booting up on my laptop became very slow (SSD)

Hello @frozensun,

frozensun said:

On my laptop Zenbook UX31A booting up Windows sometimes is painful slow.
It takes almost 5 min,like it's HDD not SSD to boot up to desktop.
What would be my first step to troubleshoot this issue?
SSD is size 114 GB and 42 GB is free.

There are many posts on this forum that cover this. As a start, please perform the following . . .

 SFC and RestoreHealth

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Highlight ALL the commands below.

IMPORTANT:

• It is recommended when running SFC that Fast Startup is turned OFF [ Turn it back ON when finished ] => How to Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10
  
  
• If SFC finds any ERRORS that it can NOT repair, run SFC again upto 3 more times, Restarting after each to allow any pending actions to be implemented.
  
  
• DISM will initially try and Repair ANY Corrupted or Missing files using the Component Store.
  If this is NOT possible, DISM will use Windows Update. Therefore, Internet access is required.
  If you are NOT connected to the Internet, you will receive a Error: 0x800f081f.

[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Paste.
[5] Press Enter.

Code:

sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

• When the above has finished processing . . .

[6] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Edit > Select All.
[7] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window again > Edit > Copy.

• Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

[8] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
[9] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

• In your post it will look like this . . .

Code:

<<< Results here >>>

 SFC Error Report

However, if there are STILL SFC ERRORS . . .

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Highlight the command below.

NOTE:

If you have a Relocated Desktop, then change the %UserProfile% part of the Command below to the actual path of the Relocated Desktop folder.

[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Paste.
[5] Press Enter.

Code:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\SFC_Details.txt"

• This will create a SFC_Details.txt file on the Desktop.

EITHER:

Copy & Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

[1] Open the SFC_Details.txt file in Notepad.
[2] Press the Ctrl + A keys together.
[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
[5] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

• In your post it will look like this . . .

Code:

<<< Results Here >>>

OR:

UPLOAD the file => How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums.

I hope this helps.

Hello @frozensun,

Also. let us see what you have loading [ Apps/Programs/Services/Utilities/etc ] at Startup.

 MSConfig

[1] Press the Win + R keys together to open the Run dialog box.
[2] Type msconfig in the Run dialog box > Enter.
[3] Click the Startup tab.
[4] Expand the Startup Item and Manufacturer columns so that ALL the data is showing.
[5] Sort the Startup Item column so that ALL the enabled items are at the top [ click Date Disabled column ] .
[6] Post a screenshot . . .

> How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums.

I hope this helps.

Hello @frozensun,

frozensun said:

[1] What is John's Background Switcher?
[2] Where are the other 2 results?