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Hi after doing a clean install of Windows 10I have noticed it is slow to boot to the desktop and when I shut the system down the monitor shuts down but the tower takes a while to turn of, by that I mean longer than it used to could it be the main ssd.
The drives are
C: 512gb - Crucial CT512MX100 ssd1
E: 240gb - Crucial CT240BX200 ssd1
F: 480gb - Crucial CT480M500 ssd1.

E and F drives are for storage.
 
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Hi after doing a clean install of Windows 10I have noticed it is slow to boot to the desktop and when I shut the system down the monitor shuts down but the tower takes a while to turn of, by that I mean longer than it used to could it be the main ssd.
The drives are
C: 512gb - Crucial CT512MX100 ssd1
E: 240gb - Crucial CT240BX200 ssd1
F: 480gb - Crucial CT480M500 ssd1.

E and F drives are for storage.
Did you reinstall your mobo drivers after installing Windows 10?

https://www.gigabyte.com/Search?kw=GA-Z97X
 
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Hi yes all downloaded from Gigabyte.
 
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Did you disable FAST boot in the Bios? Maybe by mistake?
 
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Probably not related to your problem but,
did you disconnect all drives except the drive you installed windows on, when you were installing windows?
 
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Thanks I will have a look at that, yes I disconnected the other drives.
 

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Fault isolation. Check your sata and power cables too.
 
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Hi I set it to fast boot as it was turned off and it does seem a bit faster I will check the sata and power cables tomorrow as I need to give the tower a clean out. I noticed there was an ultra fast boot up would it make much of a difference.
 

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Hi I set it to fast boot as it was turned off and it does seem a bit faster I will check the sata and power cables tomorrow as I need to give the tower a clean out. I noticed there was an ultra fast boot up would it make much of a difference.

It just skips certain routines in bios checking. that drive could be going bad. Swap power cables too
 
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Make sure you have fast startup turned on in Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings(in the Power Options window click Change what the power button does, then Change settings that are currently unavailable, if the box next to Turn on fast startup isn't checked). Also make sure you're using the UEFI BIOS for your card. It's supposed to have dual BIOS, and one of them isn't UEFI enabled. You can check to see if the BIOS is UEFI enabled by running GPU-Z. Under the Graphics Card tab there will be a check mark in the box next to UEFI if it is. One other thing you can try is turning Superfetch off(if you haven't already). I've heard it's better to have it off when using SSDs.
 
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Did you switch the os drive? If you left a boot record on the other drive it may be struggling to decide which to boot. To test this theory just disconnect the non os drive and see how it boots
 
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Hi eidairaman1 - I was wondering about the drive it has had a lot of use, is there an free software I can test the drive with,
Hi MrGenius - the fast boot is on but as you see the bios is not ticked how would I change it.
Hi jetster - it was C drive before and was not has not been changed since I bought the drive.
 

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Hi MrGenius - the fast boot is on but as you see the bios is not ticked how would I change it.
There should be a button on the cards. You might have to press both of them for it to work. I don't know since I've never run crossfire.

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http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=D4AC4856-9166-4C37-A7D6-ECDD3EEB4C17&lang=eng

BTW fast boot is different than fast startup. Fast boot is a UEFI/BIOS option. Fast startup is a Windows 10 power option setting. You can and should have both enabled.
 
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Hi got the tower out yesterday gave everything a good clean and unplugged and plugged back in everything I could, crossed my fingers and when I turned the system on yes it was back to normal, sorry the only thing I didn't do was change the bios settings on the gpu's should I or do I just leave them.
 
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Hi ran Crucial test and all drives are Good Health and latest firmware.
also ran Crystal Disc Info.
 

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Fast startup is a Windows 10 power option setting. You can and should have both enabled.
See, now my experience is totally opposite. I haven't see Fast Startup work right since W8.1. More like "Lets Slow You Down Startup." ;) Turning it off and eliminating hibernation file are what I do to actually get a fast startup.
 
