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    Windows 8 Windows 7 and 8 Dual Boot Slow Start-up

    I set up a dual boot on a 500 GB SSD. Cloned Windows 7 from a smaller SSD then installed Windows 8 on a second partition. It takes a full 60 seconds to reach the dual boot screen. It then loads very quickly. Here is what I've done to try and correct the problem: 1. Refreshed windows 8 2. removed...
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    VIDEO Windows 7 Slow Start-up

    Okay so, this started today. My laptop takes forever to load login screen and it shows the Welcome screen for so long. The worse is, when it finally logs in, it takes forever to load the network icon (that lags the whole system). I have no idea what it is, but it never used to do this. And i...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support