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01-10-2019 04:01 AM
Hello. I buyed ssd (kingston 120 gb) and have a problem. When it boot from ssd, its long like 15-20 min. To open BIOS need wait same time. In bios menu no one words about my harddisk, no sata configuration. i tried many combinations. HDD (WIN 10_ + SSD, 15-20 min boot time, only ssd same, without ssd all is okay. CrystalInfoDisk see my ssd disk, and have no problems, aida same. I tried to put my ssd disk to my friend notebook, its work very good. Whats problem is that? Why no menu in bios, no sata configuration, and why its boot so long time? In "My computer" only me hdd, no ssd, but aida see my ssd.
01-11-2019 09:24 AM
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Windows 10 came with no shortage of performance improvements, but one of the neatest is its fast boot times. If your machine is taking too long to boot up, ensure this setting is enabled to speed things along.
The feature in question is called Fast Startup. The way it works is is when you shutdown your computer, rather than just dumping everything in RAM, Windows will save an image of your loaded kernel and drivers in something called the hiberfile. This way, when the system boots up again, it simply reloads this file, making boot times much faster. To enable this, follow these steps:
- Search for and open “Power options” in the Start Menu.
- Click “Choose what the power buttons do” on the left side of the window.
- Click “Change settings that are currently unavailable.”
- Under “Shutdown settings” make sure “Turn on fast startup” is enabled.
Try this also: First backup your registry from this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/322756/how-to-back-up-and-restore-the-registry-in-windows
Disabling ULPS is probably the most common and the most effective solution for this problem, judging by the amount of positive feedback. ULPS stands for Ultra Low Power States, and it’s some kind of energy saver for your graphics card. For example, when your computer ‘goes to sleep,’ your graphics card will do the same, so you’ll need to wait a few seconds more on your next startup, for your graphics card to ‘wake up.’ Disabling ULPS will improve both wake up and startup performances, so this solution should be your first call.
Here’s what you need to do to disable ULPS feature on your Windows 10:
- Go to Search, type regedit, and open Registry Editor
- To avoid digging through numerous registry paths, just go to Edit, Find, enter EnableUlps and press Enter
- Now, double-click on EnableUlps and change its value to 0
- After performing this workaround, try to restart your computer, and it will boot at least little faster
After performing this workaround, try to restart your computer, and it will boot at least little faster. On the other hand, if booting is still slow, try some of the solutions below.
Solution 2 – Change Power Options to High Performance
If disabling ULPS didn’t do much, you can try with changing the power options to high performance. Here’s exactly what you need to do:
- Go to Search, type power management and open Power Management
- In Power Management window, choose High Performance plan
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This should change your power plan, which will affect your next startup, and hopefully reduce the boot time.
If it still does not work, then it is a limitation of this computer as it is an older computer.
Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes. To simply say thanks, please click the "Thumbs Up" button to give me a Kudos to appreciate my efforts to help. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue to get it resolved without hassles.
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Jeet_Singh
I am an HP Employee
01-11-2019 07:26 PM
Hi, thanks for answer, but its not helps me. Can it be conflict with some bios? i have insydeh2o 3.7 rev, f.27 (from HP supported drivers). I looked in some forums, peoples have advenced settings in this bios, they can change hard setting, battery and other. I can send u some pics of my bios. Now, i sending u Duration starting bios from task manager. ( Its only the same time +-5 sec)
How i can see POST codes, what my motherbord do before windows starts?
In some forums, peoples have older g6 model with same motherbord and their duration of bios start is good.
Win 10 after installing, only auto install older drivers for all devices on my notebook, like video, audio and other.
Sorry for my bad english, i try to do my best.
01-12-2019 11:51 AM
Some screenshots from aida.
I open my bios, i installed my win 10 on legacy, mb better on uefi? Secure boot is gray and always disabled. In bios (uefi) i can only see (main, security, configuration ( boot setting) and exit) no advanced, or system settings. And i read its are special for hp notebooks bios. Can i add somehow advanced and other? What can happend if out little battery on motherboard?
01-12-2019 02:49 PM
It's great to have you back and your patience is greatly appreciated.
I understand that you would like to access the advanced BIOS settings on your HP Pavilion Notebook.
I would like to inform you that this option is locked bow by HP and you cannot make changes to the advanced BIOS settings. HP consumer notebooks do not have this ability, only way is to hack the bios file and reflash the CMOS, this is highly not recommended and can cause further issues.
I hope this information helps. Keep me posted for any further questions.
Feel free to post your query for any other assistance as well,
It's been a pleasure interacting with you and I hope you have a good day ahead.
If you wish to show appreciation for my efforts,
mark my post as Accepted Solution.
And click on the Purple Thumbs up icon at the bottom of my comment.
Regards,
Jeet_Singh
I am an HP Employee