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[FIXED] Software or hardware problem?

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Hi, I'm having a problem with windows 10 boot times.
I usually had around 5-7 seconds boot (including bios time) but now it takes around 4 minutes while showing me the windows loading screen with the circle spinning.

This problem started today. Yesterday night before I closed the PC I wanted to do a restart because file manager kept crashing, but the restart was taking waaay too long so I just shut it down from the power button and went to sleep.

The next day (today) I opened it and it was fine, but at some point I wanted to watch a movie and vlc (media player) kept crashing so I shut it down and then tried to open it again. But it took way to long to load so I pressed the power button to shut it down again. I did this couple of times because I thought it was stuck in a loop and then an automatic repair appeared were it just showed me a black screen for like 5 minutes. After that I finally got into the setup and tried the repair startup option which  didn't succeed and asked me to restore it to a restore point which I tried and also didn't succeed.
So I thought I will let it load and maybe at some point it will boot and it actually did but it took around 4 minutes. I tried to shut it down and open it again to see if it's fixed but almost every time it does about 4 minutes.(some random times it opens quickly, but rarely).
What could be the problem and how could I fix this? Do I need to format my ssd, or can I try something else first?

 

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Now it doesn't fully boot (stuck on loading screen) even after 15 minutes. Also I can't even fully boot from usb now (I just see a blue screen) even after 10-15 minutes.
Could this be the motherboard that makes the problem?

So now I can't format neither open up to windows!!

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13 minutes ago, Kimchi7 said:

I found an article on you're problem. Try this. if it doesnt help than i would highly recommend formatting your SSD because the OS files might be corrupt.

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I searched for EnableUlps but didn't find anything. Weird...

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Ok, so I thought I'd try to reinstall (clean install) windows 10 so I booted up from my bootable usb, but for some reason I was watching a blue screen for like around 4 minutes again before it actually went to the setup.
Could there be a hardware problem? maybe the motherboard? or maybe my bios version (I actually have the latest installed)?

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I fixed the problem. One of my hdds (not my ssd with the OS) was faulty with a bad sector and some weak sectors, so I unplugged it and everything works fine now.
I will try to see if I can fix the hdd but for now the boot is quick as before.

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