Slow boot time even after Win7 reinstall

mralisson · 10 Dec 2011

Hi,

I had experienced slow boot time since 30 days ago (aprox 4 minutes). I don't remember any software install or significant change that may be caused that issue. Since yesterday, my system was unable to start. Tried Win7 Repair, but no sucess. Tried to install again, fail. By doing some research, I detached my 3 SATA HD's (RAID) and install was 100%. After Win7 reinstall on SSD, all drivers installed, I re-attached my 3 SATA HD's (RAID) and slow boot issue came back :-(

My RAID is 100% operational according to system's BIOS. I'm able to create, delete and recover my past installation files within this RAID.

But, even after a fresh install of Win7, with my RAID disks attached, the boot time is very slow.

Can you guys help me?

My system is i7 9600K, 16GB RAM, Kingston 64GB SSD, 6TB RAID 0 (3x2TB), Asus P8Z68 Deluxe.

Alisson

writhziden · 10 Dec 2011

Try resetting your CMOS, software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and temporary memory:

1. Backup your system and user files for the RAID drives.
2. Go into your BIOS and load default settings to clear the CMOS memory.
3. Save Settings and exit the BIOS.
4. Shut down and turn off the computer.
5. Unplug the computer from the wall or surge protector (then remove the battery if it is a laptop).
6. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds to clear the software connections between the BIOS and hardware and clear any corruption in the temporary memory.
7. (If it is a laptop, plug the battery back into the laptop and then) Plug the computer back into the wall.
8. Turn it on to reinitialize the software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and post back how it runs.
9. Setup your RAID drives again.

gregrocker · 10 Dec 2011

Since you're able to pinpoint a date when the slow boot began, consider running System Restore.

May I ask why you are using RAID? WIn7 doesn't much like RAID and we see only problems with it here.

What we know from your description is that Win7 itself is running fine until you connect the RAID.

I would personally move the data off the RAID, turn it off to wipe each HD then format to use individually as storage. Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

scrooge · 10 Dec 2011

writhziden said:

Try resetting your CMOS, software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and temporary memory:

1. Go into your BIOS and load default settings to clear the CMOS memory.
2. Save Settings and exit the BIOS.
3. Shut down and turn off the computer.
4. Unplug the computer from the wall or surge protector (then remove the battery if it is a laptop).
5. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds to clear the software connections between the BIOS and hardware and clear any corruption in the temporary memory.
6. (If it is a laptop, plug the battery back into the laptop and then) Plug the computer back into the wall.
7. Turn it on to reinitialize the software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and post back how it runs.

if the cmos is cleared that will kill the raid 0 there by losing all the data on the drives. so if you do it make sure you have backups of the data.

scrooge

mjf · 11 Dec 2011

These tutorials may be helpful
Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace

Boot Times - Monitor with Event Viewer

A Guy · 11 Dec 2011

As well as all these great suggestions, you might try Soluto, and see if it doesn't point to the culprit. A Guy

writhziden · 11 Dec 2011

scrooge said:

writhziden said:

Try resetting your CMOS, software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and temporary memory:

1. Go into your BIOS and load default settings to clear the CMOS memory.
2. Save Settings and exit the BIOS.
3. Shut down and turn off the computer.
4. Unplug the computer from the wall or surge protector (then remove the battery if it is a laptop).
5. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds to clear the software connections between the BIOS and hardware and clear any corruption in the temporary memory.
6. (If it is a laptop, plug the battery back into the laptop and then) Plug the computer back into the wall.
7. Turn it on to reinitialize the software connections between the BIOS and hardware, and post back how it runs.

if the cmos is cleared that will kill the raid 0 there by losing all the data on the drives. so if you do it make sure you have backups of the data.

scrooge

Excellent point. Sorry I left that out. That should have been the first step...