[SOLVED] Substantially decrease your Windows 10 boot time speed

[jon96789]

Go to Control Panel, Power Options, Choose what the power buttons do, Change plan settings that are currently unavailable and enable Turn on fast startup (recommended) if it is disabled.

It dropped my boot time from 55 seconds to 25 on my M.2 NVMe SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

And fast startup can make troubleshooting a pain later on.

The Pros and Cons of Windows 10's "Fast Startup" Mode

Windows 10's Fast Startup (called Fast Boot in Windows 8) works similarly to the hybrid sleep mode of previous versions of Windows.

www.howtogeek.com

25 seconds on your NVMe drive? That's not great.
My SATA III SSD system boots up in about 30 seconds, without fast startup on.

Lastly, 'boot time' is the least metric to worry about. 20 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec....no big deal, unless you're looking for bragging rights.

 

[jon96789]

Before the Windows 10 1909 update, the boot time was about 30 seconds, after the update, the boot time was over a minute... I just wanted to get it back up to speed...

 

[USAFRet]

Before the Windows 10 1909 update, the boot time was about 30 seconds, after the update, the boot time was over a minute... I just wanted to get it back up to speed...

You applied the wrong solution to a different 'problem'.
What caused the boot time to increase? Not just the v1909 update...but something else.

 

[jon96789]

You are right... Using the quick boot lost connections to my network drives on startup... I had to revert to normal boot to regain access to them... I guess I just have to live with the slow boot...

 

[Colif]

Fast startup plays havoc with drivers not written for the new power mode used by fast startup.

What are specs of the PC? Its likely you need to update some motherboard drivers to get your speed down to a reasonable time.

Fast startup only helps hdd, anyone with ssd or faster should see no benefit from it as their devices are so fast they can load the drivers almost as fast as having them in ram at startup (which is what fast startup does - shutdown doesn't turn PC off, it just puts it to hibernate mode, so when you start up again, copies of the drivers that were running at shutdown are already in ram).

I normally have it off, it means if I have to unplug PC after shutdown, I don't run risk of corrupting boot files.

 

[jon96789]

System Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Motherboard: ASUS X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
GPU: MSi NVidia GeForce RTX2070 Gaming Z 8 GB RAM
Memory: 4x 8GB Corsair LPX Vengeance 3000 MHz DDR DIMMs
Hard Drive: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 NVMe
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum Pro mounted on top
Case: Corsair 750D Full Tower with two intake fans in front and one exhaust fan on rear
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray writer
Power Supply: Corsair CX850M
OS: Windows 10 Professional Build 1903 18362.535)*

*My mistake, the update that was installed a couple of weeks ago was an update to 1903... That one took a long time, about 40 minutes to install... When I just checked for updates, the OS stated the version I have is the most current...

 

[Colif]

Did you install Asus AI Suite as it includes a function called ez update that I think can update drivers for board... i know it updates bios versions. Its under utilities here - https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Crosshair-VIII-Hero/HelpDesk_Download/

if you don't want to install AI suite, can you run driverview for me - all it does is shows what drivers are currently running - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html
If you run it, can you go into view and set it to hide all Microsoft drivers, that will reduce list size
can you take a screenshot from (and including) driver name up until (and including) creation date. Upload screenshot to an image sharing website and show link here.

I will check what you have installed against Asus website and suggest a few updates.

I have the same build number as you do and yet I have 1909 installed. The last patch I got just before 1909 took about same length of time as you mention.

 

[jon96789]

Here is a list...

