibly windows 10 has installed an update that was less than optimal.

 

[Lucine]

What has changed?

Consider using system restore to reset your pc back to a time when all was well.
Possibly windows 10 has installed an update that was less than optimal.

A Windows Update messing things up was one of the main things I considered, however, it is (the slowdown) been happening for a good 2 weeks now, so I'm not sure if a system restore would be a wise option. Moreover, system restore usually causes me more issues than it solves, so it is not something I prefer to do (nor do I even know if it would let me go back to 2 weeks+ previous state). Might be worth noting though that the slowdown in bootup happens at the bios stage (if that wasn't already clear).

 

[geofelt]

In the bios stage, check to see that an option to scan ram is not set.
Also, look to see if you have any capabilities that are not used.
For example, if you have a dvd player first in the boot order, it will take a measured delay to find out that there is no boot device. A dvd or usb device first in the boot order is normal during install, But later, it is better to move it down past your ssd.

Another possibility is if you have a motherboard with adapters such as added lan or peripheral adapters that you do not use.
It takes time to initialize them.

If you have ram issues, the motherboard takes time to find a setting that works.
Use cpu-Z to see what settings are actually in use after booting.
Then make your bios ram settings match.

Check that you have system restore capability. You may need to configure it.
Then, take a user checkpoint before anything significant is done.
You get to write in some text as a description.
I do this before a windows 10 update.

If trying to restore, you will be pointed to the most recent checkpoint.
But, there will be an option to see more previous restore points that you can select.

 

[Lucine]

In the bios stage, check to see that an option to scan ram is not set.
Also, look to see if you have any capabilities that are not used.
For example, if you have a dvd player first in the boot order, it will take a measured delay to find out that there is no boot device. A dvd or usb device first in the boot order is normal during install, But later, it is better to move it down past your ssd.

Another possibility is if you have a motherboard with adapters such as added lan or peripheral adapters that you do not use.
It takes time to initialize them.

If you have ram issues, the motherboard takes time to find a setting that works.
Use cpu-Z to see what settings are actually in use after booting.
Then make your bios ram settings match.

Check that you have system restore capability. You may need to configure it.
Then, take a user checkpoint before anything significant is done.
You get to write in some text as a description.
I do this before a windows 10 update.

If trying to restore, you will be pointed to the most recent checkpoint.
But, there will be an option to see more previous restore points that you can select.

" In the bios stage, check to see that an option to scan ram is not set."

I'm not sure how to do that.

"Also, look to see if you have any capabilities that are not used.
For example, if you have a dvd player first in the boot order, it will take a measured delay to find out that there is no boot device. A dvd or usb device first in the boot order is normal during install, But later, it is better to move it down past your ssd."

How do I remove the DVD from the boot check?

"Another possibility is if you have a motherboard with adapters such as added lan or peripheral adapters that you do not use.
It takes time to initialize them."

I don't.

"If you have ram issues, the motherboard takes time to find a setting that works.
Use cpu-Z to see what settings are actually in use after booting.
Then make your bios ram settings match."

I downloaded that software, but I have no clue how to make use of it.

"Check that you have system restore capability. You may need to configure it.
Then, take a user checkpoint before anything significant is done.
You get to write in some text as a description.
I do this before a windows 10 update."

Will do.