Easy Ways to Fix Windows 8/8.1 Slow Startup and Shutdown
“Hey guys, I am a win 8 PC user. Recently, my laptop became slow when it goes to startup. I have an Intel core i7 processor, but it seems it doesn't go the way it is. Any help will be necessary for me. Thank you.”
Many people complained that their Windows 8 boot slowly after update, it takes almost 10 minutes to restart. If you are unluckily facing this issue, the first thing you can do is unplug all the devices connected to the computer except keyboard and mouse and then restart computer. If that failed, you can try the following methods to fix Windows 8 slow startup after login, update or sleep completely.
Part 1: Common Ways to Fix Windows 8/8.1 Computer Slow Boot up
Part 2: Ultimate Solution to Fix Windows 8 Slow Startup and Shutdown
Part 1: Common Ways to Fix Windows 8/8.1 Computer Slow Boot up
1. Perform “System maintenance troubleshooter”
Whenever your Windows 8 takes too long to boot up, you can try to use the system troubleshooting feature to fix it manually.
- Press Windows key + X, Select Control Panel.
- In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting.
- Choose “Run maintenance tasks” under “System and Security”
2. Boot Computer in Safe Mode
- Press the Power button at the login screen and then press and hold “Shift” key and click “Restart”
- Now you’ll be asked to choose an option, press “Troubleshoot” from the list
- Press “Advanced options” in the Troubleshoot screen
- Choose “Startup Settings” from the all the advanced options
- Then you’ll see several options can be changed before restarting, choose “Enable Safe Mode” and click “Restart”
3. Reset Windows 8 Computer
Reset computer to factory setting will be an effective way to fix Windows 8 slow boot up and shutdown, black screen and many other computer software problems, but will also erase data from your PC. If you don’t want to perform a reset, just skip to Part 2.
- On your Windows 8 computer, go to Settings and click “Change PC settings”
- Select “General” and then scroll down until you see “Remove everything and reinstall Windows”, click “Get Started”
- Click Next, choose “Just remove my files” or “Fully clean the drive” according to your needs
- Now you can start resetting Windows 8 computer by clicking “Reset”
Part 2: Ultimate Solution to Fix Windows 8 Slow Startup and Shutdown
Windows 8 loading slow usually occurs when there are too much junk files in the system or lack of hard disk space. You can try the best Windows 8 system cleaner – Windows Care Genius to keep your computer always in good condition.
Free Download- Download and run the software on your computer, select “System Tuneup” and click System Optimizer.
- Now you can tick the items and click “Optimize” to clean them out. You can also use other options to get a deep clean for your Windows 8 system.
By far, you must have learnt how to fix slow boot up on Windows 8. If you have the similar problem on your Windows 7/8.1/10 computer, the methods above are also working. Any questions or suggestions for this post and the software are warmly welcomed
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