Windows 10 Extremely Slow Boot Issue

[Furchee]

I'm finally making a post here (and I hope I got the category right) because I figured I would likely get the best on point responses from you guys ... so here we go!

I've been having issues with my windows 10 ever since I first installed it a couple years ago and I'm too stubborn to reinstall and troubleshoot it from the ground up. (I have my reasons)
Currently it takes just about over a full hour for my system to boot. I am known to never shut off my PC so it normally isn't an issue but as of recently I've really wanted to get to the bottom of this once and for all.
My copy of windows runs off of my NVME drive (and the MBR record is on it as well --it was on a regular drive before but even then this issue was still around)
I'll throw in what I've done to attempt fixing this and what I assume it might be:
 

-Updated bios to latest ver
-Updated sata drivers to latest using AMD's website
-Checked all health status' of all hard drives and they returned OK
-Tried unplugging all non essential drives
-Installed/Updated all chipset drivers to latest
-Unplugged all USB devices / Even tried different keyboard / Mouse
-Tried searching through event logs in hopes of finding an error that could help to no avail
-Ran sfc scan

I did try safe mode once to check whether it would have the same issue and it did not.
It loaded pretty much immediately which leads me to believe it's a driver of some sort ... the problem being that I don't know which one is the culprit or whether there is a way to find out which one is doing this.
I have also noticed that on one or two windows updates in the past the issue had seem to have disappeared but that hasn't happened in a while.

Vital (or at least what I assume is vital) PC information in case its required:
Windows: 10 Pro x64 - Version 10.0.17134.950
Mboard - MSI x370 SLI PLUS
CPU - Ryzen 7 1700x
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16gb ddr4@3k (CMU16GX4M2C3000C15B)
Nvme - PLEXTOR PX-512M8PeG

Thanks a bunch for reading. (and taking the time to reply if you decide to!)

[DarkEnergy]

sfc /scannow

 

There's also DISM commands that can repair your disk image by comparing to the online version from Microsoft. 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-dism-command-line-utility-repair-windows-10-image

 

 

[Furchee]

1 minute ago, DarkEnergy said:

sfc /scannow

 

There's also DISM commands that can repair your disk image by comparing to the online version from Microsoft. 

I've done this and this didn't fix the issue either. I'll update the first post to reflect this.

[DarkEnergy]

3 minutes ago, Furchee said:

 

Assuming you get past post and you're stuck at a rotating wheel of windows, I think your only option is to disable drivers one by one since Safe Boot doesn't have the problem. Try disabling graphics first. Actually there's a program called DDU that will wipe any graphics driver in case there's multiple old graphics drivings causing the issue. If that doesn't work, try drivers you might have installed on top of the base Windows drivers. Ones like mouse, keyboard, printer etc.

[Furchee]

1 minute ago, DarkEnergy said:

Assuming you get past post and you're stuck at a rotating wheel of windows, I think your only option is to disable drivers one by one since Safe Boot doesn't have the problem. Try disabling graphics first. Actually there's a program called DDU that will wipe any graphics driver in case there's multiple old graphics drivings causing the issue. If that doesn't work, try drivers you might have installed on top of the base Windows drivers. Ones like mouse, keyboard, printer etc.

I do get stuck on the rotating wheel, yes. I assume there is no way of logging when booting to find out which one is haulting the system for so long ?
I could disable one by one but that could take a very long time I would assume.

[DarkEnergy]

5 minutes ago, Furchee said:

I do get stuck on the rotating wheel, yes. I assume there is no way of logging when booting to find out which one is haulting the system for so long ?
I could disable one by one but that could take a very long time I would assume.

I mean you could do 3 at a time or something lol. I don't think there's an easier way to do this. I see that you have an NVMe drive. If you get into bios, see what mode is selected for the drive configuration. The options are probably AUTO, SATA, and PCIE. You want PCIE. I'd recommend checking this setting at the same time you try disabling drivers so you can get both done at the same time. You can also check task manager and disable programs you don't need to start with windows but there's no way any program would cause windows to take hours to boot.