Resolved Slow boot

I have 2 HDD running RAID 1. PC is home grown.
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 21H2
Installed on ‎8/‎15/‎2022 NOTE: the installed date is wrong. Not sure what happened on 8/15/2022. Beast is about 4-5 years old.
OS build 19044.2251
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4180.0
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz 4.20 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

 

Hi SCF, Thanks for your update.
The installed date refers to the date the Version was installed. i.e. Version 21H2.
My W10 Pro 64bit AMD comp is showing:
Version: 22H2
Installed: 7/01/2021
OS Build: 19045.2311
Windows FEP: 120.2212.4190.0

The differences will be between Windows 10 Home and Pro.
Because mine is running an AMD CPU not approved by MS, I cannot upgrade to W11.

As you suggested it would be best to see if Symantec (Norton) has been your slow down but Evan's suggestion to make the change to SSD's is the option which should speed up your comp.

 

I will consider that. Thanks. I'll also try to test the reboot this weekend, but the wife has a full schedule all planned out .

 

Hi SCF, I should have mentioned that all my comps (3 Desktops and 2 Laptops) from Startup to desktop are less than 30 seconds.
Both laptops are Intel CPU (8th and 11th Gen).
The 3 Desktops are AMD CPU (1=FX and 2=Ryzen 5th Gen).
The Ryzen comps both run NVME M.2 SSD's and both laptops also.
The FX comp is a 2.5" size 1TB SSD.

At my age, time matters and I don't want to wait too long for the PC's to fire up.

 

I'll keep you in mind. I'd like to make the swap to SSD. Thanks.

 

Finally got to test cold boot time. 2 mins to desktop, 4 mins until it's actually usable (after init pgm load), and 8 mins until HD access light is no longer on solid (final pgm load). Hey... that's not too bad. I can live with that. I guess Norton was eating my lunch... and I was paying them for it, too! I still feel that my registry has some dead stuff in it that could be helped by a good cleanup program, but that can be a bit scary. I'd hate to have some program trash my registry.
I'll wait for any last comments before closing this thread. Thanks everyone.

 

Evan, I'm interested in the instructions you mentioned about migrating from HDD to SSD. I'd like to get 2 and set up a RAID array.

 

Thanks.