Since my latest windows update (7/64bit) I notice a strange delay during the boot up process. Initially I am getting the usual screen offering me the choice of Win7 and the Macrium Recovery Enviroment - I let this run normally 10 seconds or choose Win 7 if I am impatient and then for the longest period nothing much happens. In the past usually after 10 seconds or less the windows log-on screen would appear (SSD) - atm it can take several minutes before this happens. Once I get the log-on screen and continue, the pc boots up fine. I am trying to figure out what process or program may cause this delay? At times I am not even sure if waiting is appropriate or a cold reboot is necessary.
I've previously solved a long boot issue by first doing a boot trace - it might be worth a try. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...ow-to-collect-a-good-boot-trace-on-windows-7/
This is exactly what happens during the boot up process: https://jdebp.eu/FGA/windows-nt-6-boot-process.html https://jdebp.eu/FGA/efi-boot-process.html Note that this info is related to NT v6.x (Windows Vista/7/8/8.1), not v10.x (Windows 10)
