Custom built PC takes 10 minutes to boot up

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I built a music production rig about 3 years ago. The specs are:

The problem I've encountered since day one is that it takes a very long time to boot up. I get to the spinning dots for Windows and after 10 minutes of that, it's ready to go.

Has anyone run into this before?
 
Go ahead and run the TRIM command and that should solve your issue.

To do so, open Defragment and Optimize Drives click Optimize
 
Thanks for the suggestion, I will run it. Let me ask you, I've had this problem since I built the PC, would this have been the problem since the start?
 
SSDs work different than HDD. When files are deleted, they're not overwritten they're just "flagged" and over time that can cause degradation of performance severely and increase wear and tear on the SSD controller to the point of failure.
 
how is the SSD setup in BIOS - AHCI or IDE?
do you have it connected to a 6Gb/s SATA port?
was Windows installed from scratch or did you clone the old PC onto the SSD?
 
To add to what has been stated.

Would suggest that if not already BACK UP your personal data. (2 or more external drives)

So other can assist let get a speccy report.

Do not forget to post the make and model of the PSU if this is a desktop.

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.
 
jmarket said:
Go ahead and run the TRIM command and that should solve your issue.

To do so, open Defragment and Optimize Drives click Optimize
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It looks like optimize is already selected. I ran trim again but no luck.
 
Bruce said:
how is the SSD setup in BIOS - AHCI or IDE?
do you have it connected to a 6Gb/s SATA port?
was Windows installed from scratch or did you clone the old PC onto the SSD?
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It's running in ahci mode and the port is 6Gb/s sata 3. This was a fresh Windows install.
 
Operating System
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit

You have an OS that is intended for use by large corporations who have their own IT departments + ten years of direct support from Microsoft.

For legal reasons we need to ask how you come to have such an OS on the computer.

The subscription fee that Enterprise users pay to Microsoft gets them support direct from MS which removes the need for posting on free tech help forums such as this.
 
Rustys said:
Operating System
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit

You have an OS that is intended for use by large corporations who have their own IT departments + ten years of direct support from Microsoft.

For legal reasons we need to ask how you come to have such an OS on the computer.

The subscription fee that Enterprise users pay to Microsoft gets them support direct from MS which removes the need for posting on free tech help forums such as this.
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I used an image and license that I got from a friend who works help desk. I think they may use these to spin up VMs in their development environment.
 
lt3d said:
I used an image and license that I got from a friend who works help desk. I think they may use these to spin up VMs in their development environment.
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Unfortunately, that is your issue the image that he gave you is specific to their system for drivers for hardware. and firmware.

Second due to the rules that you agreed to we cannot assist with this.

This is an illegally obtained copy of the operating system.
3. Discussion of or promotion of sites offering cracks, warez, torrents, pornography or any other illegal material or any software created to download any of the above will result in an immediate ban. This includes nulled, copied or any other illegal software or operating systems.
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Since this is a business operating system.
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