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change the bios settings on the gpu's should I or do I just leave them.
I would say yes, change them so UEFI is enabled. But I have to also recommend that if you do that you should also have Ultra Fast Boot enabled in your motherboard UEFI/BIOS. That should be the setting that enables UEFI GOP boot. If you don't also use Ultra Fast Boot it will probably do nothing. And using just Ultra Fast Boot may even be a bad thing if used without Fast Startup. So I still recommend having Fast Startup turned on at all times too. I would also highly recommend using a UEFI enabled BIOS on your graphics card(s) with Ultra Fast Boot if you use hibernation.
See, now my experience is totally opposite. I haven't see Fast Startup work right since W8.1. More like "Lets Slow You Down Startup." ;) Turning it off and eliminating hibernation file are what I do to actually get a fast startup.
I don't now why that would be the case. But it shouldn't be. The hibernation file is only accessed during boot when fast startup is turned on, or when resuming from hibernation. Eliminating it just disables hibernation and fast startup, and frees up some storage space. It shouldn't affect boot times without fast startup turned on at all. Of course if you're not going to use fast startup or hibernation, there's no reason to keep the hibernation file, since it does consume quite a bit of disk space.


https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html

I recently spent an entire day testing just about every conceivable boot scenario with Windows 10 on my rig. Fast startup definitely works for me. And using it with a full size hyberfile or reduced size hyberfile made no difference. The only reason to use a reduced hyberfile size is to free up some storage space if you don't also want to be able to use hibernation. Since hibernation requires a full size hyberfile.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/25151-specify-hiberfile-type-full-reduced-windows-10-a.html

What doesn't work, as well as I thought it should(or anywhere near as well as Fast Startup), to speed up "boot" times for me is using a UEFI enabled BIOS on my graphics card(while also having UEFI GOP boot enabled in the motherboard UEFI/BIOS). It only shaved about 4 seconds off boot times(when used with just Fast Startup, or Fast Startup with Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot also enabled), and only about 2 seconds off resume times from just hibernation(without Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot also enabled). But when used without Fast Startup it resulted in worse boot times. And when used with just Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot(and without Fast Startup) it resulted in the worst boot times BY FAR. It did much better on its own(without Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot or Fast Startup enabled). And it effectively did nothing if used with Fast Startup enabled and Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot also enabled. But resulted in about 6 second faster resume times when used with Fast Boot/MSI Fast boot and hibernation. Basically...

UEFI GOP Boot + Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot = VERY BAD (as in well over 1 minute longer than all other boot times, and more than 1.5 minutes longer than all hibernation resume times)
UEFI GOP Boot on its own = BAD (as in worse than standard booting with no "Fast" options enabled and all resume times)
UEFI GOP Boot + Fast Startup = GOOD (as in about 24 seconds better than standard booting with no other "Fast" options enabled and/or about 4 seconds better than just Fast Startup with no other "Fast" options enabled)
UEFI GOP Boot + Fast Startup + Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot = NOTHING (as in no better or worse than Fast Startup + Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot)
UEFI GOP Boot + Hibernation = BETTER (as in just as fast as the best boot times and/or about 4 seconds better resume times than just hibernation with no other "Fast" options enabled)
UEFI GOP Boot + Hibernation + Fast Boot/MSI Fast Boot = BEST (as in about 2-4 seconds better than the best boot times and/or 2-6 seconds better resume times than just hibernation with no other "Fast" options enabled)

But that's with my system...so YMMV.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials...fast-boot-uefi-firmware-settings-windows.html

Anyway. Fast startup should work. In fact it should work wonders. It does for me. UEFI GOP boot(using a UEFI enabled BIOS on your graphics card while having UEFI GOP boot enabled in the mobo UEFI/BIOS) should also work. Though it only works with hibernation for me. The size, or presence, of the hyberfile should have no effect on boot times. It doesn't for me. I recommend using hibernation which, like I said, requires a full size hyberfile. Resuming from hibernation is faster than any method of "booting" on my system. And in my experience a full size, reduced size, or 0 size hyberfile has no effect on boot times(without fast startup on). Other than to disable Fast Startup and hibernation, eliminating or setting the hyberfile size to 0 only frees up disk space. I wish I could use sleep on my system, because that should be faster than resuming from hibernation or any method of "booting". But it doesn't work at all for me(or a lot of other folks using Windows 10). So I can't recommend it.

Here's my write-up on Windows 10 boot times and resume times from hibernation.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/windows-10-boot-times-showdown.235021/
 
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