Windows 7 RTM - A long boot up

[Xsy]

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.

 

[Tews]

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..

 

[Xsy]

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:

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration        :    123466ms
     IsDegradation        :    false
     Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎08‎-‎31T13:32:28.671600300Z

That's the detailed view:

   [B]BootTsVersion[/B] 2    

[B]BootStartTime[/B] 2009-08-31T13:32:28.671600300Z    

[B]BootEndTime[/B] 2009-08-31T13:34:41.084807900Z    

[B]SystemBootInstance[/B] 8    

[B]UserBootInstance[/B] 6    

[B]BootTime[/B] 123466    

[B]MainPathBootTime[/B] 36132    

[B]BootKernelInitTime[/B] 49    

[B]BootDriverInitTime[/B] 2525    

[B]BootDevicesInitTime[/B] 3502    

[B]BootPrefetchInitTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootPrefetchBytes[/B] 0    

[B]BootAutoChkTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootSmssInitTime[/B] 9631    

[B]BootCriticalServicesInitTime[/B] 1507    

[B]BootUserProfileProcessingTime[/B] 11119    

[B]BootMachineProfileProcessingTime[/B] 795    

[B]BootExplorerInitTime[/B] 4537    

[B]BootNumStartupApps[/B] 7    

[B]BootPostBootTime[/B] 87334    

[B]BootIsRebootAfterInstall[/B] false    

[B]BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits[/B] 512    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsStepDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsGradualDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootImprovementDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootDegradationDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsRootCauseIdentified[/B] true    

[B]OSLoaderDuration[/B] 3878    

[B]BootPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 49    

[B]BootPNPInitDuration[/B] 3555    

[B]OtherKernelInitDuration[/B] 2065    

[B]SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 5604    

[B]SystemPNPInitDuration[/B] 2472    

[B]SessionInitStartTimeMS[/B] 8092    

[B]Session0InitDuration[/B] 4540    

[B]Session1InitDuration[/B] 1982    

[B]SessionInitOtherDuration[/B] 3108    

[B]WinLogonStartTimeMS[/B] 17724    

[B]OtherLogonInitActivityDuration[/B] 1954    

[B]UserLogonWaitDuration[/B] 9247

The boot I did today resulted an Error and not a critical one , but it was slow nevertheless.

 

[Tews]

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 ...

 

[Xsy]

Here are more recent ones:

1.09.09:

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration        :    67084ms
     IsDegradation        :    false
     Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎01T13:40:57.702800300Z

  [B]BootTsVersion[/B] 2    

[B]BootStartTime[/B] 2009-09-01T13:40:57.702800300Z    

[B]BootEndTime[/B] 2009-09-01T13:43:11.092780300Z    

[B]SystemBootInstance[/B] 11    

[B]UserBootInstance[/B] 9    

[B]BootTime[/B] 67084    

[B]MainPathBootTime[/B] 43684    

[B]BootKernelInitTime[/B] 47    

[B]BootDriverInitTime[/B] 6241    

[B]BootDevicesInitTime[/B] 3589    

[B]BootPrefetchInitTime[/B] 47093    

[B]BootPrefetchBytes[/B] 261541888    

[B]BootAutoChkTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootSmssInitTime[/B] 9047    

[B]BootCriticalServicesInitTime[/B] 1416    

[B]BootUserProfileProcessingTime[/B] 10040    

[B]BootMachineProfileProcessingTime[/B] 344    

[B]BootExplorerInitTime[/B] 3233    

[B]BootNumStartupApps[/B] 7    

[B]BootPostBootTime[/B] 23400    

[B]BootIsRebootAfterInstall[/B] false    

[B]BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits[/B] 2097152    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsStepDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsGradualDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootImprovementDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootDegradationDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsRootCauseIdentified[/B] true    

[B]OSLoaderDuration[/B] 4198    

[B]BootPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 47    

[B]BootPNPInitDuration[/B] 8836    

[B]OtherKernelInitDuration[/B] 2646    

[B]SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 11128    

[B]SystemPNPInitDuration[/B] 994    

[B]SessionInitStartTimeMS[/B] 12477    

[B]Session0InitDuration[/B] 3282    

[B]Session1InitDuration[/B] 1850    

[B]SessionInitOtherDuration[/B] 3914    

[B]WinLogonStartTimeMS[/B] 21525    

[B]OtherLogonInitActivityDuration[/B] 8541    

[B]UserLogonWaitDuration[/B] 1401

3.09.09 :

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration        :    58750ms
     IsDegradation        :    false
     Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎03T13:38:38.702800300Z
  
[B]BootTsVersion[/B] 2    

[B]BootStartTime[/B] 2009-09-03T13:38:38.702800300Z    

[B]BootEndTime[/B] 2009-09-03T13:40:48.499186800Z    

[B]SystemBootInstance[/B] 12    

[B]UserBootInstance[/B] 10    

[B]BootTime[/B] 58750    

[B]MainPathBootTime[/B] 35950    

[B]BootKernelInitTime[/B] 45    

[B]BootDriverInitTime[/B] 6115    

[B]BootDevicesInitTime[/B] 5911    

[B]BootPrefetchInitTime[/B] 54879    

[B]BootPrefetchBytes[/B] 305872896    

[B]BootAutoChkTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootSmssInitTime[/B] 9828    

[B]BootCriticalServicesInitTime[/B] 1687    

[B]BootUserProfileProcessingTime[/B] 8793    

[B]BootMachineProfileProcessingTime[/B] 13    

[B]BootExplorerInitTime[/B] 2541    

[B]BootNumStartupApps[/B] 6    

[B]BootPostBootTime[/B] 22800    

[B]BootIsRebootAfterInstall[/B] false    

[B]BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits[/B] 4    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits[/B] 4    