amdgpio2.sys	128​	System Driver	AMD GPIO Controller Driver	2.2.0.121	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc	AMD GPIO Controller Driver
AMDPCIDev.sys	117​	System Driver	AMD PCI Device driver	1.0.0.74	Advanced Micro Devices	AMD PCI Device driver
amdpsp.sys	52​	Dynamic Link Library	amdpsp sys	4.11.0.0	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. amdpsp sys
AMDRyzenMasterDriver.sys	178​	System Driver	AMD Ryzen Master Service Driver	1.4.0.0	Advanced Micro Devices	AMD Ryzen Master Service Driver
AnyDVD.sys	120​	Installable Driver	AnyDVD Filter Driver	8.3.4.0	RedFox	AnyDVD
AscFileFilter.sys	204​	System Driver	AscFileFilter	13.0.7.15	IObit	Advanced SystemCare
AscRegistryFilter.sys	205​	System Driver	AscRegistryFilter	13.0.7.15	IObit	Advanced SystemCare
BHDrvx64.sys	105​	System Driver	BASH Driver	12.0.2.10	Symantec Corporation	BASH
ccSetx64.sys	67​	Application	Common Client Settings Driver	17.2.2.11	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Security Technologies
CorsairLLAccess64.sys	179​	System Driver	Corsair LL Access	1.0.16.0	Corsair Memory, Inc.	Corsair LL Access
CorsairVBusDriver.sys	137​	System Driver	Corsair virtual bus driver	3.0.87.0	Corsair	Corsair virtual device driver
CorsairVHidDriver.sys	200​	System Driver	Corsair virtual device driver	3.0.87.0	Corsair	Corsair virtual device driver
cpuz145_x64.sys	197​	Unknown
cpuz148_x64.sys	195​	Unknown
dump_dumpfve.sys	157​	Unknown
dump_dumpstorport.sys	155​	Unknown
dump_stornvme.sys	156​	Unknown
e1i65x64.sys	116​	Network Driver	Intel(R) Gigabit Adapter NDIS 6.x driver	12.17.10.8	Intel Corporation	Intel(R) Gigabit Adapter
eeCtrl64.sys	101​	Application	Symantec Eraser Control Driver	119.1.0.89	Symantec Corporation	ERASER ENGINE
ElbyCDIO.sys	100​	Display Driver	ElbyCD Windows x64 I/O driver	6.1.3.0	Elaborate Bytes AG	CDRTools
ene.sys	99​	Unknown
EraserUtilRebootDrv.sys	102​	Application	Symantec Eraser Utility Driver	119.1.0.89	Symantec Corporation	ERASER ENGINE
HWiNFO64A.SYS	199​	System Driver	HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver	10.38.0.0	REALiX(tm)	HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver
IDSvia64.sys	97​	Unknown	IDS Core Driver	17.2.0.341	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Intrusion Detection
Ironx64.SYS	70​	Application	Iron Driver	9.1.0.17	Symantec Corporation	Iron
Monitor_win10_x64.sys	198​	Dynamic Link Library	IObit Temperature Monitor	1.2.0.11	IObit	Advanced SystemCare
nvhda64v.sys	145​	Sound Driver	NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver	1.3.38.21	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver
nvlddmkm.sys	121​	Display Driver	NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 441.41	26.21.14.4141	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 441.41
nvvad64v.sys	132​	Sound Driver	NVIDIA Virtual Audio Driver	4.13.0.0	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA Virtual Audio Driver
nvvhci.sys	134​	System Driver	Virtual USB Host Controller driver	303.0.0.0	NVIDIA Corporation	Virtual USB Host Controller driver
PxHlpa64.sys	46​	Dynamic Link Library	Px Engine Device Driver for 64-bit (x86-64) Windows	3.1.1.0	Corel Corporation	PxHlpa64
rt640x64.sys	115​	Network Driver	Realtek 8125/8136/8168/8169 NDIS 6.40 64-bit Driver	9.1.409.2015	Realtek	Realtek 8125/8136/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapters
SRTSP64.SYS	202​	Driver	Symantec AutoProtect	15.7.9.15	Symantec Corporation	AutoProtect
SRTSPX64.SYS	93​	Driver	Symantec AutoProtect	15.7.9.15	Symantec Corporation	AutoProtect
SYMEFASI64.SYS	56​	Driver	Symantec Extended File Attributes	7.3.2.2	Symantec Corporation	EFA
SYMEVENT64x86.SYS	71​	Application	Symantec Event Library	14.0.7.71	Symantec Corporation	SYMEVENT
SymEvnt.sys	203​	Dynamic Link Library	Symantec Eventing Platform	1.5.1.20	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Eventing Platform
symnets.sys	92​	Unknown	Network Security Driver	17.0.2.2	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Security Drivers
tap0901.sys	108​	Network Driver	TAP-Windows Virtual Network Driver (NDIS 6.0)	9.0.0.21	The OpenVPN Project	TAP-Windows Virtual Network Driver (NDIS 6.0)
UcmCxUcsiNvppc.sys	126​	Dynamic Link Library	NVIDIA PPC Function Driver.	1.38.831.832	NVIDIA Corporation	NVPPC

 

[TJ Hooker]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS and chipset drivers, and you can get the Samsung nvme driver here: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/970-evo-plus-nvme-m2

 

[jon96789]

The BIOS and chipset drivers are current... Installed the Samsung driver... No change in boot time... The BIOS splash screen takes 20 seconds before the Windows spinning circle appears. The SSD boot time is 40 seconds.

