Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI very slow boot and shutdown

Anonymous
2013-10-19T09:35:27+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-29T08:26:42+00:00

    I fixed my issue by setting my extra hard drives (4 total) to inactive status.  I had all my drives set as "active" in disk management.  The only drive you want "active" is the hard drive you boot from.

    My boot times went from 4-5 minutes to less than 30 seconds!  Follow these directions from Microsoft:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_xp-performance/how-do-i-make-a-disk-inactive/47405f70-27f9-48a5-b2b4-03e94707b13e

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-17T20:18:38+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T18:23:01+00:00

    I have a "new" HP Envy and the startup is fine but the shutdown takes about 4 minutes.  Have run also run ccleaner and superantispyware and the shutdown was fine for one time but then went back to the 4 minute shutdown.  Also tried reinstalling a couple of the programs to see if that helped.  Nothing.

    HP Envy Touchsmart.  Same symptoms.  May be network related, because I did get a fast shutdown once, when there was no network attached in that particular session.... Will test and report.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T18:39:33+00:00

    Tested... Network not the issue.  Still takes 2' 07" to power-off (after screen goes dark).  Startup is fine.

    Win8.1 latest everything.

    All HP Envy Touchsmart drivers at latest level.

    Since you can't go back, there is no way to test rollback.

    Will try going back to old power button (C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /f /t 1) as a shortcut, and see if that makes a difference.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T19:01:22+00:00

    This is a long thread but within it there are some good suggestions on how to eliminate the slow boot and slow shutdown problem.

    I fixed my two Win 8.1 installs by deleting certain drivers that have the problem and updating to drivers that do not have the problem. There are details in this thread as to which drivers are causing the problem.

    You can reload and run cleaning programs to no avail. You must get rid of the offending drivers in the Win 8.1 system get the normal fast boot and shutdown times.

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