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Question

Suddenly windows 7 startup takes 30+ min

by Jan 7, 2013 11:00AM PST

Everything was fine with my pc for about 6 months now since I did a fresh install on a ssd. Today everything was working great, I never install windows 7 updates and use my own nod32 anti virus. I have windows 7 64x

I shutdown the computer and everything was fine.
When I tried starting the computer again it was stuck on the windows logo with starting windows words. The animation of the flag was animated and not frozen. My post message submitted at a regular timeframe. I did do windows restore and still takes about 30 min for windows to start. Tried windows repair, took 30 min to even get into it, and startup repair says there is nothing wrong. Safe mode gets stuck too and won't start up.

I also checked bios to see if there where any changes, but everything seems in order, the boot sequence and order and so on. I have no clue whats wrong and scared to turn off the computer incase next time it completely stops starting. Hope someone can help.

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Clarification Request
Why don't
by itsdigger Jan 7, 2013 11:48AM PST

you run Windows Updates ? They are an important part of keeping the computer up to speed and also I wonder if you're anti-virus is up to date as that will cause slow start-ups also...Digger

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Yes
by demega123 Jan 7, 2013 11:21PM PST

Yes my antivirus updates itself daily, using eset nod.

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Here's what I'd do
by Jan 7, 2013 11:16AM PST

You can check for corrupted system files. Open an administrator command prompt and run SFC if the above doesn't help. Click START, then type CMD in the search box, right-click CMD.EXE and click Run as administrator. Then from the command prompt type sfc /scannow.
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If all else fails, you can check the rather cryptic system event log. To do that click Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer. Once in Event Viewer click on the system log and scroll through the entries looking for those flagged "error" to see if you can find hints as to where the problem could be.
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When you get your system back in good working order, I urge you to back your system up to an external hard drive and make regular periodic updates to it.
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I hope this helps. Good luck.

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Didn't work
by demega123 Jan 7, 2013 11:39AM PST

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately both those ideas did not help my cause. I have ran the command and everything was 100% clean, then I went into event viewer and tried to find something out of ordinary from the last couple days of start ups / computer a usage and there is no new errors.

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Ornery computer, huh
by wpgwpg Jan 7, 2013 11:28PM PST

OK, let's try this. Run MSCONFIG and do a clean boot. By that I mean to click the Startup tab and uncheck everything except your antivirus. Reboot and see if that helps. Also I'd go to the System applet of the Control Panel, click Advanced settings, click performance, click Advanced, click Change, and move the paging file to the hard drive if you haven't already done so.
As itsdigger suggests, get your antivirus program up to date and boot into Safe Mode. Note that some viruses can hide themselves from your antivirus program in normal mode, so you really need to scan in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode when you first power up, hit F8 about once a second until you get the menu and select Safe Mode. Then run a full system scan.

Good luck.

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Something weird
by demega123 Jan 7, 2013 11:20PM PST

I just realized that since this started happening my computer hasn't turned on automatic in the morning. I have had it set up for a year now in bios for the pc to turn on every morning before waking up. Yet now, the setting is in bios but it hasn't started in 2 days. Not sure what this means.

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You suppose the CPU's cache could be disabled?
by wpgwpg Jan 8, 2013 12:12AM PST

What is the CPU utilization on your PC? If it's running close to 100%, it could be the CPU's cache has been disabled or (shudder) you've picked up a BIOS virus infection.

Good luck.

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