Before the last update, the SSD boot time was about 15 seconds...

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Just to share my results.

Ryzen 5 2600 @4.2
MSI B350 Gaming Plus UEFI v7A34vMF
Newer Kingston A400 SATA SSD.
Newer Windows 10 install with latest chipset drivers and plenty of programs and games installed.

From power button pressed to login screen is about 16-17 seconds. Another 2 seconds from login to desktop.
Fast boot is enabled.

25 seconds is pretty poor for a 1tb 970 on a moder high end system all things concidered.

 

[jon96789]

Fast boot is enabled in the m/b BIOS... The BIOS still takes 15-20 seconds before the OS starts loading... Another 40 seconds for the OS load... I do not understand why the last Windows update mucked everything up... The Windows load is now triple the time before the update...

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Fresh reinstall will fix it

 

[Colif]

I did ask for creation dates as well, makes identifying old drivers much easier. also didn't expect you to copy in as a table

The BIOS splash screen takes 20 seconds before the Windows spinning circle appears.

not sure a clean install will fix it if the most time lost is before windows shows up

is the blue ray drive internal? in case? i assume from case its internal... just thought if external might be cause of slowdown at startup. 20 seconds before flash screen makes me think bios is waiting for something to answer.

Anything show on the Q code led at boot? its on the motherboard , here is your manual- https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...ERO/E15379_ROG_CROSSHAIR_VIII_HERO_UM_WEB.pdf

What is boot order in bios?


odd this shows as a display driver -

ElbyCDIO.sys

100

Display Driver

ElbyCD Windows x64 I/O driver

6.1.3.0

Elaborate Bytes AG

CDRTools

 

[jon96789]

Blu-Ray drive is internal... Boot order is:

1. USB
2. Blu-Ray
3. SSD

i will have to get back to you about the diagnostic LEDs...

Here's the list again...

