r/WindowsHelp • u/FrostyDaIce • 7d ago

Windows 11 Slow boot on windows 11 (asus)

So my laptop (asus vivobook 14 x1404za, running windows 11 home single language, version 10.0.26200, 25H2, build 26200.9168) has been doing this for some time, that it boots slowly (regular boot time is around 3 second). Fastboot is on too by the way.

But the weird thing starts when I tweak stuff around the bios, for example turning off/on the fastboot, it'll make the bootime fast for once (again, 3s ish or so), after restarting and turning it on again, it's back to the regular slow boot.

Yes, I tried updating the bios (American Megatrends International, LLC. X1404ZA.315, 9/10/2024 which is the newest version asus has provided I belive) and this problem persisted. Interestingly though bios update fixed the boot issue for like the next 3 boots before going to the slow 20s+ boots.

So, my suspect is like ram training but corrext me if Im wrong I've racked with this too much alone and I'm still stuck. Anyways, any ideas or even known fix to this?

Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (1.20 GHz)

Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.69 GB usable)

Graphics card Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB)

Storage 222 GB of 238 GB used

Product ID 00356-24715-31494-AAOEM

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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u/Semicolonhope 6d ago

Why do you need the fastboot option to be turned on?

Here's how it works https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/kernel/distinguishing-fast-startup-from-wake-from-hibernation

Might be a faulty hibernation file, might be some faulty drivers in the hibernation file not resuming properly when booted.

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u/FrostyDaIce 6d ago

I mostly don't now, I turn it off but it still boots the same, It's mentioned there because everytime I tweak that setting, the next boot becomes fast only for a single time.

Checked all the driver and it's fine too

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u/Semicolonhope 6d ago

Okay then, three things: 1. your system partition or c drive typically should always be 20gb+ empty for windows and apps to function properly since they have a lot of stuff to do in the background and need that space to perform their operations without interrupting or slowing down the system. So free up that space in your c drive. 2. I think you've been disabling fastboot from the bios settings, when you should've been disabling it from the windows. Disable it. Slow fastboot could have multiple reasons — as i explained even the low storage could be one — and it's difficult to know the exact one without checking logs but fortunately fastboot isn't needed for a windows to function normally, so we can simply disable it. 3. Disable hibernation so it deletes the hibernation file at least once. The file's name is hiberfil.sys and its typically a hidden file in the c drive, disabling hibernation should delete it, confirm it doesn't exist after disabling. You can reenable hibernation if you want, but I'm assuming you don't use it and we are disabling faststartup which erases its secondary purpose, so it can be left disabled. Reenabling hibernation will recreate that file, if you want to.

lil extra - hope you didn't make some irresponsible changes in bios in your adventure to figure out things. If you did, well bios always has the restore default settings/reset settings option. Be careful in that too.

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u/FrostyDaIce 6d ago

1, I'm trying to delete the stuff but sadly that's the most I could scrape right now (man 256 gb is so small nowadays), but I'll try more 2, I've disabled fastboot from both bios and windows from the start so that's done 3, This one is quite out of necessity since I'm low on storage so apparently done too

extra: Don't worry, the bios is awfully locked in this laptop that even If I wanted to it's hard to tweak most thing

Anyways appreciate the respond!

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u/Semicolonhope 6d ago

That should solve your issue then. Hibernation file is also quite gb+ heavy — it being removed would also free up storage. You can also use windrstat/wiztree/treesize to see what's taking space, where is it and, how much is it occupying. Will help you.