Windows 7 RTM - A long boot up

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  1. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
       #1

    Windows 7 RTM - A long boot up


    Hello Seven - Forums.
    Not long ago I installed W7 on my Macbook laptop as a dual-boot with leopard. Recently my boot up became extremely long because of a black screen that contains only a small white line that blinks on the top left corner of the screen. This screen remains for almost 2 minutes before windows starts.

    I already checked the booted drivers to see if anyone is stalling the process , but I've discovered that the drivers only begin to load after that long black screen.

    The only thing I installed recently was Avast , so I thought it may be the problem , but a deletion check proved false and the black screen still remained. Also taking out all USB plugs didnt help either.

    I should also point out that I had Windows XP in a dual - boot with Leopard before and it worked perfectly , there was no black screen. I had an idea of re-installing but I thought it will prove a better solution to ask here first , so I wont go and reinstall for nothing. I guess I should also add that windows itself works perfectly , I have no driver or software errors at all.
    Last edited by skunksmash; 05 Sep 2009 at 12:07.
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  2. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #2

    Please type event viewer in the search box .. open the application section and see if there are any critical errors listed... please post them if there are..
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  3. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I have found a few critical errors and some normal errors in Diagnostics - Performance Tab , they concern the slow boot. That's one of the critical errors:

    Code:
    Windows has started up: 
         Boot Duration        :    123466ms
         IsDegradation        :    false
         Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎08‎-‎31T13:32:28.671600300Z
    That's the detailed view:

    Code:
       BootTsVersion 2    
    
    BootStartTime 2009-08-31T13:32:28.671600300Z    
    
    BootEndTime 2009-08-31T13:34:41.084807900Z    
    
    SystemBootInstance 8    
    
    UserBootInstance 6    
    
    BootTime 123466    
    
    MainPathBootTime 36132    
    
    BootKernelInitTime 49    
    
    BootDriverInitTime 2525    
    
    BootDevicesInitTime 3502    
    
    BootPrefetchInitTime 0    
    
    BootPrefetchBytes 0    
    
    BootAutoChkTime 0    
    
    BootSmssInitTime 9631    
    
    BootCriticalServicesInitTime 1507    
    
    BootUserProfileProcessingTime 11119    
    
    BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 795    
    
    BootExplorerInitTime 4537    
    
    BootNumStartupApps 7    
    
    BootPostBootTime 87334    
    
    BootIsRebootAfterInstall false    
    
    BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 512    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootIsDegradation false    
    
    BootIsStepDegradation false    
    
    BootIsGradualDegradation false    
    
    BootImprovementDelta 0    
    
    BootDegradationDelta 0    
    
    BootIsRootCauseIdentified true    
    
    OSLoaderDuration 3878    
    
    BootPNPInitStartTimeMS 49    
    
    BootPNPInitDuration 3555    
    
    OtherKernelInitDuration 2065    
    
    SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS 5604    
    
    SystemPNPInitDuration 2472    
    
    SessionInitStartTimeMS 8092    
    
    Session0InitDuration 4540    
    
    Session1InitDuration 1982    
    
    SessionInitOtherDuration 3108    
    
    WinLogonStartTimeMS 17724    
    
    OtherLogonInitActivityDuration 1954    
    
    UserLogonWaitDuration 9247
    The boot I did today resulted an Error and not a critical one , but it was slow nevertheless.
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  4. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #4

    I notice that the date stamp is 2009-08-31T13:32:28 ... is this the latest error date that you have??

    ps.. there is no such thing as a normal error ... post that as well ...
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  5. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Here are more recent ones:

    1.09.09:
    Code:
    Windows has started up: 
         Boot Duration        :    67084ms
         IsDegradation        :    false
         Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎01T13:40:57.702800300Z
    
