Computer takes along time to boot AFTER Windows Restart

Evoss · 2 Sep 2011 at 17:00

Hey all,

Seeking some advice for this incident.

Scenario: When I restart the computer via Windows Orb --> little arrow --> Restart, it starts the shutdown process quickly.

However, once it has started to restart it pauses on the motherboard screen for a considerable time longer then if it was a cold start and then when it gets to "Starting Windows" the logo does not appear for a considerable amount of time either, increasing boot time by around 1-2 mins.

If I do a cold start on the machine it is into Windows within less then 30 seconds, just when I issue the Windows Restart command it seems to take forever to restart.

Any ideas what this could be?

Thanks,
Evoss

Evoss · 2 Sep 2011 at 17:46

Could this be software, mobo, hdd or ram?

yashiro · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:59

Check your event log.

thedoc46 · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:06

start by unplugging devices, and see if one particular device is hanging it up. That includes internal drives, obviously not your boot drive mind.

Scuzzy · 2 Sep 2011 at 21:06

I had a similar problem with an older sata1 maxtor HD, when I disconnected it the pc started fine, so I just sold the maxtor and bought a new spare drive.

Buchanan0204 · 3 Sep 2011 at 03:45

Try disabling all startup programs and non microsoft services. "Msconfig" run command if you don't already know that?

Try that and see what it's like?