Windows 7 takes over 4 minutes to startup!

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Hi everyone,

Basically my computer takes just over 4 minutes to load Windows from turning it on. It hangs on the Windows 7 logo for over 3 minutes. Then when the Windows login screen loads I'm unable to use the mouse & keyboard for about 30 seconds which normally doesn't happen. So it can take over 5 minutes just to get to my desktop :(.

Any idea how I can resolve this issue as it shouldn't take nowhere near this amount of time, especially since it's decent spec machine (i5 2500k CPU, 4GB memory etc).

Would really appreciate some help, thanks a lot!
 
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What hard drive are you using? CPU overclocked?

I would set CPU to stock setting, get into windows and run a full test on the OS drive with something like HD Tune
 
may well be waiting for a USB device have you tried disconnecting anything USB (other than kb / mouse)

not a fix but will help you work out whats it is / is not
 
asim18 said:
Has it always been like this from the start or did it gradually get slower over time?
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It's always been like this to be honest.

mp260767 said:
what have you got loading at startup.
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Honestly hardly anything. I've disabled a few things. Asus suite and desktop gadgets from what I remember.
edscdk said:
may well be waiting for a USB device have you tried disconnecting anything USB (other than kb / mouse)

not a fix but will help you work out whats it is / is not
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Not yet. All I have is a usb network adapter, keyboard and mouse.
 
Guest2 said:
What hard drive are you using? CPU overclocked?

I would set CPU to stock setting, get into windows and run a full test on the OS drive with something like HD Tune
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Not overclocked at the moment no. Hdd is samsung 2tb. Hd tune is that free at all?
 
Rossuk89 said:
Not overclocked at the moment no. Hdd is samsung 2tb. Hd tune is that free at all?
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yep, its free

Also get Boot Racer. My Q6600@stock, 4gb and velociraptor drive takes 24 seconds total to boot (17 seconds to Windows and 7 seconds to load everything else)

I think your HDD may be up the duff, or you have about 150 processors running on startup
 
During that loading screen it's loading all PnP drivers and specifically checks all USB devices, try connecting the stuff you have in the USB ports to other ports, or try leaving out the network card for example and see if it speeds up.
We had at work a keyboard that was causing all those type of errors so it can literally be anything like all the above have already suggested too.
 
It'll be a USB issue or a HDD issue.

Open a cmd prompt, type in chkdsk /f and then say yes to it restarting and dismounting the drive.
 
Hey guys sorry for the late reply, was at work.

Ok so this is the startup program list:

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As you can see it's not much.

HD Tune benchmark:

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I'll try restarting without the wireless network adapter and see if that helps.
 
No, it doesn't delete anything, if it did I wouldn't post it. It just schedules a disk check on your OS drive on the next startup.
 
One thing that can slowdown Windows 7 startup (tho it won't add 4 minutes to it) is if you use a blank colored desktop background or a small image repeatedly tiled - can add upto about 90 seconds to startup time due to some random bug.
 
Rroff said:
One thing that can slowdown Windows 7 startup (tho it won't add 4 minutes to it) is if you use a blank colored desktop background or a small image repeatedly tiled - can add upto about 90 seconds to startup time due to some random bug.
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Never knew that, here's my desktop:

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