Slow Boot Times With SSD

marvinej · Jul 3, 2014

Please Read Entire Post. I have included everything that I have already done and don't wish to repeat myself if possible. So since the beginning of having this SSD it sucks in comparison to the one in my laptop which boots in less than 10 seconds so i figure there has to be somthing wrong somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks In Advance!

Current Boot Time Including POST is 54 seconds.

My Rig:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-8120 18 °C
Zambezi 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 936MHz (9-10-9-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A99X EVO (Socket 942) 30 °C
Graphics
HP 2311 (1920x1080@60Hz)
SyncMaster (1440x900@75Hz)
HP W2072a (1600x900@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (EVGA) 44 °C
Storage
58GB SanDisk SDSSDP064G SATA Disk Device (SSD) 32 °C <-- Windows Drive
2809GB Western Digital WDC SATA Disk Device (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC SATA Disk Device (SATA) 33 °C
931GB Seagate ST310005 28AS SATA Disk Device (SATA) 29 °C
Optical Drives
KBQHYDC KTA78PYJ SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

HD Tune: SanDisk SDSSDP064G Error Scan

Scanned data : 60079 MB
Damaged Blocks : 0.0 %
Elapsed Time : 0:04

HD Tune: SanDisk SDSSDP064G Benchmark

Transfer Rate Minimum : 261.5 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 415.7 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 299.3 MB/sec
Access Time : 0.4 ms
Burst Rate : 52.9 MB/sec
CPU Usage : -1.0%

What I have already done:

-Made Sure Drive is in AHCI MODE (i always run like this anyways)
-Made Sure AHCI drivers were up to date
-Checked bios setting and turned off full screen logo ASUS boot screen, changed it to show post for 1 second which is the quickest setting i have. I also did not see just a simple quick boot option anywhere.
-Ran a diagnostic startup from MSCONFIG to confirm that the issue is not a driver issue. Same boot times with a diagnostic startup.

maxwellmelon · Jul 4, 2014

how much time is post and how much time is windows booting? a ssd will not make a computer post time change, the only thing a ssd will make faster is the time from the moment the windows logo appears(when windows starts loading) to the computer is loaded. the post time is controlled by the bios programing and settings. like you said theres no quick boot option.

2. did you do a clean install of the os or copy it. a clean install is the best way to make sure the drive is allinged right and all the windows config options are set right that you cant see.

3. your minimum transfer rate is kinda low but then again I take in consideration the brand. my Samsung 830 never dips below 400mbs and peaks at 520. also the slow down could be because you have 4 hard drives installed

4. how many programs do you have load on you desktop vs laptop. yes all them start programs will start faster with a ssd but it still takes time.

5. what was the original boot time of your desktop. the ssd should take the time down by half(from the time windows loads not including bios time which you cannot change with a ssd)

6. considering you have 4 hard drives have you set your bios to manual settings so the bios doesn't spend the time to auto detect the drives every time.

also considering hard drives they will slow up post anyways because they have to spin up all drives and "become ready"(self checks) before bios will go to complete and start loading os.

marvinej · Jul 4, 2014

maxwellmelon :

Thanks for the reply. I will try to answer all the questions as best as I can.

1. The Post Time its self is like 20 seconds so that does take up a large chunk of the time, a lot longer than i would like. Part of the problem could be that my bios thinks it needs to have every single camera card reader and attachment listed as a boot option.

2. I did install clean back when I setup the drive and I have also checked the alignment to make sure it was good and everything checked out. I checked it a few months back so i dont remember anything about the process at this point other than that it was good.

3....

4. There are a bunch of startup programs, but startup programs and drivers were removed from the equation when i tested with diagnostic startup and got the same time results.

5. It was about a year ago that i installed the SSD and it didnt really effect the boot time which was a bummer because that's why i wanted it. I just havnt been fed up with it enough to try to fix it till now.

6. Not exactly sure what you mean by that, but the bios will always look for new devices on start wont it?

DerpDerperson · Jul 17, 2014

Hello! I had a similar issue with extremely slow boot time and turn off time and I tried almost everything as well! Disk cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, system restore (actually it fixed the problem because I restored the system before the last windows 7 updates (windows update) but then I updated the system and the slow boot/turn off time appeared again.

I also scanned the computer fully by using MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), Avira Antivirus and Spybot - Search and Destroy. Still nothing. But then I saw on a forum a recommended program under the name: Malwarebytes

After I installed it and scanned the computer it found a bunch of problematic files or services or whatever they were, and all of them started with PUP. (some names) . (some other names) . something else...

So I quarantined them (or removed them) and my system was back to normal. The boot is less that 30 seconds and turn off is even faster than that. I wish you all the luck in the world, because I was about to lose it toward the end!

marvinej · Jul 17, 2014

DerpDerperson :

Hello! I had a similar issue with extremely slow boot time and turn off time and I tried almost everything as well! Disk cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, system restore (actually it fixed the problem because I restored the system before the last windows 7 updates (windows update) but then I updated the system and the slow boot/turn off time appeared again.

I also scanned the computer fully by using MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), Avira Antivirus and Spybot - Search and Destroy. Still nothing. But then I saw on a forum a recommended program under the name: Malwarebytes

After I installed it and scanned the computer it found a bunch of problematic files or services or whatever they were, and all of them started with PUP. (some names) . (some other names) . something else...

So I quarantined them (or removed them) and my system was back to normal. The boot is less that 30 seconds and turn off is even faster than that. I wish you all the luck in the world, because I was about to lose it toward the end!

I have a lifetime key for Malwarebytes. I scan my computer regularly and keep it extremely clean. This is not the answer, but thanks for the reply.

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