So, I've changed nothing with my PC and Windows 11 is now SLOW booting

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I can't figure this out unfortunately so I hope someone has been in the same situation as me and can give me some pointers.

My PC used to fast boot. Literally 10 seconds from pressing power on to the windows 11 desktop.

Now it takes forever. Like 5 minutes. Of course, it used to be standard in 2002 :D lol

What on earth has happened?

I've changed nothing with my startup options, I've not messed with any options, and I've added no new hardware or peripherals.

How do I get my fast boot back? :(
 
Mapped network drives? if they are struggling to reconnect at startup (i.e. the device they are mapped to is online but very slow responding) that can delay OS boot sometimes.

I'd also manually purge/reset fast start up and/or disable and re-enable it or vice versa to see if that solves it.

Sometimes Windows 10/11 will update drivers automatically without you realising - when sometimes a newer driver is problematic - as always completely daft idea by the hapless Windows team.
 
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Rroff said:
Mapped network drives? if they are struggling to reconnect at startup (i.e. the device they are mapped to is online but very slow responding) that can delay OS boot sometimes.

I'd also manually purge/reset fast start up and/or disable and re-enable it or vice versa to see if that solves it.

Sometimes Windows 10/11 will update drivers automatically without you realising - when sometimes a newer driver is problematic - as always completely daft idea by the hapless Windows team.
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No mapped network drives and enabling and disabling seems to have no effect at all on it.
 
It look like your SSD boot files are corrupted or SSD failure.

Someone had similar issue 4 years ago took 10 mins to reached desktop, reinstalled Windows fixed slow SSD boot time and reached desktop in 15 secs.

www.ifixit.com

SOLVED: SSD Booting SUPER slow - Desktop PC

Hi @king217 , Check in Event Viewer to see if there are any obvious problems showing. (Right click Windows Start button on Taskbar and select Event Viewer link) If nothing obvious try repairing the Win Startup using a USB Recovery drive Boot the PC using the Win 10 USB recovery disc. (Ifyou... -...
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Launch Terminal and try DISM repair and scannow.

1. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
2. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
3. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
4. SFC /scannow

If SFC detected corrupted files, repeat step 1 to 4 again to see if SFC fixed all corrupted files 2nd time.

5. Run defrag on your SSD.

6. Download CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark to check your SSD status, health and speed.


Restart PC after you completed all steps and see if it fix slow 5 mins boot time.

If these steps will not fix your slow boot time then best to reinstall Windows 11 which should fix slow boot time.
 
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AthlonXP1800 said:
It look like your SSD boot files are corrupted or SSD failure.

Someone had similar issue 4 years ago took 10 mins to reached desktop, reinstalled Windows fixed slow SSD boot time and reached desktop in 15 secs.

www.ifixit.com

SOLVED: SSD Booting SUPER slow - Desktop PC

Hi @king217 , Check in Event Viewer to see if there are any obvious problems showing. (Right click Windows Start button on Taskbar and select Event Viewer link) If nothing obvious try repairing the Win Startup using a USB Recovery drive Boot the PC using the Win 10 USB recovery disc. (Ifyou... -...
www.ifixit.com www.ifixit.com

Launch Terminal and try DISM repair and scannow.

1. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
2. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
3. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
4. SFC /scannow

If SFC detected corrupted files, repeat step 1 to 4 again to see if SFC fixed all corrupted files 2nd time.

5. Run defrag on your SSD.

6. Download CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark to check your SSD status, health and speed.


Restart PC after you completed all steps and see if it fix slow 5 mins boot time.

If these steps will not fix your slow boot time then best to reinstall Windows 11 which should fix slow boot time.
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Thanks a lot for your response. I'll check the info first and see if i have to go through with reinstalling. THANK YOU
 
AthlonXP1800 said:
It look like your SSD boot files are corrupted or SSD failure.

Someone had similar issue 4 years ago took 10 mins to reached desktop, reinstalled Windows fixed slow SSD boot time and reached desktop in 15 secs.

www.ifixit.com

SOLVED: SSD Booting SUPER slow - Desktop PC

Hi @king217 , Check in Event Viewer to see if there are any obvious problems showing. (Right click Windows Start button on Taskbar and select Event Viewer link) If nothing obvious try repairing the Win Startup using a USB Recovery drive Boot the PC using the Win 10 USB recovery disc. (Ifyou... -...
www.ifixit.com www.ifixit.com

Launch Terminal and try DISM repair and scannow.

1. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
2. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
3. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
4. SFC /scannow

If SFC detected corrupted files, repeat step 1 to 4 again to see if SFC fixed all corrupted files 2nd time.

5. Run defrag on your SSD.

6. Download CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark to check your SSD status, health and speed.


Restart PC after you completed all steps and see if it fix slow 5 mins boot time.

If these steps will not fix your slow boot time then best to reinstall Windows 11 which should fix slow boot time.
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Step 5 is somewhat questionable. You really shouldn’t defrag a SSD. It doesn’t need it.
 
Philtor said:
Step 5 is somewhat questionable. You really shouldn’t defrag a SSD. It doesn’t need it.
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You really should defrag to retrim a SSD about once every month to keep SSD healthy and longer life.

When I used Samsung 850 EVO as OS drive 4 years ago and installed SSDLife app on 15 March 2019 when SSD health was 100% at the time then checked it once a month I noticed SSD health was dropped to 99% then few months later it dropped to 95%!!! Then I was very concerned when SSD degraded just in a matter of few months after never been defrag SSD after read lots of advices on internet said you dont need to defrag SSD. I decided to defrag SSD once every month then 1 year later I was very pleased to see health still at 95% and nearly 4 years later still at very good health 94% after 202TB data written. That just for Windows and download Windows Update every month and no games installed. Games installed on both Western Digital Blue 4TB SSHD and 2TB Samsung 980 Pro m2 NVMe.

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If I never defrag my SSD then today health would been about 50% and have very short life.

It really very important to defrag (retrim) your SSD once every month to remove garbage collections which caused SSD health to degrade.

www.techtarget.com

What is SSD TRIM? | Definition from TechTarget

Learn about SSD TRIM, a command for the ATA interface that enables an operating system to inform a solid-state drive which data blocks it can erase.
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AthlonXP1800 said:
You really should defrag to retrim a SSD about once every month to keep SSD healthy and longer life.
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Windows 8 onwards will automatically analyse and retrim solid state drives as required - pretty sure the default is On with weekly schedule (it is showing as off in your screenshot) - generally it will happen every 20-40 days without user intervention though earlier in an SSD or OS install life it can happen more often as you are installing more stuff, etc.

SSDLife gives me 94% health also on my 840 Evo which is 3 years, 5 months, 29 days and 9 hours working life without any manual trimming.
 
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There has to be a conflict somewhere, Win 11 is as snappy as ****, better than Win 10. Thats on a 3 year old Sabrent Rocket which is supposed to be toast by now?
 
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