Trying to speed up start time on Windows 10 (Dynabook)

GDB2222

Deleted_User said:

That is interesting and helpful, thanks GDB2222.   I always assumed that it was 'safer' to close down completely and that is what I have been doing all along - every time. I'll do as you suggest  and select 'sleep' to see the difference.

I use my laptop every day and I'm always in and out of it for some reason - even just to browse at times.  I'll report back with the result, thanks.

UPDATE - I can hardly believe it, GDB2222.  The start-up was virtually instant.  You are 100 per cent right.  I have never used the 'sleep' option before.

When I am going to bed for the night, and not opening my laptop again until morning, should I leave my laptop plugged in and charging or is it still O.K. to leave it on 'sleep' without being connected to the mains without the battery running too low overnight?

Crimson

It should be fine to leave it in sleep mode overnight without charging.

So, that's addressed your immediate problem, but I tend to agree that with others you may have an issue that's slowing down the startup from a complete shutdown.  That may be worth checking.

It is possible that Toshiba load some bloatware, or your AV software is slowing things down, or even that you have a hardware issue. I wouldn't worry too much about the startup tab in task manager. If you have a look at the services tab, you'll get an idea of just how many services Windows has to load when it starts from scratch. 

grumpycrab

Deleted_User said:

Thanks Jenni_D.  I checked what is under 'startup' in the Task Manager.  There are ten items under the 'startup' heading and all are ticked 'disabled.'  I think that means that nothing is set to start up automatically.

1. Sleep is NOT powered off and so should not be compared to shut down
2. The startup items - unless you disabled them they are probably all enabled. Check again. What are the 10 items? A picture will do.

debitcardmayhem

If system securityhealth status is off I wonder if you have an antivirus other than windows defender

[Deleted User]

debitcardmayhem said:

If system securityhealth status is off I wonder if you have an antivirus other than windows defender

I have Windows Defender and CCleaner and I have not been aware of any virus problems.  Thanks.

grumpycrab

If its slow generally guess there's a possibility you have a non-SSD drive (bought on ebay?).  Can you name the 10 startup items and confirm they're disabled? a screen shot may be simpler

GDB2222

Have you actually timed how long it takes to start up? If you were doing it several times a day, even 45 seconds would seem slow, although it's pretty reasonable. 

There are all sorts of things that make a difference that are completely harmless. For example, the Toshiba may have a full memory check enabled, which adds several seconds to the startup time. Your previous machine may have had that disabled. 

In any case, unless there's something wrong, it really doesn't matter. Just use sleep mode. 

[Deleted User]

grumpycrab said:

Deleted_User said:

Thanks Jenni_D.  I checked what is under 'startup' in the Task Manager.  There are ten items under the 'startup' heading and all are ticked 'disabled.'  I think that means that nothing is set to start up automatically.

1. Sleep is NOT powered off and so should not be compared to shut down
2. The startup items - unless you disabled them they are probably all enabled. Check again. What are the 10 items? A picture will do.

I have tried to take a picture but sorry I was unsuccessful.  I'm afraid I'm useless at this.  All ten items are disabled.

[Deleted User]

GDB2222 said:

Deleted_User said:

That is interesting and helpful, thanks GDB2222.   I always assumed that it was 'safer' to close down completely and that is what I have been doing all along - every time. I'll do as you suggest  and select 'sleep' to see the difference.

I use my laptop every day and I'm always in and out of it for some reason - even just to browse at times.  I'll report back with the result, thanks.

UPDATE - I can hardly believe it, GDB2222.  The start-up was virtually instant.  You are 100 per cent right.  I have never used the 'sleep' option before.

When I am going to bed for the night, and not opening my laptop again until morning, should I leave my laptop plugged in and charging or is it still O.K. to leave it on 'sleep' without being connected to the mains without the battery running too low overnight?

Crimson

It should be fine to leave it in sleep mode overnight without charging.

So, that's addressed your immediate problem, but I tend to agree that with others you may have an issue that's slowing down the startup from a complete shutdown.  That may be worth checking.

It is possible that Toshiba load some bloatware, or your AV software is slowing things down, or even that you have a hardware issue. I wouldn't worry too much about the startup tab in task manager. If you have a look at the services tab, you'll get an idea of just how many services Windows has to load when it starts from scratch. 

I tried, spectacularly unsuccessfully, to take a picture/screenshot of the hugely very long list of contents in the services tab.  I wonder if this is the problem, GDB2222?

grumpycrab

check you have an SSD.... task manager -> performance tab (second from the left) -> look under Disk.  Should say SSD and also should be running at 5% or less usage.

EDIT. while there check memory is 8GB (half of it in use)

[Deleted User]

GDB2222 said:

Have you actually timed how long it takes to start up? If you were doing it several times a day, even 45 seconds would seem slow, although it's pretty reasonable. 

There are all sorts of things that make a difference that are completely harmless. For example, the Toshiba may have a full memory check enabled, which adds several seconds to the startup time. Your previous machine may have had that disabled. 

In any case, unless there's something wrong, it really doesn't matter. Just use sleep mode. 

It takes about 40-50 seconds to start up then I have to wait again as the little circle goes round before I can key in my Microsoft Password so, at worst, nearly 60 seconds.