Computer start up randomly slow, then no problems after

[Willy156]

Hi guys, so whenever I boot up my computer, either one of the following happens: 1. it'll go through regular boot up but might have a black screen for 10-30 seconds 2. goes to desktop with no problem but sometimes might freeze for 10-20 seconds 3. some part of the boot up will be longer than other. And after any of these happens, my computer at desktop will be pretty slow for about a minute. Like if I were to open anything it would either a. freeze for a few seconds or b. nothing happens for a while. After all this happens, my computer will run smoothly. Basically I have issue booting up for the first 1-2 minutes, then the computer is fine. My friend suggests it is either too many start up programs and/or I need to defrag my computer. my specs are : i5 3570 processor, h61m-a motherboard, 8gb ram, 1 tb hdd, cx600m psu. Thanks!

[Phage]

My friend suggests it is either too many start up programs and/or I need to defrag my computer

...So have you reduced the startup programs and defraged your computer yet?

it might be your storage, does it take long to load other programs

[Willy156]

...So have you reduced the startup programs and defraged your computer yet?

it might be your storage, does it take long to load other programs

 

...So have you reduced the startup programs and defraged your computer yet?

it might be your storage, does it take long to load other programs

I have defraged and lowered the amount of startup programs so far, it has gotten better, but just by a bit. my current storage is 200 gb available out of 1 tb. It doesnt take long to load any programs, it's just the first 1-2 minutes of inital bootup of my computer that everything is slow.