Windows community,

I am new to these forums, so forgive me if I am posting in the incorrect place.  

My system specs:

• ASUS ROG 
• C drive runs on an 120 GB SSD, has 33 GB of space remaining
• Processor: Intel Core i7-4700HQ @ 2.40 GHz
• RAM: 16 GB
• System: Windows 8.1 64-bit
• Graphics Card: Nvidia 770m, 3 GB

My problem:

I have been experiencing slow restart times (about 1 minute).  

Details:

Not long ago, I refreshed the system, and re-installed all my programs.  Shortly thereafter, I began to experience slow restart times.  I assume that the slow restart is due to a process or driver/system update, but I cannot be sure what is causing my problem.

What I see: 

The blue shut down/restart screen is displayed with the little white dot animation.  After about 5-10 seconds, the animation will pause.  Then, after about 45-50 seconds, the animation will move again and the system finally restarts.

Thanks in advance for any help!  I can provide more details as needed.

 

Do you experience the same in Safe mode? What happens if you try a Clean Boot?

Hi Parker,

Firstly, let's update all device drivers and Windows updates.

If the issue persists, as S.Sengupta said, perform a Clean boot to see if it's caused by some third-party software or service startup with Windows.

Both of these don't work, collect the boot trace for analysis:

https://helgeklein.com/blog/2013/07/analyzing-a-slow-boot-with-windows-performance-recorder-analyzer/

Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

In order to diagnose your problem we need to run Windows performance toolkit the instructions for which can be found in this wiki If you have any questions feel free to ask
Please run the trace when you are experiencing the problem and use the reboot configuration.  remember to save your work as WPR will immediately reboot the system 2-3 times.