[B]BootIsDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsStepDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsGradualDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootImprovementDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootDegradationDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsRootCauseIdentified[/B] true    

[B]OSLoaderDuration[/B] 7838    

[B]BootPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 45    

[B]BootPNPInitDuration[/B] 10953    

[B]OtherKernelInitDuration[/B] 1525    

[B]SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 12178    

[B]SystemPNPInitDuration[/B] 1073    

[B]SessionInitStartTimeMS[/B] 13552    

[B]Session0InitDuration[/B] 4236    

[B]Session1InitDuration[/B] 1832    

[B]SessionInitOtherDuration[/B] 3759    

[B]WinLogonStartTimeMS[/B] 23380    

[B]OtherLogonInitActivityDuration[/B] 1221    

[B]UserLogonWaitDuration[/B] 4772

04.09.09:

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration        :    78843ms
     IsDegradation        :    false
     Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎04T20:49:29.702800300Z

  
[B]BootTsVersion[/B] 2    

[B]BootStartTime[/B] 2009-09-04T20:49:29.702800300Z    

[B]BootEndTime[/B] 2009-09-04T20:51:35.117914900Z    

[B]SystemBootInstance[/B] 15    

[B]UserBootInstance[/B] 13    

[B]BootTime[/B] 78843    

[B]MainPathBootTime[/B] 38043    

[B]BootKernelInitTime[/B] 50    

[B]BootDriverInitTime[/B] 6278    

[B]BootDevicesInitTime[/B] 4236    

[B]BootPrefetchInitTime[/B] 43849    

[B]BootPrefetchBytes[/B] 252010496    

[B]BootAutoChkTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootSmssInitTime[/B] 8468    

[B]BootCriticalServicesInitTime[/B] 1093    

[B]BootUserProfileProcessingTime[/B] 7067    

[B]BootMachineProfileProcessingTime[/B] 328    

[B]BootExplorerInitTime[/B] 5168    

[B]BootNumStartupApps[/B] 6    

[B]BootPostBootTime[/B] 40800    

[B]BootIsRebootAfterInstall[/B] false    

[B]BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsStepDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsGradualDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootImprovementDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootDegradationDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsRootCauseIdentified[/B] false    

[B]OSLoaderDuration[/B] 3788    

[B]BootPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 50    

[B]BootPNPInitDuration[/B] 9273    

[B]OtherKernelInitDuration[/B] 1409    

[B]SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 10530    

[B]SystemPNPInitDuration[/B] 1240    

[B]SessionInitStartTimeMS[/B] 11923    

[B]Session0InitDuration[/B] 2581    

[B]Session1InitDuration[/B] 2250    

[B]SessionInitOtherDuration[/B] 3636    

[B]WinLogonStartTimeMS[/B] 20392    

[B]OtherLogonInitActivityDuration[/B] 5087    

[B]UserLogonWaitDuration[/B] 1025

And this was generated just now , I tried rebooting again:
05.09.09:

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration        :    117337ms
     IsDegradation        :    false
     Incident Time (UTC)    :    ‎2009‎-‎09‎-‎05T11:43:23.702800300Z

  [B]BootTsVersion[/B] 2    

[B]BootStartTime[/B] 2009-09-05T11:43:23.702800300Z    

[B]BootEndTime[/B] 2009-09-05T11:45:38.126648400Z    

[B]SystemBootInstance[/B] 17    

[B]UserBootInstance[/B] 15    

[B]BootTime[/B] 117337    

[B]MainPathBootTime[/B] 43937    

[B]BootKernelInitTime[/B] 48    

[B]BootDriverInitTime[/B] 6330    

[B]BootDevicesInitTime[/B] 3652    

[B]BootPrefetchInitTime[/B] 46033    

[B]BootPrefetchBytes[/B] 215703552    

[B]BootAutoChkTime[/B] 0    

[B]BootSmssInitTime[/B] 14102    

[B]BootCriticalServicesInitTime[/B] 3034    

[B]BootUserProfileProcessingTime[/B] 10278    

[B]BootMachineProfileProcessingTime[/B] 1    

[B]BootExplorerInitTime[/B] 4656    

[B]BootNumStartupApps[/B] 6    

[B]BootPostBootTime[/B] 73400    

[B]BootIsRebootAfterInstall[/B] false    

[B]BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits[/B] 512    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsStepDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootIsGradualDegradation[/B] false    

[B]BootImprovementDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootDegradationDelta[/B] 0    

[B]BootIsRootCauseIdentified[/B] true    

[B]OSLoaderDuration[/B] 3429    

[B]BootPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 48    

[B]BootPNPInitDuration[/B] 8892    

[B]OtherKernelInitDuration[/B] 2488    

[B]SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS[/B] 11056    

[B]SystemPNPInitDuration[/B] 1090    

[B]SessionInitStartTimeMS[/B] 12470    

[B]Session0InitDuration[/B] 4084    

[B]Session1InitDuration[/B] 2270    

[B]SessionInitOtherDuration[/B] 7748    

[B]WinLogonStartTimeMS[/B] 26572    

[B]OtherLogonInitActivityDuration[/B] 2429    

[B]UserLogonWaitDuration[/B] 4260

 

[Tews]

Have you had any BSOD's ??

 

[Xsy]

Have you had any BSOD's ??

No , had non of does.

 

[Tews]

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 ...

 

[Xsy]

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.

 

[Xsy]

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

 

[Tews]

Glad to hear you got it working!!