30-40 second boot time on SSD - can't seem to lower it no matter what

Steve C · 02 Aug 2021

Wisewiz said:

Okay, so with regard to your advice above, should I use my MTPW to mark the System partition (boot drive, C:) Active, and THEN mark the System Reserved partition Inactive?

Your advice, as always, is appreciated.

Here is my laptop configuration as supplied by HP:

30-40 second boot time on SSD - can't seem to lower it no matter what-image.png

Wisewiz · 02 Aug 2021

Seems we have a near match. But I thot your advice was to make all parts except the Boot part inactive. You and I have the System Reserved active, and none of the others, including C:.

30-40 second boot time on SSD - can't seem to lower it no matter what-parts-active-c3.jpg

Edited: This is the right computer for the match. I posted an image from the wrong one earlier.

Wisewiz · 02 Aug 2021

@Steve C
I think I've figured out that you recommend one Active on the system-boot disk, and no Actives on any other disk. Is that right?

Steve C · 02 Aug 2021

Wisewiz said:

@Steve C
I think I've figured out that you recommend one Active on the system-boot disk, and no Actives on any other disk. Is that right?

Yes, unless you have a dual OS boot system

Wisewiz · 02 Aug 2021

Gotcha. Thanks.

cosmicdrive · 30 Aug 2021

I have managed to lower the BIOS time significantly down to 16 seconds by disabling "XHCI hand-off" and "Legacy USB support" as well as disabling my on-board wifi and sound card since I use ethernet and an external audio interface. I had never considered these settings before. Hopefully this helps anyone who may find this thread in the future. If you have these settings, consider turning them off to see if it helps you.