Does Microsoft slow down Windows?

[Citizen Cook]

I’ve had Windows 10 installed on an SSD since it launched. For years my PC has booted incredibly fast. (About 30 seconds)

These days the boot takes about 1 and a half minutes to boot. Why has it slowed? Tpdoes it have something to do with the seemingly endless windows updates I’ve been forced to install?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Only time I found myself reinstalling an OS that much was when I was learning Win3.1 and Win95 and I was constantly tinkering around in the OS and bricking it. Forcing me to do a clean install to get everything back again. But that is just a part of learning, back before we had detailed online guides. Back when we had to rely on Tech Guru Books and CDROMs

[Citizen Cook]

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120 GB with 27 GB free. And you had this since you first installed Windows 10 like 7 years ago, or...? I would strongly suggest again to check its health via Crystal Disk Info.

For best performance, they say to use up to 75% of the full capacity of the drive for best performance. It looks like you're on the borderline and if your drive also needs a TRIM, then no wonder it's slow.

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

I’ve had this PC (and SSD) since February 2014. Originally it had Windows 8 on it until i grabbed the free Windows 10 upgrade when the OS launched.
I’m gonna see of i can delete some things, as the illusion of progress also suggested.

[Crashed]

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Escrito originalmente por plat:

120 GB with 27 GB free. And you had this since you first installed Windows 10 like 7 years ago, or...? I would strongly suggest again to check its health via Crystal Disk Info.

For best performance, they say to use up to 75% of the full capacity of the drive for best performance. It looks like you're on the borderline and if your drive also needs a TRIM, then no wonder it's slow.

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

I’ve had this PC (and SSD) since February 2014. Originally it had Windows 8 on it until i grabbed the free Windows 10 upgrade when the OS launched.
I’m gonna see of i can delete some things, as the illusion of progress also suggested.

Perhaps you could get a cheap 512GB SSD (even a TLC might be very affordable) and restore performance as opposed to your aging 128. It will happily max out the SATA lines on your system.

Escrito originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

SSD as OS Drive = SuperFetch and Prefetch should be disabled. All that does is clutter up the SSD for zero benefits.

On newer Windows versions, SuperFetch may be called SysMain. At least that's what my Windows "11" Dev Services control panel shows.

Note "11" is in quotes because this might be Microsoft's second bait and switch branch.

[Jamebonds1]

Escrito originalmente por Citizen Cook:

Escrito originalmente por plat:

120 GB with 27 GB free. And you had this since you first installed Windows 10 like 7 years ago, or...? I would strongly suggest again to check its health via Crystal Disk Info.

For best performance, they say to use up to 75% of the full capacity of the drive for best performance. It looks like you're on the borderline and if your drive also needs a TRIM, then no wonder it's slow.

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

I’ve had this PC (and SSD) since February 2014. Originally it had Windows 8 on it until i grabbed the free Windows 10 upgrade when the OS launched.
I’m gonna see of i can delete some things, as the illusion of progress also suggested.

Is that a laptop?

[Crashed]

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Escrito originalmente por Citizen Cook:

I’ve had this PC (and SSD) since February 2014. Originally it had Windows 8 on it until i grabbed the free Windows 10 upgrade when the OS launched.
I’m gonna see of i can delete some things, as the illusion of progress also suggested.

Is that a laptop?

If the answer is yes then the BIOS phase should last no more than 5 seconds or so, possibly less, as the BIOS is aware of what to expect for hardware connected to the system.

I've found retail UEFI motherboards to take a long time on my desktop to enumerate hardware, but I also have multiple HDDs which the motherboard scans for UEFI boot managers on POST, and for which I can distinctly hear Windows mounting the filesytems before loading the GUI.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

another option for testing:
try a live usb of a linux distro and if that boots up abnormally slow you can rule out software and focus on hardware

[mtono]

Escrito originalmente por Citizen Cook:

I’ve had Windows 10 installed on an SSD since it launched. For years my PC has booted incredibly fast. (About 30 seconds)

These days the boot takes about 1 and a half minutes to boot. Why has it slowed? Tpdoes it have something to do with the seemingly endless windows updates I’ve been forced to install?

this can happen. it is not microsoft's intend. for them it is a big pity. 50/50 it is also a third party software disease. some coders are too naiv to use windows or let their software run well on windows. software on an operating system has to work together as good as can be. so the best in my opinion is too use microsoft software for windows exclusively, because microsoft knows the program code. i can forgive windows errors. they have to handle gigabytes of code. this is like i see it. others may not.
you could test a clean install(no reset...) of windows and i guess then you have back your booting of 30 sec. if not, there might be a hardware problem.

:-D

[N3tRunn3r]

Escrito originalmente por Citizen Cook:

Does Microsoft slow down Windows?

I’ve had Windows 10 installed on an SSD since it launched. For years my PC has booted incredibly fast. (About 30 seconds)

These days the boot takes about 1 and a half minutes to boot. Why has it slowed? Tpdoes it have something to do with the seemingly endless windows updates I’ve been forced to install?

I always do a complete re-format/wipe (actually of Windows 11) every 3 months or so. NO any issues, runs like heck...

After all these times on your PC, it simply has been infested with crap...

Less is always more, always, especially talken about PCs...

[Jamebonds1]

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Escrito originalmente por Jamebonds1:

Is that a laptop?

If the answer is yes then the BIOS phase should last no more than 5 seconds or so, possibly less, as the BIOS is aware of what to expect for hardware connected to the system.

I've found retail UEFI motherboards to take a long time on my desktop to enumerate hardware, but I also have multiple HDDs which the motherboard scans for UEFI boot managers on POST, and for which I can distinctly hear Windows mounting the filesytems before loading the GUI.

I remember I had an issue with my tablet when I upgraded from 8.1 to 10, so I had to do factory reset that remove 8.1 downgrade. It happened to my some family members with a laptop when upgraded from 8.1 to 10.