Solved Finally Updated SP1 on Win7 Pro - Now SSD boots slowly

[Lewiedude]

Hello all! I just spent the better part of three days working on, and fixing, my rig's updating problems to SP1. Finally worked it out. Now, my WEI is 7.4-7.5 for all but my primary hard disk - data transfer rate rating is 5.9. This doesn't make sense as I run my system's OS on my crucial m4 2.5 inch STAT 6.0 SSD with 128GB of capacity. I have 40GB free and my boot times are terribly slow, like 1.5 to 2 minutes. I went into msconfig and removed anything that wasn't bare bones necessary for start-up. I used to boot in 15 seconds.

Any ideas? Or, should I post this in hardware?? Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

 

[gregrocker]

Go over your install using the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7,
report back results.

Compare your install to the perfect install in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 especially how drivers are handled, the tools and methods which work best with Win7.

You can also try Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace - Windows 7 Forums

 

[Lewiedude]

Thanks for the start. I will review all of the ideas for the troubleshooting and report back in a day or so....

 

[Lewiedude]

It is booting normally now. Must have been performing some background tasks for the first couple of boots. Thanks for the tuts as I will be running through them to get my boot time as swift as possible.