How to optimize windows10 - XP still seems faster

The OP has 6 GB of RAM as I do. My Windows 10 works normally.

Hi all
Thanks for suggestions.
1. what does normal specifically mean, i.e. what should I expect in my case?
2. any optimization tools recommended to debug my issue? As mentioned I have tried system mechanic and ccleaner wo. any substantial effect.
Br Peter

It is normal for a restart to take 90 seconds on an HDD as shown in my screenshot.
It is worse than normal to take 163 seconds on an SSD in your case.

Have you tried HD Tune website?

Unfortunately, the BSOD analysts do not use it.

Hi Matthew
Pls. find attached log file from tune up script.

Started on 28-04-2021 at 16:28:58,21
[SFC /ScanNow]
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Results:

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

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Started on 28-04-2021 at 16:35:01,70
[DISM /online /cleanup-image /ScanHealth]
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.844
Image Version: 10.0.19042.928

No component store corruption detected.
The operation completed successfully.

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Started on 28-04-2021 at 16:39:27,46
[DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth]
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.844
Image Version: 10.0.19042.928

The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

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The second "SFC /ScanNow" was skipped, as the first had output the following:
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
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Started on 28-04-2021 at 16:43:51,82
[ChkDsk /Scan]
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is OSDisk.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
787712 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 19.57 seconds.
10878 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.23 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
1723 reparse records processed.
1023568 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 36.22 seconds.
0 unindexed files scanned.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 5.63 seconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 0.78 milliseconds.
1723 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 20.02 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 98.18 milliseconds.
117929 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 0.19 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
36106952 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Phase duration (USN journal verification): 321.32 milliseconds.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

243656468 KB total disk space.
183366532 KB in 479900 files.
277420 KB in 117930 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
899768 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
59112748 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
60914117 total allocation units on disk.
14778187 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 1.03 minutes (61901 ms).

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Started on 28-04-2021 at 16:45:11,04

AutoReboot
TRUE

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[Set AutoReboot = False]
Updating property(s) of '\\PETER-WIN7-DESK\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Pro|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1"'

Property(s) update successful.

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AutoReboot
FALSE

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DebugInfoType
3

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[Set DebugInfoType = 7]
Updating property(s) of '\\PETER-WIN7-DESK\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Pro|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1"'

Property(s) update successful.

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DebugInfoType
7

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[WMIC PageFile list]
AllocatedBaseSize=3082
CurrentUsage=589
Description=C:\pagefile.sys
InstallDate=20161116133413.228857+060
Name=C:\pagefile.sys
PeakUsage=592
Status=
TempPageFile=FALSE

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AutomaticManagedPagefile
FALSE

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[Set AutomaticManagedPagefile = True]
Updating property(s) of '\\PETER-WIN7-DESK\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_ComputerSystem.Name="PETER-WIN7-DESK"'

Property(s) update successful.

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AutomaticManagedPagefile
TRUE

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[BcdEdit /enum {badmemory}]
RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {badmemory}

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Finished on 28-04-2021 at 16:45:13,79

The script found nothing wrong.
Try HD Tune and see whether it will find something wrong.

HD Tune website

Thanks Matthew.
Will try this HD tune script now.
Another question: seems that the restart-time.vbs script is not consistently providing the result.
So why is that and where do I find the result in the case it is not displayed?
br Peter

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Which of the HD tune tests do you need?