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I just timed my bootup and it was an entire 28 seconds? While this may have been super fast 5-10 years ago, in 2015 with windows 10 on a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD I don't believe this is the best it can do.

 

What could be the issue? When i say 28 seconds i refer to the time it takes from the moment i press the on switch to the login screen so i doubt startup apps could be the issue right?

 

Some info that could help i noticed that there after the "ASUS" screeen and before the 'windows logo" screen there was a black screen with a blinking dash on the top left hand corner. What do i do?

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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Turn on "Fast boot" in your bios.

 

hmm are there any side effects to doing that that i shld be aware of?

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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It is a huge pain to get into your bios.

 

lol how bad is it?

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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Not much. Turn off your computer and pull out the power cable then hold down the power button until the fans stop.

Then you can access the bios

 

hahaha i just went into my bios and apparently fast boot was already enabled

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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I just timed my bootup and it was an entire 28 seconds? While this may have been super fast 5-10 years ago, in 2015 with windows 10 on a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD I don't believe this is the best it can do.

 

What could be the issue? When i say 28 seconds i refer to the time it takes from the moment i press the on switch to the login screen so i doubt startup apps could be the issue right?

 

Some info that could help i noticed that there after the "ASUS" screeen and before the 'windows logo" screen there was a black screen with a blinking dash on the top left hand corner. What do i do?

I'm assuming this is on the PC you've got in the description. If so, that kind of hardware really shouldn't be booting that slow.

 

Go to the support page for your motherboard and check for BIOS updates. Just in case there's some kind of fix (you'll know when you see it). If there's not a fix that will almost definitely solve this, don't update your BIOS. That would be a very unnecessary risk.

 

As for fast startup, it's worth a shot. But you should note that it must be disabled if you're going to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu (or possibly OSX, but i wouldn't know because why would anyone do that...). Fast startup should be enabled both in BIOS and in Windows (control panel -> power options -> choose what the power buttons do)

 
CPU: Intel I5-4690k (stock) Motherboard: Asus B85 Pro gamer RAM: 2x4 - GB Avexir kit (xmp is not enabled) GPU: XFX R9 280X DD Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, WD 250GB PSU: Thermaltake Smartpower 750w Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM Cooling: 200mm front intake, 200mm top exhaust, 200mm rear exhaust Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core Sound: Kingston HyperX Clouds and Logitech Speakers Operating System: Windows 10 64bit

 

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hahaha i just went into my bios and apparently fast boot was already enabled

Okay let's try the boot order in the BIOS. Is it filled with a bunch of options, and have you got the correct one set first. For windows it should be "Windows Boot loader" or similar.

 
CPU: Intel I5-4690k (stock) Motherboard: Asus B85 Pro gamer RAM: 2x4 - GB Avexir kit (xmp is not enabled) GPU: XFX R9 280X DD Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, WD 250GB PSU: Thermaltake Smartpower 750w Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM Cooling: 200mm front intake, 200mm top exhaust, 200mm rear exhaust Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core Sound: Kingston HyperX Clouds and Logitech Speakers Operating System: Windows 10 64bit

 

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Okay let's try the boot order in the BIOS. Is it filled with a bunch of options, and have you got the correct one set first. For windows it should be "Windows Boot loader" or similar.

 

hmm it the boot order i noly have samsung or hgst, in which i dragged samsung to the top if that what you mean. I dont seem to see any "windows boot loader". I did however update my bios and timing  again i got 18 seconds. Is this considered fast? I see some youtube comments saying they got 7 seconds but these are youtube comments so im not too sure how reliable they are

 

edit: on reddit i see some ppl are getting 10-20 seconds on a hdd so ya im now pretty sure my startup time is relatively slow. what shld i do??

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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hmm it the boot order i noly have samsung or hgst, in which i dragged samsung to the top if that what you mean. I dont seem to see any "windows boot loader". I did however update my bios and timing  again i got 18 seconds. Is this considered fast? I see some youtube comments saying they got 7 seconds but these are youtube comments so im not too sure how reliable they are

 

edit: on reddit i see some ppl are getting 10-20 seconds on a hdd so ya im now pretty sure my startup time is relatively slow. what shld i do??

You updated your BIOS!!!! Did you read what i said???

 

Was 18 seconds a typo, or have we got this booting faster?

 

EDIT: Wow, I recorded a boot time of 26 seconds. To be fair my PC boots to grub (linux bootloader) and then to Windows. But, 18 seconds is still perfectly fine.

 
CPU: Intel I5-4690k (stock) Motherboard: Asus B85 Pro gamer RAM: 2x4 - GB Avexir kit (xmp is not enabled) GPU: XFX R9 280X DD Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, WD 250GB PSU: Thermaltake Smartpower 750w Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM Cooling: 200mm front intake, 200mm top exhaust, 200mm rear exhaust Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core Sound: Kingston HyperX Clouds and Logitech Speakers Operating System: Windows 10 64bit

 

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You updated your BIOS!!!! Did you read what i said???

 

Was 18 seconds a typo, or have we got this booting faster?

 

EDIT: Wow, I recorded a boot time of 26 seconds. To be fair my PC boots to grub (linux bootloader) and then to Windows. But, 18 seconds is still perfectly fine.

 

hahaha i updated the bios before i saw your reply :unsure: :unsure:

 

at that point of time it was 18 seconds but it was a restart so idk. but this time it was back to 28 secs so.....

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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hahaha i updated the bios before i saw your reply :unsure: :unsure:

 

at that point of time it was 18 seconds but it was a restart so idk. but this time it was back to 28 secs so.....

I know of nothing more that can be done. Unless you are measuring startup time from power on to when windows is useable. In that case, disable some programs in the task manager startup menu.

 
CPU: Intel I5-4690k (stock) Motherboard: Asus B85 Pro gamer RAM: 2x4 - GB Avexir kit (xmp is not enabled) GPU: XFX R9 280X DD Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB, WD 250GB PSU: Thermaltake Smartpower 750w Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM Cooling: 200mm front intake, 200mm top exhaust, 200mm rear exhaust Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core Sound: Kingston HyperX Clouds and Logitech Speakers Operating System: Windows 10 64bit

 

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I know of nothing more that can be done. Unless you are measuring startup time from power on to when windows is useable. In that case, disable some programs in the task manager startup menu.

Nah I measured time from when I pressed the on switch to when the login window appears.

I timed it again and I noticed the one that really took up the most time is the time when I pressed the on switch to when the Asus logo first appears. It took a whole 7 seconds. Is that long? Lol

CPU: Intel i5 6500 Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3 Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8 GB GPU: -NIL- SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB HDD: HGST Deststar NAS 3TB Case: Corsair 240 Air Power Supply: Seasonic M12II Evo 620W Display: Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 Keyboard: Corsair Strafe (Red LED + Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Speaker: Edifier M1360 2.1

 

 

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