      BootTsVersion 2    
    
    BootStartTime 2009-09-01T13:40:57.702800300Z    
    
    BootEndTime 2009-09-01T13:43:11.092780300Z    
    
    SystemBootInstance 11    
    
    UserBootInstance 9    
    
    BootTime 67084    
    
    MainPathBootTime 43684    
    
    BootKernelInitTime 47    
    
    BootDriverInitTime 6241    
    
    BootDevicesInitTime 3589    
    
    BootPrefetchInitTime 47093    
    
    BootPrefetchBytes 261541888    
    
    BootAutoChkTime 0    
    
    BootSmssInitTime 9047    
    
    BootCriticalServicesInitTime 1416    
    
    BootUserProfileProcessingTime 10040    
    
    BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 344    
    
    BootExplorerInitTime 3233    
    
    BootNumStartupApps 7    
    
    BootPostBootTime 23400    
    
    BootIsRebootAfterInstall false    
    
    BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 2097152    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootIsDegradation false    
    
    BootIsStepDegradation false    
    
    BootIsGradualDegradation false    
    
    BootImprovementDelta 0    
    
    BootDegradationDelta 0    
    
    BootIsRootCauseIdentified true    
    
    OSLoaderDuration 4198    
    
    BootPNPInitStartTimeMS 47    
    
    BootPNPInitDuration 8836    
    
    OtherKernelInitDuration 2646    
    
    SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS 11128    
    
    SystemPNPInitDuration 994    
    
    SessionInitStartTimeMS 12477    
    
    Session0InitDuration 3282    
    
    Session1InitDuration 1850    
    
    SessionInitOtherDuration 3914    
    
    WinLogonStartTimeMS 21525    
    
    OtherLogonInitActivityDuration 8541    
    
    UserLogonWaitDuration 1401
    3.09.09 :

    Code:
    Windows has started up: 
         Boot Duration        :    58750ms
         IsDegradation        :    false
         Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎03T13:38:38.702800300Z
      
    BootTsVersion 2    
    
    BootStartTime 2009-09-03T13:38:38.702800300Z    
    
    BootEndTime 2009-09-03T13:40:48.499186800Z    
    
    SystemBootInstance 12    
    
    UserBootInstance 10    
    
    BootTime 58750    
    
    MainPathBootTime 35950    
    
    BootKernelInitTime 45    
    
    BootDriverInitTime 6115    
    
    BootDevicesInitTime 5911    
    
    BootPrefetchInitTime 54879    
    
    BootPrefetchBytes 305872896    
    
    BootAutoChkTime 0    
    
    BootSmssInitTime 9828    
    
    BootCriticalServicesInitTime 1687    
    
    BootUserProfileProcessingTime 8793    
    
    BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 13    
    
    BootExplorerInitTime 2541    
    
    BootNumStartupApps 6    
    
    BootPostBootTime 22800    
    
    BootIsRebootAfterInstall false    
    
    BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 4    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 4    
    
    BootIsDegradation false    
    
    BootIsStepDegradation false    
    
    BootIsGradualDegradation false    
    
    BootImprovementDelta 0    
    
    BootDegradationDelta 0    
    
    BootIsRootCauseIdentified true    
    
    OSLoaderDuration 7838    
    
    BootPNPInitStartTimeMS 45    
    
    BootPNPInitDuration 10953    
    
    OtherKernelInitDuration 1525    
    
    SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS 12178    
    
    SystemPNPInitDuration 1073    
    
    SessionInitStartTimeMS 13552    
    
    Session0InitDuration 4236    
    
    Session1InitDuration 1832    
    
    SessionInitOtherDuration 3759    
    
    WinLogonStartTimeMS 23380    
    
    OtherLogonInitActivityDuration 1221    
    
    UserLogonWaitDuration 4772
    04.09.09:

    Code:
    Windows has started up: 
         Boot Duration        :    78843ms
         IsDegradation        :    false
         Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎04T20:49:29.702800300Z
    
