Windows 10 takes 15-20 minutes to boot up with SSD

[anthonychristianuy88]

Hello! Recently bought a new PC with the following specs

CPU: i7-8700
MOBO: Gigabyte b360M H
GPU: Asus cerberus gtx 1070ti
RAM: 2x8gb DDR4 2400 Kingston hyperx black
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2tb
SSD: 240gb Kingston a400
PSU: Seasonic m12II Evo 620w 80 bronze

I installed windows 10 through a bootable USB. The process is here: ( I used the first method) https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html

Everything is set, I have installed the GPU drivers.
I went and shut down my PC then turned it on again. The screen displays options to go to Boot menu, BIOS settings, and it usually takes 10 mins of that popping up before it displays a picture of Gigabyte' logo. That goes on for 5-10 more minutes before I can see the lock screen. I dont know why my PC is booting up really slowly as I have installed windows 10 to my SSD.

I've been looking at some forums and some say its a HDD problem, an SSD problem, or a Windows problem, but none of those situations are like mine,

Some side issues that popped up:
1. Windows couldn't detect my 2 tb HDD so I went to Disk Management and created a new simple volume for it. Set it to its standard properties. Working
2. I cant seem to detect my external HDD even at disk management ( Im not sure if this issue is related.) Still not working

Thanks for your answers

 

[anthonychristianuy88]

Id like to add that it also takes a long time to shut down. The screen is off but i could still see the PC working

 

[Zapthos]

Sounds like a BIOS issue. Try updating it. Update it to F3 or higher, as F3's log is showing it's improved the startup time. I recommend using the highest version possible. You can find the BIOS files down below. Note: Updating your BIOS is at your own risk, only do it when the changelog is showing it's fixed the issue you want to get rid of. If anything goes wrong, contact Gigabyte to see if there are any recovery options to revert to the old BIOS.

How to update a Gigabyte BIOS: https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/FAQ/308
BIOS files for your mobo: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B360M-H-rev-10#support-dl-bios (for anyone else reading it, please go to the driver page of your own motherboard, not this one!)

Update: If you have the OS installed on UEFI mode, try BIOS, or if you have it installed on BIOS mode, try it on UEFI mode. You should also try doing the same steps as before, since there is a new version of Windows 10 released. If you download the tool from the link you put in the post, it should now give you 1809 instead of 1803. If nothing helps, try Windows 7 or 8.1. If it works, you have something that's still decent. You can install Windows 10 once you've fixed the issue.

 

[BadAsAl]

If you hit the key to go to your boot menu and manually pick the SSD does it boot within a minute?

Did you have the 2 TB or any other drive connected when you installed Windows 10? If you did, then remove all other hard drives and redo the install on the SSD making sure to delete all partitions and starting with 100% unallocated space.

 

[Monty_Tuplo]

The solution given here worked for me: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/bmh6do/dell_1809_black_screen_after_startup/