Slow Boot up on SSD

[EroDoto]

I have an older desktop (see my profile for specs) that feels slower than I remember
It takes up to 90 seconds from post code to desktop (OS drive is 1tb Sandisk Ultra)
Disconnecting the storage hard disk (6tb WD Gold) reduces it to 60-70 seconds
As I have a few other os on this same computer (on different drives see MB014SP-B_flexiDOCK Series_REMOVABLE 2.5" SSD / HDD ENCLOSURES_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure) I've also timed the boot of W10 (installed on a 480gb Sandisk Extreme Pro) finding it more reasonable ....up to 30 secs ,15 or less with the w.d disconnected
Few more details Windows 7 Professional (64bit) was installed about 2 years ago using NTLite to include most updates available at that time.
The few updates that have come since then have been installed ; I also disabled the print spooler for protection .
I do not remember any bsod/freeze in a long time.
I took the smart test that is on the western digital dashboard for both the ssd and hd finding nothing to worry.
I'm not sure that my w7 drive is properly aligned


Any help is welcome





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Did some research

Both drives are properly aligned as these pictures show


I tried disabling every 3d party services (see below) from the start with the exception of Intel using msconfig and I got about 40-42 seconds boot time


The I started enabling back services (usually one at time) to see how they would impact "boot performance". I found that Google,Macrium (a 3rd party backup utility) and Emsisoft (3rd party antivirus) ,the worst offenders, had an overall negative impact of 10-12 seconds

 

[Megahertz07]

Buonasera

Lets do the basic.

Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
chkdsk c: /f
It will say your disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes

Also do a chkdsk x:/f on the three HDD partitions (replace x by the HDD partitions letters)
Restart

Back to Windows, open a CMD window as administrator and type:
sfc /scannow
If it finds any issue, restart and run again

Report

 

[EroDoto]

Thanks I'll check and let you know if anything is wrong

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Luckily nothing wrong

 

[Megahertz07]

Try a clean boot just to see if there is a significant change.
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup

 

[EroDoto]

Sorry for the delay I've got home late .
Did as you suggested at worst there are 20 to 25 seconds between a normal start (all 3rd party services enabled) and a clean startup (did the test a couple times)
As you guess cold boot is slower than restarting as you have to wait for device detection

 

[Megahertz07]

A SSD should boot in less than 30 sec.
I found out that on my system, the antivirus is the one that delays it most.
Try to uninstall the antivirus and chrome and do a clean boot.

 

[EroDoto]

I appreciate your advice but I cannot do right now

 

[EroDoto]

Sorry for the delay but it has been a very busy week
As you suggested I uninstalled the antivirus and trimmed the ssd as I never did before (at least on this drive)
Cold boot to desktop took me 50-52 seconds (including 22-24 for device detection)
Reinstalling Emsisoft I got 60 seconds
After some updates and tinkering with av settings i'm back to 80+ seconds

 

[torchwood]

Hi
from your 1st screenshot i must admit i've only seen 1024 offsets, yours is 17, and i was under the impression whatever the size it had to be divisable by 4

Now whether or not thats causing slow boot is another matter

my question is tho whats the value in Startup and recovery, default is 30 mines 0

I would also check your device drivers are they all good

 

[EroDoto]

Hi
from your 1st screenshot i must admit i've only seen 1024 offsets, yours is 17, and i was under the impression whatever the size it had to be divisable by 4

Now whether or not thats causing slow boot is another matter

my question is tho whats the value in Startup and recovery, default is 30 mines 0

I would also check your device drivers are they all good

According to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional these partition are fine.Where's "Startup and recovery"?



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To check for partition alignment
Start menu, type “msinfo32”, and press Enter to launch the System Information tool.
Head to Components > Storage > Disks. Scroll down in the left panel, locate your SSD, and find the “Partition Starting Offset” value below it.
There will be a different partition starting offset value for each partition on the drive.
Check if this number is evenly divisible by 4096.
If it is, the partition is correctly aligned.
If it isn’t, the partition isn’t correctly aligned.

Each one of my partitions is perfectly divisible by 4096

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I'm busy watching CL right now so don't get mad if I don't reply quickly

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ssd


hard disk

 

[torchwood]

HeHe so am i, want Man U to lose
ControlPanel>> System >> Advanced System settings(top left) ....Advanced.. bottom entry

Its not the partition entries its where they START, if you followed the standard set up for W7 it would have AUTOMATICALLY set it to 1024, YOU must have changed it

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your driver file also seems a little light on entries, her's mine (laptop)

 

[EroDoto]

They're a joke



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No words

I switched to default setting for the av then I made a couple changes to fit my needs and guess now it boots slightly faster (70 seconds)