You aren't paying attention, Wolfgang. Win 7 itself needs only a bit over 30 seconds to boot (Macrium Reflect adds a dual boot screen that lasts for a few seconds if I'm not sitting right there to select Win 7, which I'm usually not; I also noticed that Win 7 took a bit longer to boot after I activated WMC). The background programs I run take a bit longer to load up and I wait on them rather than risk mucking something up by getting too eager.
What really jacks up the time is my HBA card and the two Marvel chips on my MOBO. After the UEFI on the MOBO does a partial boot up (and that isn't exactly the fastest process in the world), the HBA card has to boot up (and that is even slower), then the Marvel chips have to load up their little ROM (at least that one goes faster), then the UEFI has to boot again so it recognizes the HBA card (and no, there is no way to change that boot order—I've already checked—something about the HBA needing the UEFI to be running to be able to get power to boot up but the UEFI can't recognize the ports on the HBA without a reboot).
Keep in mind that this is a multi-purpose machine that has a lot going on.
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Ultimate 64 bitIntel i7-3930KKingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modul...MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2...
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Build
- OS
- Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel i7-3930K
- Motherboard
- ASUS P9X79 WS
- Memory
- Kingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR
- Sound Card
- Asus Xonar Essence STX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 3x Asus VG248QE 24", Vizio 32" TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080, ?
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (1),
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (4)
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (16) external backup drives used in 2.5" hot swap bays in the computer.
- PSU
- Corsair HX750w
- Case
- Antec Two Hundred v2 (modified)
- Cooling
- Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G510s
- Mouse
- Logitech M525 (two in use)
- Internet Speed
- =< 32Mbps down, 8Mbps up
- Antivirus
- AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Glary Util
- Browser
- IE11
- Other Info
- LSI 9211-8i HBA card (8 SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, Cyberpower PP2200SW UPS