      
    BootTsVersion 2    
    
    BootStartTime 2009-09-04T20:49:29.702800300Z    
    
    BootEndTime 2009-09-04T20:51:35.117914900Z    
    
    SystemBootInstance 15    
    
    UserBootInstance 13    
    
    BootTime 78843    
    
    MainPathBootTime 38043    
    
    BootKernelInitTime 50    
    
    BootDriverInitTime 6278    
    
    BootDevicesInitTime 4236    
    
    BootPrefetchInitTime 43849    
    
    BootPrefetchBytes 252010496    
    
    BootAutoChkTime 0    
    
    BootSmssInitTime 8468    
    
    BootCriticalServicesInitTime 1093    
    
    BootUserProfileProcessingTime 7067    
    
    BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 328    
    
    BootExplorerInitTime 5168    
    
    BootNumStartupApps 6    
    
    BootPostBootTime 40800    
    
    BootIsRebootAfterInstall false    
    
    BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootIsDegradation false    
    
    BootIsStepDegradation false    
    
    BootIsGradualDegradation false    
    
    BootImprovementDelta 0    
    
    BootDegradationDelta 0    
    
    BootIsRootCauseIdentified false    
    
    OSLoaderDuration 3788    
    
    BootPNPInitStartTimeMS 50    
    
    BootPNPInitDuration 9273    
    
    OtherKernelInitDuration 1409    
    
    SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS 10530    
    
    SystemPNPInitDuration 1240    
    
    SessionInitStartTimeMS 11923    
    
    Session0InitDuration 2581    
    
    Session1InitDuration 2250    
    
    SessionInitOtherDuration 3636    
    
    WinLogonStartTimeMS 20392    
    
    OtherLogonInitActivityDuration 5087    
    
    UserLogonWaitDuration 1025
    And this was generated just now , I tried rebooting again:
    05.09.09:
    Code:
    Windows has started up: 
         Boot Duration        :    117337ms
         IsDegradation        :    false
         Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎05T11:43:23.702800300Z
    
      BootTsVersion 2    
    
    BootStartTime 2009-09-05T11:43:23.702800300Z    
    
    BootEndTime 2009-09-05T11:45:38.126648400Z    
    
    SystemBootInstance 17    
    
    UserBootInstance 15    
    
    BootTime 117337    
    
    MainPathBootTime 43937    
    
    BootKernelInitTime 48    
    
    BootDriverInitTime 6330    
    
    BootDevicesInitTime 3652    
    
    BootPrefetchInitTime 46033    
    
    BootPrefetchBytes 215703552    
    
    BootAutoChkTime 0    
    
    BootSmssInitTime 14102    
    
    BootCriticalServicesInitTime 3034    
    
    BootUserProfileProcessingTime 10278    
    
    BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 1    
    
    BootExplorerInitTime 4656    
    
    BootNumStartupApps 6    
    
    BootPostBootTime 73400    
    
    BootIsRebootAfterInstall false    
    
    BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 512    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0    
    
    BootIsDegradation false    
    
    BootIsStepDegradation false    
    
    BootIsGradualDegradation false    
    
    BootImprovementDelta 0    
    
    BootDegradationDelta 0    
    
    BootIsRootCauseIdentified true    
    
    OSLoaderDuration 3429    
    
    BootPNPInitStartTimeMS 48    
    
    BootPNPInitDuration 8892    
    
    OtherKernelInitDuration 2488    
    
    SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS 11056    
    
    SystemPNPInitDuration 1090    
    
    SessionInitStartTimeMS 12470    
    
    Session0InitDuration 4084    
    
    Session1InitDuration 2270    
    
    SessionInitOtherDuration 7748    
    
    WinLogonStartTimeMS 26572    
    
    OtherLogonInitActivityDuration 2429    
    
    UserLogonWaitDuration 4260
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  6. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #6

    Have you had any BSOD's ??
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  7. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Tews said:
    Have you had any BSOD's ??
    No , had non of does.
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  8. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #8

    Well, Im afraid that the quickest way to solve this, without some detailed information as to whats happening during the boot process, is a clean re-install ... sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but when a system has problems like the one you described, its just a matter of time ...
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  9. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Tews said:
    Well, Im afraid that the quickest way to solve this, without some detailed information as to whats happening during the boot process, is a clean re-install ... sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but when a system has problems like the one you described, its just a matter of time ...
    Ah , I guess it's unavoidable , atleast I dont have much to back - up.
    Thank's for you help , I'll go on and reinstall hope it will help.
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  10. Xsy
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 32Bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Finished the re - installation , its working fine now with no weird long black screen. Though its interesting what caused it in the first place. Anyway , problem solved :)
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