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Slow boot time with M.2 NVME SSD - help needed with trace analysis
I have Windows 10 21H2 installed on a Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVME SSD, and my boot times are not what I would expect from this setup--typically 30 to 50 seconds from cold start to lock screen. I've been troubleshooting this for a while and I've tried everything in the BIOS (board is ASUS Z390-E) that I can think of, like disabling any unnecessary features (Bluetooth/WiFi/audio) and choosing the faster memory check options. I've also tried eliminating all startup programs but that doesn't make any difference versus having the few programs I want turned on for startup.
I've seen a few other people on these forums (Booting from m.2 drive is much slower than it should be, Boot Time painfully slow on WD m.2 SSD Drive) post their boot traces so I logged a boot trace myself, but I don't know where to begin with identifying any issues in the analyzer. Would appreciate anyone with more knowledge than myself taking a look at the trace:
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