Why is Restart (warm boot) SLOW? Cold boot is FAST.

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Why is Restart (warm boot) SLOW? Cold boot is FAST.

Cardinal24 20

2016 HP Pavilion laptop. Windows 10 Pro. Fast-Restart is ON. Windows Defender is ON. Windows update: Good/up-to-date.

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Cold boot is fast.

Restart is SLOW - TEN MINUTES or more.

How can I use SysInternals to find out what is it doing during these 10 minutes (and fix it)?

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Limitless Technology 44,771

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out.



1. Please check Event Viewer at the time of failure, might not help yet worth looking at.

2. Go to Task Manager -> Click Startup tab ->Disable any unwanted application during login.

3. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.

4. Cleanup below Temp folders location -> Open Start -> Run -> Type below location one-by-one and press enter 
    ->  C:\Windows\Temp
    ->   %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

5.  Disable fast startup using below from elevated prompt.
Powercfg -h off


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Cardinal24 20 Reputation points

2023-09-25T14:10:14.3333333+00:00

Thank you.
I've already done 1, 2 and 3.

I just did 4. Deleting AppData\Local\Temp frightened me. I fear some apps may use this folder.

About #5: My Shutdown (Cold Boot) and turn back on works FAST. I don't want to change it. It is only Restart (Warm Boot) which is slow. The documentatiion says that Fast-Startup does not affect Restart.
Cardinal24 20 Reputation points

2023-09-25T14:32:45.86+00:00
WOW! Deleting the 2 Temp folders greatly improved my RESTART time. Before the deletions RESTART took 10 minutes. Now it takes less then 5 minutes. THANK YOU!

A few points:

I read this and it frightens me.
Deleting AppData will have no effect on your apps, but you will lose any preferences stored in this folder, such as a specific color theme in an app or your save data for games. I am afraid the user of this laptop (not me) will lose settings.

My problem is only a Restart problem. When I do a cold boot (shut down and power back on) it works GREAT - since I turned Fast Startup on, a few weeks ago. I am afraid to turn fast-startup off.

Your suggestion to clean up the 2 Temp folders worked great!

Can I turn ESET back on? Will it interfere with Defender?

Thank you again.

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