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

From the time the lock screen shows at boot, I turned on my stopwatch on my phone. When I finally got to the desktop, it took 5 minutes and 25 seconds. That's a bit ridiculous, it never took Windows 7 Pro nearly as long to boot, maybe a good 3 minutes for everything to load in, before I could start using it.

I am booting with the standard 7200 RPM hard drive, not an SSD. So a couple of questions.

1) Why is windows 10 taking so long to get from the lock screen to the desktop at boot?

2) How does using an SSD make the boot time faster? And, is the difference in boot time between using a 7200 RPM drive and an SSD so noticeable that using an SSD is the better option?

Thanks :)

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aboveaverageaveragejoe · 51-55, M

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.

mysteryespresso

@aboveaverageaveragejoe I have countless number of programs as well, I think 2 gb ram and 10 year old processor, I have fairly old hardware.

But because I have ssd, it takes no time to turn on the laptop

I close the flap and leave wherever I was working in place of going for a complete shut down, when I open the flap it immediately wakes up from sleep and all my work is there with ABSOLUTELY no lag at all.