After doing a complete reinstall of Windows 7 on my Crucial M4 SSD, I'm noticing it takes considerably longer to boot into Windows than it used to on my previous install. I suspect there could be a lot of potential causes for this, but I'm not sure where to even start. Any suggestions?
A ssd should take less then 30 seconds, and even for a ssd, that`s long.
Have you done all the updates ? ( Specifically the chipset drivers )
Is it connected to an Intel 6 Gbps sata port ?
Has Intel Rapid Storage Technology been installed ?
The boot time depends on how you calculate it. If you are referring to a cold boot, the POST process takes longer than the time it takes Windows 7 to load once the system hands it off to the OS. The time from when I first see the Windows logo to where the login screen appears is usually about 15-30 seconds on my laptop, but that doesn't include the POST boot time.
As I already stated, my opinion is that boot time is insignificant and performance is what counts.
My MSI box takes 20 seconds from the time I push the power button to the desktop :)
That`s what I consider a bootup.
But we still don`t have a clue to his actual boot time.
My system boots in ~40 seconds as a rule on a WD Green HDD (this is my recently completed reinstall).
Make sure your motherboard SATA drivers are up to date (or at least working).
I had all sorts of "fun & games" trying to get my 3TB HDD working.
It turns out the motherboard SATA driver couldn't handle 3TB HDDs.
Once I deleted it and fell back to the W7 SATA driver, my issues went away.
Can you post a picture of your disk management. I suspect the bootmgr landed on a HDD.
OP seems to be awol.
In addition compare the install you did with the perfect install compiled in Clean Reinstall Windows 7
Be sure to operate with a Clean Boot and use the other tools, methods and optimizations which work best with Win7.
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