Everyone has the same problem...but microsoft is idle on this matter
Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI very slow boot and shutdown
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Ever since I upgraded to Windows 8.1 via the in-store update my PC takes a good 3-4 minutes to boot!!! I am on a GA-X79-UD3 + i7-3820 + Samsung SSD 840 for system drive. I have updated all my drivers to Windows 8.1 compatible ones and still. I have checked via Samsung Magician and the drive is using AHCI mode on (Intel PCH) Sata 3 6Gb/s. I have tried restoring my UEFI to default settings and enabling Fast Boot but still?? On Windows 8 it would boot in 5 seconds....
EDIT: Have tried Safe Boot and Clean Boot, still same
EDIT2: Will any Microsoft guy chime in?
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Anonymous
2014-03-21T17:43:57+00:00 -
Anonymous
2014-03-21T18:19:05+00:00 Everyone has the same problem...but microsoft is idle on this matter
Suggest you read the complete thread to find out how others solved this problem. It is not MS's problem, it is the providers of bad drivers. MS can do nothing about that.
There are some good ideas in this thread that will help you diagnose and fix the problem.
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Anonymous
2014-03-22T11:36:05+00:00 I strongly desagree with you !!
- MS have to ensure a compatibility between Win 8 and Win 8.1. There is no warning about drivers compatibilities when you update Win 8 to 8.1 via Windows store. This appear like a standard update, but the result is for many people that they get big problems.
- MS has absolutly not answered to this problem which concern a lot of personns and of course not fixed.
My opinion is that MS can be blamed by its customers both for the problem and the way in which they try to (not) solve.
The ideas to solve in this thread take many time to test (days!!) and some major fails can occurs in you Win OS. The only way i find to solve safely was to install from zero Windows 8 again ! And now it is working fine but without Win 8.1
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Anonymous
2014-03-28T03:33:59+00:00 Hi,
I Have the same issue like others have. Upgraded from win8 to 8.1.
to bootup and get start all the service it takes minimum 5 mins.
Hard disk usage is 100% on start up. After 10-20 of time Hard disk usages comes down. then it becomes normal speed.
So, i have to wait 25 mins to use my system completely.
System Config:
i5 3.1GH, HDD 500GB, RAM 4G, Graphics Card : Intel HD 2GB, NVIDIA 2GB.
I increased virtual memory as well.
Still it is very slow.
I see lot of people are reported this issue. But none of the microsoft developers taking responsibility.
windows 8.1 upgrade size is 3.6GB, i don't see any improvement from 8 to 8.1 because of slowness.
you people are sleeping?
after upgrading to 8.1, i updated around 150MB of data through windows update. is that waste to update, since nothing is fixed?
Regards,
Vikram
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Anonymous
2014-03-28T05:58:40+00:00 Hi,
I Have the same issue like others have. Upgraded from win8 to 8.1.
to bootup and get start all the service it takes minimum 5 mins.
Hard disk usage is 100% on start up. After 10-20 of time Hard disk usages comes down. then it becomes normal speed.
So, i have to wait 25 mins to use my system completely.
System Config:
i5 3.1GH, HDD 500GB, RAM 4G, Graphics Card : Intel HD 2GB, NVIDIA 2GB.
I increased virtual memory as well.
Still it is very slow.
I see lot of people are reported this issue. But none of the microsoft developers taking responsibility.
windows 8.1 upgrade size is 3.6GB, i don't see any improvement from 8 to 8.1 because of slowness.
you people are sleeping?
after upgrading to 8.1, i updated around 150MB of data through windows update. is that waste to update, since nothing is fixed?
Regards,
Vikram
I fixed my problem as did others that followed the suggestions in this thread. Have you read the complete thread and followed any of the submitted suggestions? Waiting for MS is a waste of time.