HP Pavilion dv6 starts up very slow...

[Xaviery12]

2 weeks ago, it was still fine. About 1~2 minutes to boot. It just recently became really slow. Reinstalling the OS didn't make any difference =/

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Open windows Control Panel, open Device Manager, click the View tab and select 'Show Hidden Devices' - does any of the hardware now listed have an error icon against it?

Regards,

DP-K

[Xaviery12]

This is what I got: http://i53.tinypic.com/14kcmmu.png

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Do you have any external device connected to the notebook during startup?  If you do, try booting with everything unplugged.

If the above does not apply and the notebook is slow booting immediately after reinstalling Windows, then the problem almost has to be Hardware related - is your notebook still under warranty?

Regards,

DP-K

[Xaviery12]

The mouse and the fan are the only one's that are plugged in when I start the laptop and my notebook's warranty has already expired >.> 

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Is there any difference in startup time if you boot without the mouse and fan connected?

Regards,

DP-K

[Xaviery12]

It's the same without the two -.-

[HH7]

I was exactly the same problem.
The solution for me (Windows 7):

reopen the disk cach,

do it by follow:

select 'Start' / point on 'Computer' and right click / point on 'Manage' and select / on the left pan select 'Device Manage' \ on the right pan expand 'Disk drives' \ double click on the name of the expanded disk (e.g.. TOSHIBA MK1059GSMP) \ select the 'Policies' tab \ mark 'Enable write caching on the device'.

HH7

[osmc20]

I have HP pavilion DV6. my laptop is also taking too long to start. basically there is some problem with bios, and problem started once i updated the bios, i got the update from HP drivers page. i know this cause laptop is taking too long to reach windows logo, and in showing the option to get into bios setup. the other user who has the same problem might be having the same problem and he may not be able to explain well.

[lucassster]

I am experiencing the same sort of issuie. My HP started acting funny, and then the hdd failed.. so i replaced it with a used hdd and was still having issuies.. I decided to replace the ram, it was 2x4gb sticks hynix i do belive, so i changed it to 1x8gb stick of Gskill. This seemed to help some, i was actually able to load the windows installer. The actual windows 7 installation took the better part of 8 hours, which is WAAAAY to long and a def sign of issues. I let it complete however, and it took another couple of hours to load the desktop.  Before installing any drivers i decided to test the hdd, multiple scdsk returned no errors, i used the BIOS hdd tester to test(also no option for the comprehensive test only fast) that returned no errors. I tested the RAM using the BIOS ram tester, it returned no errors.  I am running the sfc /scannow test as i type this. However I am not sure that the issuie will be anything to do with errors with windows files, but i figured i might as well run it. Luckily i have this old compaq laptop to use to troubleshoot while the problem persist. 

Another thing I've tried was installing linux, Ubuntu to be precise. I loaded it on to a flash drive and it booted up fine(through the flash drive) on my computer. When i tried to install Ubuntu it returned a couple errors which both were alledgely caused by the HDD(this with the second hdd).  Right now where i'm at on the trouble shooting is trying a "new" HDD. 

Something that is keeping me from trying a new hdd is the fact that I had two fail already, well one that is def a gonner and one that is probably malfunctioning, and trying a new one requries buying a new one, which is bad if its the lap top that is causing the hdd to fail. I've tried researching the issue but all i found was slow boot times. My problem is all of windows(from install to simply trying to open my computer) takes an enormous amount of time. CPU test shows all four cores are working as they should. I've tried installing windows 7 from multiple dvd's, dvd drives, and finally with a flash drive. 

Any ideas or theorys here? I went to school for computers so I can understand the jargon so anyone with any ideas i would greatly appreciate it. Also, at the time when my original HDD failed, i had installed 8 over 7(got the $40 upgrade) but i will also note that it had been having issues since before i installed 8.