Windows 10 takes over 10 minutes to boot

Megahertz · 16 Feb 2021

Megahertz said:

Did you try a clean boot?
Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts

TheDewd said:

Yes.

And what were the results? Fast boot , the same or something else?

TheDewd · 16 Feb 2021

Megahertz said:

And what were the results? Fast boot , the same or something else?

It had zero effect it took the same amount of time to boot

Megahertz · 16 Feb 2021

A clean boot doesn't load startup programs.
Try a safe boot mode so it only loads the basic drivers.
Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10

TheDewd · 16 Feb 2021

Megahertz said:

A clean boot doesn't load startup programs.
Try a safe boot mode so it only loads the basic drivers.
Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10

Safe mode boots perfectly fine very fast.

Samuria · 16 Feb 2021

You have a lot of rubbish running at start the AV we have lots of problems with that have you tried disabling all the startup that say High onedrive can do it if there is a lot to sync what was the results of winver?

TheDewd · 16 Feb 2021

Samuria said:

You have a lot of rubbish running at start the AV we have lots of problems with that have you tried disabling all the startup that say High onedrive can do it if there is a lot to sync what was the results of winver?

I've disabled everything and it had no effect. Also, I've updated windows and tried the beta build as well which I'm on.
Windows version 20H2 (OS build 19042.804)

Must be some Microsoft service making it take forever if it still happens with all startup programs and non-windows services disabled

Megahertz · 16 Feb 2021

TheDewd said:

Safe mode boots perfectly fine very fast.

If a clean boot was the same (You disabled ALL startup programs and ALL non MS services, didn't you?) I would say you have a problematic driver(s).
zinou is the one to help you trace the issue.

TheDewd · 16 Feb 2021

Megahertz said:

If a clean boot was the same (You disabled ALL startup programs and ALL non MS services, didn't you?) I would say you have a problematic driver(s).
zinou is the one to help you trace the issue.

I'll send him a message, thanks

link to WPR log : Slow boot.Boot_1.etl - Google Drive
Had a lot of dropped events with this

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Looks like I fixed it by updating my bios. I guess I should've tried this before but I didn't think it had anything to do with bios. Thanks everyone for helping though

RolandJS · 17 Feb 2021

RolandJS said:

I mention HardDisk Sentinel because it could be a slow dying harddrive, I just want to rule in or rule out the SSD. Google returned: "Safe for SSDs? • Hard Disk Monitoring - Hard Disk Sentinelwww.hdsentinel.com › forum › viewtopic... Yes of course, I can confirm that Hard Disk Sentinel is 100% safe to be used with SSDs. The goal is exactly to support both hard disk drives, SSDs, hybrid drives, pendrives, memory cards and further devices too - in a single software. Yes, the tests can be used on SSDs too..."

I'm quoting myself because the more I read this thread, the more I wonder if we need to rule in or rule out a slow imminent harddrive failure. When my HDDs began their decline, it did not matter Normal, Safe mode - Windows was not acting right at all.