It was only slightly faster. I think I'm going to perform a clean install as suggested above. I really appreciate everyone's help and I will update the thread if everything starts working fine. :)

zbook I performed a clean boot but I'm not sure how to analyze the boot. Is there a utility installed that can do this for me?

@zbook here are the results of your first 6 instructions:

C:\Windows\system32>sfc/scannow

Beginningsystem scan. This process will take sometime.

Beginningverification phase of system scan....

Oh, alright I was not aware of that. Perhaps it is the best option considering I have nothing of value on this PC yet...

AndreTen, I'm just concerned that if I've had these problems after a system reset once already, why would it not happen again?

Ok, got it thank you! I am working on it now...

I've never dealt with the events viewer before. What exactly am I looking for?
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I suppose I wasn't properly specific enough. My PC was stuck on the ASUS logo while it was loading the OS was loading for about 10 hours the first time and 3 hours the second time. It didn't fail so...

I did not, but looking now it says windows automatically checked yesterday. Are there any other troubleshooting ideas you may have?

Hi there everyone,

I was hoping that someone might be able to help me figure out what is going wrong with my new Windows 10 PC because it is starting to impede my ability to use my computer. I've...