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Question

windows 10 startup

Apr 3, 2018 10:34PM PDT

My computer runs very well and fast. It runs at 32 ghz and it has 16 mg ram.
For the last two weeks it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to start up.
I tried to reset Windows 10 and after working for about an hour it gave me a message that there was a problem resetting windows and no changes were made to my computer. It did not tell me what the problem was. I did this twice with the same results.
How can I get my computer to start faster as it used to (always started in a few minutes.)

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Re: slow startup
Apr 4, 2018 1:19AM PDT

To make it really fast, buy an SSD (128 or preferably 256 GB) and do a clean install of Windows on that. You will have to reinstall all programs and drivers, but you can leave all your data on the current hard disk.

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A Suggestion To Run Chkdsk
Apr 4, 2018 10:14AM PDT

First, be sure to shut down any unnecessary startup programs running in the background. (Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, select "Task Manager", then the "Startup" tab. Disable as many unneeded programs as possible.) Many programs don't need to run at startup and stopping them will prevent unnecessary load with the computer starts. And if you happen to have two antivirus programs running, uninstall one as the conflicts will cause issues.

Next, it seems as though the Windows 10 "upgrade" process may not install all the files correctly, or maybe they're damaged, or maybe something else, but running Chkdsk has fixed quite a few of these minor glitches. Try running Chkdsk in "repair" mode to find any damaged files and correct them. Start by opening a command prompt as an admin. RIGHT click on the Start button, choose "Command Prompt (Admin). (Or type "Command" in the search line, then RIGHT click on the "Command Prompt" listing at the top, choose "Run as admin".) Once there, type chkdsk /f /r /x, leaving the appropriate spaces between the letters as shown, then press the Enter key. You should see a note that it can't be run till a restart is done, type "Y" for yes, then press the Enter key again. Close the command prompt and restart the computer. Chkdsk will run upon restart and will take quite a while to finish.. Don't panic when the progress bar stays at 10% for a long time. It's fairly normal and the Chkdsk process may take a couple of hours.

When it's finished, it will boot to your normal startup/lock screen and you can login normally and then see if things are working correctly again.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Post was last edited on April 4, 2018 10:16 AM PDT