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Desktop Win10 boots fast, laptop takes forever
I have an i7 (4th generation) desktop PC that boots very fast and a i5 (8th generation) laptop that takes forever to boot. Both run Win10.
In particular the laptop HD churns seemingly forever before finally calming down allowing me to do my regular work. Another peculiarity is a blank command line window opens for a minute or so and then closes. This doesn't happen on the desktop.
I have limited Windows update to once a month, thinking that constant updates might be slowing the laptop but that has had little if any effect. I have disabled all startup processes.