5 … 10… 50….100….500…. Hey, What are these numbers?
Dont scratch your head!!!
How much time you are waiting for the computer to boot-up ?
Ha, Ha, now I see you are smiling!
This is why you have come to this post.
Ive been researching the Net and Google-ing some forums to get the answers for this 100$ question!
How tospeed up Windows 8 or 8.1 boot times?
Answer, later in this post!
First of all, there are several scenarios!
But first let me tell you my experience with this boot issue.
Why I got Irritated with Windows 8.1 64 bit at Start-up?
It was taking like 45 seconds to boot-up.
I have a dual boot configuration scenario.
32 bit Windows 8.1 and 64 bit Windows 8 on the other.
My irritation started when the 64 bit was taking like 2 minutes or so, to boot-up.
In addition to that, the computer started freezing after the boot-up was over.
It would last for about 6-10 minutes.
I dont know exactly how to check that!
Why I updated from 8 to 8.1 on my 64 bit version ?
Na, it was not the case-to-be.
The problems still persisted and the same with freezing issue.
So now I polished of the cause that it was anupdate problem, just like doctors do.
I also updated the 64 bit system with latest Update 1 release and several other updates.
What to do Initially when Windows 8 or 8.1 boot times are slow ?
It applies to Windows Metro also.
A slight change is there on how to go to msconfig or disabling start-up items.
The second step is to disable services which are hogging your resources.
64 bit OS have lot of services whose startup pop in are Automatic or Automatic (Delayed Start).
Some of them can be safely turned to Manual or Disabled.
But which one to and which one not to ?
you could follow thistutorialon your 8.1 computer.
This provides a good list of web sites which I checked.
Otherwise you’ve got the option to check the above site to find further information.
This is anhelpful article from Microsoftin such scenarios.
One ambiguous step I dont recommend is turning off Pagefile and disabling Superfetch and Windows Search services.
I found some resources to utilize this tip toimprove boot speeds and computer performance.
But there are pros and cons using this step.
But it was not consistent and I also need search for faster execution of my computer commands.
Best Solution to Solve your Windows 8 or 8.1 32 bit or 64 bit Boot Problems ?
You are waiting for an answer.
Ya, youll be, if you are really pestered by this problem.
Otherwise you might have left this post by now.
Its called Windows 8 Performance Toolkit.
Yes, this will be little tricky!
Im not a technical geek or expert in this scenario.
All that I find is based on my own experience and some research on Google.
You candownload this tool for FREE from Microsoft.
This tool was also called Xperf in earlier versions of Windows.
Now its known by the shorter names WPT, WPR, WPA.
Its part a bigger package called Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit.
(as to my knowledge).
You have options in the download to download several other tools or only WPT.
I did observe this with some of the official Microsoft downloads.
it’s possible for you to use this tutorial onhow-to-install this tool.
As a guide to analyze your reports using WPT, this case-studies would be useful.
That this can be the only cause.
Always its best to check compatibility of your driver for Windows 8 and 8.1.
Also some of the times, Updates can cause problems after installation.
So was I able to Solve the Boot Issue ?
A sort of.. Why?
Because the boot times on my current Windows 8.1 64 bit is around 120 seconds.
That is the same as I mentioned earlier.
I was not able to implement the solution I proposed because of lack of funds.
What was the alternative ?
I was quickly able to come to desktop screen after hibernate and shut-down (around 40 secs).
The problem is only with re-start.
So as a alternative I decided to less re-start.
What else I did ?
Also I uninstalled the default metro apps which were not working and re-installed them.
I also analyzed the reports from WPR tool.
The log was about 3 GB and used WPA to view it.
Once given, it will re-start three times, each time recording the boot scenario.
Those logs are stored as files with .etl extension.
There will be 3 files.
Double-clicking the file will automatically open Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA).
The above screenshot is one of the logs opened.
As you’re able to see above theStoragetab shows that its full of disk activity during boot-up.
If you nudge the arrow next to it, youll see some more options.
UnderFile I/OI checkedSize by Process, Duration by ProcessandCount by Processwindows.
You just have to drag and drop that window from left, on to the right-side for detailed view.
If you are an expert or administrator, you might further analyze these logs for further study.
I found that my memory and CPU were ok during boot-up using these reports.
Better post in some forum like eightforums.com, tomshardware.com, superuser.com which have useful resources on this issue.
So I decided to stop researching on this topic and start working on my other jobs.
Commenting is not a bad option.
Also let me know whether your problems subsided if you followed the above solutions ?
Was it simple to use the WPR ?
How successful were you in analyzing its reports?
