WIN10 over 2 hours to boot

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hi

win 1o is taking 2 or more hours to boot , it takes nearly an hour or so at each stage. yesterday it was slightlt faster .

currently, its been showing only task bar and blue loading circle for nearly 2 hours . as i type this the blank desktop has just appeared

 

any ideas appreciated

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qaz wrote:

hi

win 1o is taking 2 or more hours to boot , it takes nearly an hour or so at each stage. yesterday it was slightlt faster .

currently, its been showing only task bar and blue loading circle for nearly 2 hours . as i type this the blank desktop has just appeared

 

any ideas appreciated

You better check the health of your boot HDD.

Use the free portable CrystalDiskInfo.

Create a full image backup copy immediately.

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did that couple of days back, do u know how to fix it . its still trying to boot

thankks

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Boot into Safe Mode (hold down Shift when you click Restart).
If it boots fast there is probably a hardware / driver issue.
Check the Event Viewer for errors.

cheers, Paul

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held up arrow as i rebooted [is that the shift key in the uk] just have empty desktop sofar

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Shift is the key that give you upper case characters when you hold it down. Usually bottom left above Ctrl, bottom right under Enter.

cheers, Paul

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got it, thats the one i used, stil not fully booted, thanx mark

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You could do a hard shutdown (hold the power button in for 10 seconds).
Then press F8 lots after power on to get to the Windows boot menu.
If this still takes a long time it is a hardware/disk error.

Try powering off, disconnect the hard disk and power on.
Should take about 10 seconds to complain.

cheers, Paul

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nearly managed that pressing f8 but i think it might be wanting  f9, any way it gets to user profile then preparing windows at normal speed…..do u still thinkit could be a hard ware/disk error. then a taskbar and blank desttop and time/date etc.

only onetep away from done

 

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f9 is the boot menue , i got it quickly [no option for safe mode]

thanx

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You are right, F8 probably doesn’t work on W10/11.
See this post for ways to get to Safe Mode.
https://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/safe-mode-f8-doesnt-work/

cheers, Paul

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thanks Paul, looks interesting, will try in morning if it still hasnt booted

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thanks Paul…fixed now with recovery consol

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