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"My Dell laptop takes a long time to boot up. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron Windows 10. Basically every time I try to start it up, it takes ages to load. It still lets me type my password in but even then, it takes forever to start. Is there anyone know why my Dell laptop takes forever to start and load up? And what can I do to solve this issue?"
Are you using a Dell computer? Does your Dell computer take a very long time to boot up? If yes, you are not alone. Slow startup is a very common issue in Dell laptop running Windows 10. Many Dell users claim that their computers need take quite a few minutes to boot up to the sign in password screen and another several minutes to the desktop screen. It is very frustrating if the computer is extremely slow and sluggish on startup. Thankfully, this problem can be settled. If you face the issue that "Dell computer takes forever to boot up" and are tired of turning on and rebooting your computer continuously, here are 6 methods to troubleshoot this issue.
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Too many startup programs will result in the situation that your Dell laptop is very slow to boot up when you switch it on as these programs launch themselves automatically during the booting process. So you need prevent any program that is not a 100% necessity for you from the startup process in order to shorten the booting time of your Dell laptop. You can do it from either Settings or Task Manager. But here I will recommend an easiest way to manage these startup programs. iSunshare System Genius is a multi-functional Windows cleanup tool devoted to optimizing the computer performance. You can use it to manage the startup programs in a very convenient manner.
Step 1. If you have never tried the software of iSunshare System Genius before, you should download and install it on your Dell computer in advance so that you can continue with the following steps.
Step 2. When you are prepared to use this software, open it directly and select the function of Startup on the left side menu. On the right page of Startup item management, you can get all the names of the startup applications on your Dell computer.
Step 3. Then you can find the unnecessary and useless program and click the button of Disable start to stop it from automatically opening on computer startup in order to get a faster booting speed on your Dell computer.
After you have removed the program from the startup process successfully, you can notice that the condition of the program will be turned from Enabled to Disabled. And if you change your mind and want to re-enable its startup process, you can click the Resume boot button to recover it.
Startup at the Dell logo before Windows is extremely slow? You can turn off the feature of fast startup to try to fix the issue of Dell laptop slow startup in Windows 10 and then turn it on again. Now you can follow the below steps to learn how to disable fast startup in your Dell computer.
Step 1. Right click the Start icon in the bottom left corner of your computer and select Control Panel, view by small icons, then look for the option of Power Options and click to open it.
Step 2. Click the link of Choose what the power button does > Change settings that are currently unavailable to go on.
Step 3. Under the section of Shutdown settings, uncheck the box next to the option of Turn on fast startup (recommended), and then click the button of Save changes to save the modification.
Then you can shutdown your Dell computer and reboot it again to check whether the boot time has been dropped by or not. In general, the method is turned to be effective. After you get your Windows 10 Dell computer out of the slow startup status with this method, you can turn on this feature again in order not to influence other settings.
You may encounter the issue that Dell laptop takes forever to boot up after you have used your device for a period of time, as many junk files are produced and left in your computer when you are using it. Junk files will take a large of disk space and slow down your computer performance. As what we have mentioned before, iSunshare System Genius is a multi-functional junk files cleaner and system optimizer. You can also use this software to free up more space and optimize your Dell computer.
Step 1. After you have downloaded the software on your Dell computer, launch it and then you will come to the Home page.
Step 2. Click the Scan button at the center of the Home page and the then software will start to work right now. It will start to make an overall and comprehensive scanning for all the junk flies in your Dell computer, as well as invalid registry entries.
Step 3. Wait for a while and then you will get the scan results on the interface. In order to free up more space in your computer, you need click the Clean button to remove all the junk files and invalid registry entries from your computer.
After you do an overall cleaning to your Dell computer with iSunshare System Genius, the next time you boot up your Dell computer, you will find that the startup speed will be much faster than before.
Situation occurs frequently that you install some programs in your computer but you totally forget about them just a few days later. In this case, it's a chance for you to do a change. You can start by uninstalling applications that you don't need and then gradually remove applications that you hardly use from your Dell computer, only keeping the applications that you regularly use left. To do this, press the Windows logo key + R on the keyboard to bring the Run dialog box, enter appwiz.cpl in the blank and then click the button of OK to go on. Later you will come to the Uninstall or change a program page, right click a program and select Uninstall to remove it from your computer.
SupportAssist is a pre-installed application in your Dell computer and you can make use of this application to optimize your Dell computer, thus speeding up the booting time. Well, how to use SupportAssist in your Dell computer? Here is the guidance.
Step 1. Search SupportAssist in the Windows search bar and click the result to open it in your Dell computer.
Step 2. Click the button of Start Now at the center of the interface to run all the tests for your computer. All the tests will be run one by one and the results will be provided for you.
Alternatively, you can also click the down arrow icon under the option of Start Now to run a single test separately.
Then at the Home tab, you can see quite a few tools. And you can choose to select a tool to scan or optimize your system, such as Clean Files, Tune Performance and Optimize Network, or Run all so as to improve the Dell computer performance.
Note: If SupportAssist is not displayed in the search results, you can download it from Dell official website first of all and then execute the above steps.
You can run diagnostics on the hardware components of the system to troubleshoot this question. It can help you identify hardware-related problems and provide troubleshooting steps to help solve the problem. If you don't know how to run diagnostics, you can do as the following instructions.
First of all, restart your Dell computer. When the Dell logo appears at the computer screen, press the F12 key on the keyboard every two seconds to enter the one-time boot menu. Then use the arrow keys to select Diagnostics and then press Enter on the keyboard. And follow the on-screen instructions to complete the diagnostic procedure.
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