Driver Name	File Type	Description	version	Company	Product Name	Modified Date	Created Date
amdgpio2.sys	System Driver	AMD GPIO Controller Driver	2.2.0.121	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc	AMD GPIO Controller Driver	10/1/2019 8:34​	4/17/2019 8:35​
AMDPCIDev.sys	System Driver	AMD PCI Device driver	1.0.0.74	Advanced Micro Devices	AMD PCI Device driver	9/16/2019 16:47​	6/16/2019 19:00​
amdpsp.sys	Dynamic Link Library	amdpsp sys	4.11.0.0	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. amdpsp sys	6/26/2019 22:44​	6/26/2019 22:44​
AMDRyzenMasterDriver.sys	System Driver	AMD Ryzen Master Service Driver	1.4.0.0	Advanced Micro Devices	AMD Ryzen Master Service Driver	7/29/2019 9:36​	7/29/2019 9:36​
AnyDVD.sys	Installable Driver	AnyDVD Filter Driver	8.3.4.0	RedFox	AnyDVD	1/27/2019 23:11​	1/27/2019 23:11​
AscFileFilter.sys	System Driver	AscFileFilter	13.0.7.15	IObit	Advanced SystemCare	7/15/2019 19:33​	12/17/2019 5:27​
AscRegistryFilter.sys	System Driver	AscRegistryFilter	13.0.7.15	IObit	Advanced SystemCare	7/15/2019 19:33​	12/17/2019 5:27​
BHDrvx64.sys	System Driver	BASH Driver	12.0.2.10	Symantec Corporation	BASH	10/2/2019 11:21​	12/19/2019 9:07​
ccSetx64.sys	Application	Common Client Settings Driver	17.2.2.11	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Security Technologies	11/15/2019 18:31​	12/8/2019 14:10​
CorsairLLAccess64.sys	System Driver	Corsair LL Access	1.0.16.0	Corsair Memory, Inc.	Corsair LL Access	9/6/2019 11:26​	9/6/2019 11:26​
CorsairVBusDriver.sys	System Driver	Corsair virtual bus driver	3.0.87.0	Corsair	Corsair virtual device driver	6/25/2019 11:31​	6/25/2019 11:31​
CorsairVHidDriver.sys	System Driver	Corsair virtual device driver	3.0.87.0	Corsair	Corsair virtual device driver	6/25/2019 11:31​	6/25/2019 11:31​
cpuz145_x64.sys	Unknown					N/A	N/A
cpuz148_x64.sys	Unknown					N/A	N/A
dump_diskdump.sys	Unknown					N/A	N/A
dump_dumpfve.sys	Unknown					N/A	N/A
dump_secnvme.sys	Unknown					N/A	N/A
e1i65x64.sys	Network Driver	Intel(R) Gigabit Adapter NDIS 6.x driver	12.17.10.8	Intel Corporation	Intel(R) Gigabit Adapter	3/18/2019 18:43​	3/18/2019 18:43​
eeCtrl64.sys	Application	Symantec Eraser Control Driver	119.1.0.89	Symantec Corporation	ERASER ENGINE	10/9/2019 5:15​	8/15/2019 20:08​
ElbyCDIO.sys	Display Driver	ElbyCD Windows x64 I/O driver	6.1.3.0	Elaborate Bytes AG	CDRTools	5/14/2017 6:29​	5/14/2017 6:29​
ene.sys	Unknown					5/22/2019 6:44​	9/2/2019 0:29​
EraserUtilRebootDrv.sys	Application	Symantec Eraser Utility Driver	119.1.0.89	Symantec Corporation	ERASER ENGINE	10/9/2019 8:32​	8/15/2019 20:15​
HWiNFO64A.SYS	System Driver	HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver	10.38.0.0	REALiX(tm)	HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver	12/22/2019 16:41​	12/22/2019 16:41​
IDSvia64.sys	Unknown	IDS Core Driver	17.2.0.341	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Intrusion Detection	8/15/2019 7:38​	12/20/2019 7:54​
Ironx64.SYS	Application	Iron Driver	9.1.0.17	Symantec Corporation	Iron	11/15/2019 18:34​	12/8/2019 14:10​
Monitor_win10_x64.sys	Dynamic Link Library	IObit Temperature Monitor	1.2.0.11	IObit	Advanced SystemCare	7/4/2018 23:25​	12/17/2019 5:27​
nvhda64v.sys	Sound Driver	NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver	1.3.38.21	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver	11/20/2019 14:56​	8/15/2019 22:34​
nvlddmkm.sys	Display Driver	NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 441.41	26.21.14.4141	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 441.41	12/3/2019 10:34​	12/6/2019 19:57​
nvvad64v.sys	Sound Driver	NVIDIA Virtual Audio Driver	4.13.0.0	NVIDIA Corporation	NVIDIA Virtual Audio Driver	4/16/2019 21:42​	8/15/2019 23:55​
nvvhci.sys	System Driver	Virtual USB Host Controller driver	303.0.0.0	NVIDIA Corporation	Virtual USB Host Controller driver	4/16/2019 18:44​	8/15/2019 23:55​
PxHlpa64.sys	Dynamic Link Library	Px Engine Device Driver for 64-bit (x86-64) Windows	3.1.1.0	Corel Corporation	PxHlpa64	9/3/2013 0:01​	8/15/2019 20:27​
rt640x64.sys	Network Driver	Realtek 8125/8136/8168/8169 NDIS 6.40 64-bit Driver	9.1.409.2015	Realtek	Realtek 8125/8136/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapters	3/18/2019 18:43​	3/18/2019 18:43​
secnvme.sys	System Driver	Samsung NVM Express Storport Miniport Driver	3.0.0.1802	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd	Samsung NVM Express Controller	2/13/2018 19:13​	2/13/2018 19:13​
SRTSP64.SYS	Driver	Symantec AutoProtect	15.7.9.15	Symantec Corporation	AutoProtect	11/15/2019 18:29​	12/8/2019 14:10​
SRTSPX64.SYS	Driver	Symantec AutoProtect	15.7.9.15	Symantec Corporation	AutoProtect	11/15/2019 18:29​	12/8/2019 14:10​
SYMEFASI64.SYS	Driver	Symantec Extended File Attributes	7.3.2.2	Symantec Corporation	EFA	11/15/2019 18:40​	12/8/2019 14:10​
SYMEVENT64x86.SYS	Application	Symantec Event Library	14.0.7.71	Symantec Corporation	SYMEVENT	8/15/2019 20:06​	8/15/2019 20:06​
SymEvnt.sys	Dynamic Link Library	Symantec Eventing Platform	1.5.1.20	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Eventing Platform	11/23/2019 7:02​	8/15/2019 20:06​
symnets.sys	Unknown	Network Security Driver	17.0.2.2	Symantec Corporation	Symantec Security Drivers	11/15/2019 18:42​	12/8/2019 14:10​
tap0901.sys	Network Driver	TAP-Windows Virtual Network Driver (NDIS 6.0)	9.0.0.21	The OpenVPN Project	TAP-Windows Virtual Network Driver (NDIS 6.0)	4/21/2016 22:10​	8/16/2019 8:01​
UcmCxUcsiNvppc.sys	Dynamic Link Library	NVIDIA PPC Function Driver.	1.38.831.832	NVIDIA Corporation	NVPPC	11/20/2019 14:56​	12/6/2019 19:57​
uimbus.sys	Unknown	Universal Image Mounter	0.6.0.0	Paragon Software GmbH	Paragon System Utilities	9/12/2017 16:29​	9/12/2017 16:29​
uimdevim.sys	Unknown	Universal Image Mounter	0.6.0.0	Paragon Software GmbH	Paragon System Utilities	9/12/2017 16:29​	9/12/2017 16:29​

