Fast Startup not working even when enabled and boot takes too long

Hello, TederbyKazuhiko

Based on the logs you provided, you seem to have no problems with the boot process.

It looks like updating the AMD Adrenaline driver did hit the problem of slow booting, which makes me happy for you.

Regarding the fastboot part, as far as I know, some computers need to select the corresponding boot method in the BIOS to adapt or enable fastboot, such as UEFI and Secure Boot, etc. There are also cases where fastboot is not supported, and you will need to seek support from the motherboard manufacturer for the specific BIOS settings.

Incidentally: fast boot technology is actually designed to enable hardware speed of the computer to boot quickly, such computers usually use slow mechanical hard drive, the performance of the CPU is not strong, etc., you use the SSD as the main drive to boot, fastboot has very little impact on your startup speed, you can be completely confident in its use.

Best Regards.

Jeffrey - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

I have followed the given instructions, copied the most recent log details, and pasted them into Notepad. It looks like this:

Log Name:      System

Source:        EventLog

Date:          25/05/2024 05:17:10

Event ID:      6005

Task Category: None

Level:         Information

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      TEDERBY

Description:

The Event log service was started.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="EventLog" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="32768">6005</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>4</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-05-24T22:17:10.4261953Z" />

    <EventRecordID>73826</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>TEDERBY</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Binary>E807050005001800160011000A00AA010000000000000000</Binary>

  </EventData>

</Event>

As additional information, while I was waiting for your response, I updated my AMD Adrenaline driver to the latest version. Surprisingly, the boot time became faster, taking only 30 seconds. However, Fast Startup still doesn't work, as evidenced by the Up time always resetting.

Hello, TederbyKazuhiko

According to your feedback, the BIOS boot time is very normal, and you have also tried clean boot to exclude the interference of third-party software, then this problem needs further research, we need to borrow the event viewer to check whether there are errors during boot process, etc.

You can press Win + S to open the Windows search bar to search for "event viewer", in the left column select "Windows Logs", select "System ", select "Filter Current Log" on the right side, enter code "6005" in <All Event IDs> and click "OK" to search all boot events. (If fastboot is turned on, there may be no boot logs, please make sure fastboot is turned off first).

Double click the most recent boot event you want to view, click "Details" to view the log details, click "Copy" to copy and paste it into a document file for viewing, or reply to me directly for further analysis.

You can combine with the following picture to operate:

Best Regards.

Jeffrey - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Thank you for your response, Jeffrey.

I have shut down and booted up my laptop 6 times, not too many because each booting takes 2 minutes. From these 6 attempts, the "Last BIOS time" varied slightly, with the fastest time being 2 seconds and the longest being 7 seconds, while the average was about 4.5 seconds. So, it can be said that my BIOS is not the issue.

I have also performed a Clean Boot by following the steps in the article, but booting still takes 2 minutes and the uptime resets. I also shut down and booted up 2 more times just to be sure, and it still takes 2 minutes.

Hello, TederbyKazuhiko

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

I noticed that you have the fast boot option turned on, but the laptop still takes a long time to boot up.

Let me clarify: you are using SSD storage as your primary storage for booting, which should keep your laptop booting at a faster level, regardless of whether you have fastboot turned on or not.

And you've already made attempts to switch fastboot on and off, which didn't solve the problem, so perhaps we should change our thinking to the fact that it may not be fastboot itself that's the problem.

There is a very important point that we should pay attention to: BIOS boot time, which can be viewed in Windows Task Manager, Ctrl + Shift + ESC to quickly open the Task Manager, in the left page selection column select “Startup Apps”, in the upper right of the interface you can see the BIOS time of If the BIOS startup time takes up most of the boot time, then there is a probability that there is a problem with the hardware self-test during the boot process, or your BIOS driver is faulty and needs to be repaired or updated. It is recommended that you perform a boot without a mechanical hard disk inserted to check the BIOS boot time.

Clean boot is also a worthwhile option to try, this is to exclude some third-party software interference, through a minimal set of drivers and startup programs to start Windows, can be troubleshooting some third-party software at boot time abnormal loading:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows - Microsoft Support

Disclaimer:

These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by step so that it will help you get back on track.

I look forward to your reply to follow up on your problem.

Best Regards.

Jeffrey - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist