Very slow Startup- 5:30+ minutes

[Fyreman]

My Startup used to be about 90sec to 2min. About 2 months ago it took longer and longer to get through to where I could start using it. Now it stands at 5+ minutes.

I've done EVERYTHING that has been suggested on this site and others- no help. I've tried to fix the problem and educate myself at the same time. Nothing has worked, I've rebooted at least a dozen times after each solution that was suggested. Any help is GREATLY appreciated...

Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate
SP 1
Intel i5
RAM: 16GB
64-bit OS

 

[johnhoh]

This happened to me when one of the usb ports had aged and the electrical contact had become weak, causing the driver to load super slowly. I would try booting with no usb devices attached except for the keyboard, which should be moved to a different port.

 

[Megahertz07]

Lets do the basic fist.

Open a CMD window.
Type chkdsk c: /f
It will say that the disk is in use and if you want to schedule for next start = Yes

Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks or bad clusters.

 

[Fyreman]

This happened to me when one of the usb ports had aged and the electrical contact had become weak, causing the driver to load super slowly. I would try booting with no usb devices attached except for the keyboard, which should be moved to a different port.

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it did not help. Same- 6+ minutes to load. It seems like it's trying to scan something, but I have very minimal "Startup" programs loaded.

 

[Fyreman]

Lets do the basic fist.

Open a CMD window.
Type chkdsk c: /f
It will say that the disk is in use and if you want to schedule for next start = Yes

Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks or bad clusters.

Thanks for the help, did this and it came back with these results:

Verifying 297728 files processed
0 bad file records processed
2 EA records processed
65 reparse records processed

Did go on to steps 2 & 3, but I did not record that info- sorry.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

 

[Megahertz07]

I want to see the Check disk log

Follow these steps to view the Check Disk (CHKDSK) results:

Open the Control Panel
Open Administrative Tools
Select Event Viewer.
In the Event Viewer expand the Windows Logs
Select the Application log.
Right Click the Application log and select Find
Type wininit in the box and click Find Next
In the middle pane click the Source/wininit line that is found.
In the south pane, you will see the complete log for the latest Check Disk (CHKDSK).

Select all on the south pane, copy and paste it here.

 

[file3456]

Another thing to try is run Autoruns and post the ARN file. Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs


If you don't have very many startup items then this may not be the issue. But it's worth a shot.

 

[Fyreman]

I want to see the Check disk log

Follow these steps to view the Check Disk (CHKDSK) results:

Open the Control Panel
Open Administrative Tools
Select Event Viewer.
In the Event Viewer expand the Windows Logs
Select the Application log.
Right Click the Application log and select Find
Type wininit in the box and click Find Next
In the middle pane click the Source/wininit line that is found.
In the south pane, you will see the complete log for the latest Check Disk (CHKDSK).

Select all on the south pane, copy and paste it here.

Is this what you're looking for?? Following your directions, their is no Middle-South pane. Hope this is it...


Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date: 8/26/2018 10:54:45 AM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Desktop-PC
Description:


Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x361e.
Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x1c985.
297728 file records processed.

File verification completed.
3338 large file records processed.

0 bad file records processed.

2 EA records processed.

65 reparse records processed.

CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
380478 index entries processed.

Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.

0 unindexed files recovered.

CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
297728 file SDs/SIDs processed.

Cleaning up 2051 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2051 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2051 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
41376 data files processed.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34187832 USN bytes processed.

Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

976657407 KB total disk space.
336765560 KB in 234591 files.
155448 KB in 41377 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
433279 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
639303120 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
244164351 total allocation units on disk.
159825780 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 8b 04 00 09 36 04 00 c5 c5 07 00 00 00 00 00 .....6..........
e5 bd 00 00 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....A...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Wininit" Guid="{206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}" EventSourceName="Wininit" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-08-26T17:54:45.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>260301</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Desktop-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x361e.
Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x1c985.
297728 file records processed.

File verification completed.
3338 large file records processed.

0 bad file records processed.

2 EA records processed.

65 reparse records processed.

CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
380478 index entries processed.

Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.

0 unindexed files recovered.

CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
297728 file SDs/SIDs processed.

Cleaning up 2051 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2051 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2051 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
41376 data files processed.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34187832 USN bytes processed.

Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

976657407 KB total disk space.
336765560 KB in 234591 files.
155448 KB in 41377 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
433279 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
639303120 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
244164351 total allocation units on disk.
159825780 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 8b 04 00 09 36 04 00 c5 c5 07 00 00 00 00 00 .....6..........
e5 bd 00 00 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....A...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Megahertz07]

Open a CMD window and type
sfc /scannow
Reboot
If it found any issue, run it again + 2 times, rebooting after each.

What brand is your HDD?

 

[Fyreman]

Another thing to try is run Autoruns and post the ARN file. Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs


If you don't have very many startup items then this may not be the issue. But it's worth a shot.

Thanks for the reply. I checked Autoruns before, not many Startup items, so I didn't think that was the problem.

However, not sure where I could find the ARN file so I could post it here. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

 

[Fyreman]

Open a CMD window and type
sfc /scannow
Reboot
If it found any issue, run it again + 2 times, rebooting after each.

What brand is your HDD?

No issues found.
Seagate Barracuda

 

[Megahertz07]

As Check Disk and System file Check didn't find any logical errors, run Seagate tool to see if there is any hardware problem
Download https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/seatools-win-master/
Run it on the drive.

 

[Fyreman]

As Check Disk and System file Check didn't find any logical errors, run Seagate tool to see if there is any hardware problem
Download https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/seatools-win-master/
Run it on the drive.

Which one should I run?

View attachment Doc4.doc

 

[johnhoh]

Try running a boot log of your startup using procmon. You may be able to find the task that is taking much longer than it should
How To Enable System Boot Time Logging using Process Monitor Tool

 

[Megahertz07]

To post a picture use the paper clip (top left on answering window)

Run Short drive self test

 

[Fyreman]

To post a picture use the paper clip (top left on answering window)

Run Short drive self test

On the picture, I followed the directions till the end and that's what happened. I was rushing it a little. I figured you'd get it open some how...

--------------- SeaTools for Windows v1.4.0.6 ---------------
8/27/2018 3:16:30 PM
Model Number: ST31000528AS
Serial Number: 6VP9NMA7
Firmware Revision: CC38
Short DST - Started 8/27/2018 3:16:30 PM
Short DST - Pass 8/27/2018 3:17:38 PM

 

[Megahertz07]

To post a picture:
- With the snipping tool take a snapshot and save on the computer
- Click on the paper clip - Browse to the file - upload

Please do the do the SMART test.

If you boot on safe mode, does it take almost the same time?

 

[Fyreman]

Try running a boot log of your startup using procmon. You may be able to find the task that is taking much longer than it should
How To Enable System Boot Time Logging using Process Monitor Tool

Okay, I've got the System Boot Log, but I'll need help in deciphering it...

 

[Fyreman]

To post a picture:
- With the snipping tool take a snapshot and save on the computer
- Click on the paper clip - Browse to the file - upload

Please do the do the SMART test.

If you boot on safe mode, does it take almost the same time?

--------------- SeaTools for Windows v1.4.0.6 ---------------
8/27/2018 3:16:30 PM
Model Number: ST31000528AS
Serial Number: 6VP9NMA7
Firmware Revision: CC38
Short DST - Started 8/27/2018 3:16:30 PM
Short DST - Pass 8/27/2018 3:17:38 PM
SMART - Started 8/27/2018 4:08:07 PM
SMART - Pass 8/27/2018 4:08:13 PM

Haven't booted in safe mode yet, I'll check.

 

[Fyreman]

If you boot on safe mode, does it take almost the same time?

This now has become interesting, my NORMAL Boot Time (before I can start using the computer w/o "lag" time ) is now 7+ minutes. When I Boot in Safe Mode, it's about 95 seconds (1 1/2 minutes). WOW!!