Windows 10 extremely long boot time, need help analyzing WPA trace


  1. SlowBootWin10
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    Windows 10 64bit
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    Windows 10 extremely long boot time, need help analyzing WPA trace


    Hello,

    Just updated my Acer Aspire E17 laptop to windows 10 and it takes ages to boot, almost 5 minutes until it's usable. It was slow before on Win 8.1 but not this slow. Windows is installed on an HDD, Win10 version 1901(Build 18363.592).

    Quick specs: CPU i5-5200U, Nvidia GeForce 820M, 12GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB HDD.

    I ran Windows Performance Recorder with Boot as Performance Scenario but I need help anaylzing it.
    Uploaded the .rar on Dropbox: Dropbox - WOHNZIMMER-PC.01-23-2020.11-55-22.Boot_1.rar - Simplify your life

    Quick preview of the boot phases timeline.
    Windows 10 extremely long boot time, need help analyzing WPA trace-boot-phases-timeline.png

    Appreciate any help and advice,

    Thanks.
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  3. FreeBooter
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    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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    Hello SlowBootWin10, and welcome to Ten Forums.

    You should perform clean boot state to find out if any startup service or program causing the slow boot problem.

    Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts
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  4. SlowBootWin10
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    I did a Clean Boot and it was about 40 seconds faster but still needs over 2 minutes until I see Desktop.
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  6. FreeBooter
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    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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    If you are using third-party antivirus program uninstall it to find out if problem resolves.
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  7. SlowBootWin10
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    Only Windows Defender is running. There was third party antivirus installed before but I uinstalled it and cleaned registry.
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  8. eLPuSHeR
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    Windows 10 Home x64
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    Hello.

    Check your hard disk drive for possible incoming failure.
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  9. Megahertz
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    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
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    eLPuSHeR said:
    Hello.
    Check your hard disk drive for possible incoming failure.
    Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
    chkdsk C: /f
    It will say that the disk is in use and if you want to schedule to next start = Yes
    Restart

    Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks, bad clusters, bad sectors etc...
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  10. wiganken
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    Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
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    Agree with other replies. I see the machine is a Acer Aspire E17 so does that mean it is around 6 years old? If so then it might be getting old for a laptop/notebook and showing its age. You're not running out of disk space are you? Have you run both stages (including Clean up system files) of 'Disk Clean-Up' to recover disk space? Post-upgrade to Windows 10 there could be gigabytes of unnecessary data cluttering up your HDD.

    Also have you (ever) defragmented the disk?

    Has it been kept in a dusty atmosphere? If so then, over time, it might have collected dust inside affecting component cooling. Has it ever had an air-duster applied to clean it out?

    Incidentally I spotted your typo. You will be running Windows v1909 not v1901.
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  12. Matthew Wai
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    Windows 10 Home 20H2
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    Consider using DiskGenius to check for bad sectors and using Defraggler to defragment the disk if no bad sectors are found.
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