Simon
Junior Boot Camper
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Post by Simon on Nov 13, 2021 7:04:57 GMT
Is anyone else getting really slow boot times in Windows 10? It sits on the page with spinning dots for ages. I didn’t count but it must be at least 20 spins of those stupid dots! I know Windows is capable of booting extremely quickly on my Mac. It’s gone from what used to be just 15-20 seconds to what must be a 2-3 minutes or more.
It was so infuriating that I reinstalled Boot Camp (and had to endure the secure boot Blue Screen issue 3-4 times just to get it installed), and that seemed to work for a while. But now, not a week later, the slow booting has returned. There was at least one or two major updates since the latest ISO is from back in May, 2021 so maybe it started after one of those, but I don’t know for sure. I tried just about all the troubleshooting steps I could find online, to no avail. I guess it’s just Windows being Windows. It’s freaking annoying because it’s hard to go from a fast SSD boot speed to something more like the magnetic spinning drives of old.
Everything is fast and stable once it finally boots, as it is in macOS too. There are no drive issues (I did a scan).
I think there’ll be an updated ISO in a few weeks so maybe I’ll try again, but I’m not holding out much hope. Hopefully Apple decides to support Windows 11 for compatible Macs soon too. Most if not all the Intel Macs from the past 3-4 years have compatible processors that contain TPU 2. Not sure about the Mac Pro though. You’ve got to be feeling totally screwed over by Apple if you invested in the latest Mac Pro.
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Simon
Junior Boot Camper
Posts: 11
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Post by Simon on Nov 18, 2021 5:13:18 GMT
So it seems like FileVault in macOS *may* have something to do with the slow boots. I couldn't even reinstall Windows without turning it off. After 4 or 5 failed attempts with the BSOD problem I turned off FileVault and I got the latest Windows 10 ISO (November 2021) installed and it's booting quickly. I probably won't bother with FileVault anymore since I figure if someone has access to my laptop without my permission then I've got way bigger problems than them having access to my files. There's really nothing interesting or incriminating in my data, other than my taste in music and games.
I think using a Firmware password is a much better security measure than FileVault, as this will prevent or at least make much more difficult the process of performing a total system reset and restore, which thieves can do to make it a sellable device. I also have iCloud activation enabled, but I figure this is easier to circumvent than a firmware password. Booting from external devices is also disabled by default, but I *may* enable that for backup and restore purposes.
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