 

[Colif]

put ssd as 1st in boot order, it might be waiting on USB or the Blu ray drive before it boots.

I don't suppose you have any USB or DVD's in the devices?

might want to try unpluging the blu ray drive and see if boot times change.

 

[jon96789]

Boot codes:
14 - Pre-memory CPU initialization
15 - Pre-memory system agent initialization
C8 - unknown
33 - CPU post-memory initialization
61 - NVRAM Initialization
39 - Post-memory system agent starting
98 - console input device connecting
64 - CPU DXE Initialization starting
98 - console input device connecting
A2 - IDE Device detect
02 - AP initialization before microcode loading

 

[Colif]

does it show as C8 or just 8 as I can find tons of posts about code 8 errors and Crossfire boards. For example:

Qcode 8 is a problematic code in so much as it's not documented. It is however quite common and many have found it to be a Memory issue. Your Qcode sequence seems to indicate this.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?109300-Asus-Rog-Crosshair-vii-wifi-Qcode-8-error

wonder how you set bios up to be in verbose mode at startup as then we could see which of that stages it sat on the longest.

 

[jon96789]

It's definitely C8...

I just checked the BIOS and the only boot option is Windows Boot Manager which shows the Samsung SSD...

I think my boot order was from the old MSi board...

 

[Colif]

it still looks like it could be a ram issue. increasing voltage to ram might help. For example

Every time I try to overclock the RAM to its advertised speed (3000MHz), the board's Q-Code display shows the code "C8", which doesn't exist in my model's Manual... Then goes on to display "Memory Settings reset because of failure to boot".

link

most cases PC won't even boot so you one up on them.

This might not help, I was just curious
C8 - OEM BDS initialization codes - https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?3018-Maximus-Debug-LED-Codes
BDS = Boot device selection - https://ami.com/en/tech-blog/acronym-soup-what-is-bds/

 

[Jason H.]

my samsung 860 evo loads my whole pc in about 20-30 seconds. Why would anyone need it to be faster lol?

 

[jon96789]

My RAM is rated at 3000 MHZ, but the BIOS configs it as 2166 MHz.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

My RAM is rated at 3000 MHZ, but the BIOS configs it as 2166 MHz.

It will by default. Turn on XMP to get rates speed.

 

[jon96789]

Still haven't figured it out... The RAM has been configured in the BIOS to 3000 MHz.

Question... I do have a number of devices connected to the SATA ports...

This is how it appears in Disk Management:
Disk 0: WD 6TB drive
Disk 1: Samsung QVO 2 TB SATA SSD
Disk 2: WD 6 TB drive
Disk 3: WD 6 TB drive
Disk 4: Toshiba 5 TB drive
Disk 5: Samsung one TB NVMe SSD
Disk 6: LG Blu-Ray drive

Disk 0, 2 & 3 (the three WD Drives) are spanned as one 18TB Drive
Disk 5 is the boot C: Drive

The Samsung NVMe boot drive was installed by itself first and for some reason, it always shows up as the last drive in disk management as I kept adding drives to the system. Another odd bit. The Samsung appears in disk management as 530 MB Healthy (OEM Partition), 100 MB Healthy (EFI System Partition) and as Drive C: 930GB NTFS (healthy, boot and page file)

Would the drive order or the number of drives have an affect on boot times?