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Eshaan
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I need help, my windows 10 takes a lot of time to boot, I'm using creators update and windows 10 pro 64 bit, my pc is ryzen 5 1400, gtx 1060 6gb, 16gb dd4 2400 mhz ram, 1tb segate 7200rpm hdd and my old hdd which is 500gb segate, all on b350 motherboard by gigabyte. can anyone help me solve this issue, there is no slowing down when gaming or anything else just the boot time takes very long, and the C: drive is not even 50% used. All advises are appreciated thanks.

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You have Windows installed on a mechanical hard drive, which will always slow it down. I'd recommend getting an SSD or doing a clean installation of Windows on your hard drive. 

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

You have Windows installed on a mechanical hard drive, which will always slow it down. I'd recommend getting an SSD or doing a clean installation of Windows on your hard drive. 

planning to get one but currently out of cash bro

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Just now, Eshaan said:

planning to get one but currently out of cash bro

Then try a clean install of Windows on your drive. 

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60 seconds is perfectly fine for booting up, especially when you factor in programs that are set to load upon startup. If you have your OS (C:) drive installed on your "older" 500gb seagate drive, this would explain it as well, and if that drive is 5400rpm compared to 7200rpm it will of course be slower.

 

Getting a SSD is the answer you're looking for.

 

Once more, 60 seconds isn't even bad.

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Just now, Eshaan said:

then won't I have to reinstall all the games and softwares?

Yes, but your system will be faster., as long as you don't clutter it up. 

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1 minute ago, NinJake said:

60 seconds is perfectly fine for booting up, especially when you factor in programs that are set to load upon startup. If you have your OS (C:) drive installed on your "older" 500gb seagate drive, this would explain it as well, and if that drive is 5400rpm compared to 7200rpm it will of course be slower.

 

Getting a SSD is the answer you're looking for.

 

Once more, 60 seconds isn't even bad.

it is installed on my new hdd, and yeah once i have the cash i will get the ssd maybe a 250gb samsung one

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1 minute ago, Eshaan said:

hmm is there no other option? it started ever since i updated windows a  few months back.

Don't power down or restart your pc unless necessary. Sleep mode or hibernate will do the trick until you get a SSD.

 

A clean install will have a faster boot time but once you start downloading all your files back to the drive the difference may not be too noticeable. It is an option though and you can always redownload your frequently used games while you go to school/work/etc...

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1 minute ago, NinJake said:

Don't power down or restart your pc unless necessary. Sleep mode or hibernate will do the trick until you get a SSD.

 

A clean install will have a faster boot time but once you start downloading all your files back to the drive the difference may not be too noticeable. It is an option though and you can always redownload your frequently used games while you go to school/work/etc...

okay and any advice on the ssd?

also when i get the ssd can i merge the existing partition into a single drive(I currently have 2 partitions of the new hdd and 1 of the old hdd)

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Pretty much any ssd will do you just fine. The samsung 850 evo ssd's I've purchased have all been extremely reliable over the past 2 years and show no signs of degradation at all. The 250gb will be perfect for your OS+future updates and a handful of useful software.

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Just now, NinJake said:

Pretty much any ssd will do you just fine. The samsung 850 evo ssd's I've purchased have all been extremely reliable over the past 2 years and show no signs of degradation at all. The 250gb will be perfect for your OS+future updates and a handful of useful software.

cool I was planning on getting that one too. but installing everything again seems really tiring xD

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cool I was planning on getting that one too.

 

4 minutes ago, Eshaan said:

can i merge the existing partition into a single drive

Can't 100%  confirm, but the Samsung software that comes with the SSD should be able to do that for you.

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1 minute ago, NinJake said:

 

Can't 100%  confirm, but the Samsung software that comes with the SSD should be able to do that for you.

no no i meant the existing C drive i want to merge it with the rest of the partition and have a single approx 1tb drive

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no no i meant the existing C drive i want to merge it with the rest of the partition and have a single approx 1tb drive

Your C: Drive is most likely your OS drive... when you get the SSD you will want to either move your OS using the software to the new SSD (for faster boot times) or clean install windows on the SSD. If you choose to reinstall windows on SSD (my recommended method)  then you can reformat your "old" C: drive and merge the 2 volumes.

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Just now, NinJake said:

Your C: Drive is most likely your OS drive... when you get the SSD you will want to either move your OS using the software to the new SSD (for faster boot times) or clean install windows on the SSD. If you choose to reinstall windows on SSD (my recommended method)  then you can reformat your "old" C: drive and merge the 2 volumes.

okay then thanks for your help and since 1 min isn't that bad then i guess I will save a bit more money to get the 250gb instead of the 120gb ssd and I am guessing since it will be faster, installation should also have no problems.

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