Desktop Win10 boots fast, laptop takes forever

tenforums tutorial on downloading an iso file to install Win 10.

MS media creation tool. Google.

Any large file- a large video file would do. Doesn't have to be an iso. Just big enough to give enough time to capture the transfera few seconds after it starts- and neat to be able to cancel before it completes.

clif9710 said:

I'm baffled about how to copy from desktop to the same desktop. Copying from one drive to another I understand, but to copy a file from a location to the same location is something I don't know how to do.

Right click the file on the desktop, select copy then select paste. It will then copy a file {original filename} - copy

Some further information...

For a cold boot it takes 3 minutes before the Windows request for password appears.
Then it takes another 90 seconds for the desktop to appear.

Here is a .5 gig video file, desktop to desktop...



And here is Autoruns...

For a HDD, that looks ok.. presumably that's your laptop.

Does your desktop also use a HDD? Or a SSD?
And how long does that take from cold boot to lock screen?

(There are other factors of course that affect boot time).

=> your desktop and laptop actually behave identically. At least, that's how you've answered my question...

The laptop times are typical for a HD.
This 8 year-old laptop with a SSD takes around 9s from cold boot to lock screen.

How much HD activity there is to desktop display depends on startups. Even with a SSD this can take noticeable time.