black screen after welcome

SoTM

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Windows 7, all updates are in. All was well, boot to full load was 22 seconds.

The last few times it has been slow to get to the "welcome" part of windows...then there is a black screen for about 40-50 seconds. After that it loads normally and all is normal. What is this?

Windows7, GTX760, Core I5 3570k
 

bluekoala

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You hard drive or your disk controller may be having issues.
Make sure you have sufficient room on your OS partition (usually C:) or wherever you chose to put your swap file.

Also, ensure your CPU is running at full speed.

If that checks out, disconnect everything non essential from your computer such as printers, webcams etc and try again.