Why does it take windows 10 almost 5 minutes and 30 seconds to boot? [I Love Computers]

read speed of some cheaper SSDs is comparable to read speed of good hard disks.

ssd has MUCH higher response time, in few milliseconds, not the actual speed that matters the most. You can easily find HDD with max speed of 3gbps but it's the response time that really makes computer more responsive. Similar to flash storage you have in your phone



windows 10 actually has lower boot and shut down time BUT it updates very frequently so you need a better hardware for that

Probably because of all the pointless default apps files from Microsoft.

HDD is a drive that has physical spindles that need to work. SSD's on the other hand is a board which uses pointers to access the data.

Using an SSD would be better if you pair your Mobo with the appropriate RAM. How much RAM are you running?

Tbh from what I noticed Windows 10 consumes a lot of memory. If you haven't upgraded your RAM and are running the updates then you'll see a huge drop in load times. That's usually because of the incremental updates Microsoft has been providing. I tried a vanilla windows 10 from 6 years ago. The difference was night and day.

If possible use an hdd and a ssd to run your computer. Store all your programs that you run on the ssd. The regular data on the hdd.

Secondly, check your startup programs. If there's any that's unnecessary then shut them down. This may help you improve your startup.

1. The very long boot time may be the result of a disk integrity check carried out at boot time.
2. An SSD is much much faster than a hard disk. Your operating system and your programs should be on an SSD; an HD may be used for data files.

With every new version of windows, they aren't adding more features for the customer, they are adding more features to let corporations spy on you. It's all bloatware now

Yes an ssd will make a difference that is noticeable. But there could also be many programs that are set to open upon a start and that can slow things down. But something is wrong. It shouldn't even take a minute to go from lockscreen to desktop.
That could be start up programs, the age of the computer, the amount of ram, a failing hdd, the processor speed, etc...

That's odd. It should be way faster even with a normal hdd.

How much RAM do you have?

And if that's a laptop have you tried booting it up while it's unplugged?

On my laptop booting takes less than 30 seconds.Booting from SSD obviously.

To answer your questions, it doesn't!
I would suggest you have a load of crap happening in the background.... You need to look into it!
And yes, an SSD is much faster; I have two with ssds as the primary sector and around 20 to 30 seconds is the boot time

Maybe linked to continuous updates on Win 10? If you restart infrequently, there's quite a high chance it might need to do some updating / configuring while shutting down / restarting.

You have lot of software(including devices) installed that needs to be initialised on start up.

Depends on what brand and quality process and computer you use.

Could be lack of memory

I have an nvme on my motherboard and it takes barely any time to boot. You've probably got a lot of programs and services starting in the background as the years have gone on. Re-install Windows. Don't forget to save your files first. An SSD will also help for sure you can install Windows on that.