Windows 8 slow pre session boot

[Jayce]

Hello,

I just installed back Windows 8 and got a boot speed problem, i have found other topics about that, and ran Performance Analyzer.

I noticed a very very long time in Pre session, but I don't know where to find more informations, maybe one of you guys can look at my files and tell me where is the problem ?

Here are the url to the files :

- XML summary : http://online-legion.com/jayce/summary_boot.zip

- Full etl file ziped : http://online-legion.com/jayce/boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1.zip

(full ETL file is still uploading, and will finish in about 5 minutes)

Thanks in advance for your time and help,

Best regards,

Jayce

[MagicAndre1981]

PreSMSS is slow (120s):

+<interval endTime="122244" startTime="0" name="PreSMSS" duration="122244">

I can see that the kernel uses a lot of CPU during this time. You need to run this command:

xbootmgr -trace boot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -stackwalk profile -resultPath C:\TEMP

i need the stackwalk data to see what the kernel does.

[Jayce]

Hello,

Thanks a bunch for looking into this, that boot time makes me mad

I ran the second trace, here is the url to the file : http://online-legion.com/jayce/boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1_22_09_2013.zip

Thanks again for your time and help,

Jayce.

[MagicAndre1981]

ok, starting your HDD is slow:

Your driver version of iaStorA.sys is "12.8.0.1016". Try older drivers or use the Microsoft AHCI driver.

[Jayce]

I am desperatly trying to uninstall that driver to get an older one or an other one, but once i uninstall it, I got a BSOD during PreSMSS.

Still trying to resolve this and post a new boot trace

EDIT:

Finally achieved rollback of named driver, to version 12.7.0.1036 (official one found on ASUS website for my MB) for the same boot time and following trace :

http://online-legion.com/jayce/boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1_22_09_2013_2350.zip

(upload will end 10 minutes after that edit)

thanks again

Jayce

EDIT 2 :

I tried out with 2 other drivers, an other INTEL and an ASMedia, boot time seems to shorten a little with those but is still long.

Here is correspnding trace :

http://online-legion.com/jayce/boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1_23_09_2013_0051.zip

(upload will end 10 minutes after that edit)

Edited September 22, 2013 by Jayce

[MagicAndre1981]

the 12.7.0.1036 doesn't fix it. Still the same.

the last trace shows that the driver issue is fixed. Now Windows hags while enum die IDE controller:

<pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+20155ac6+0+3" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="556" endTime="47564" duration="47009" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 3" />

this causes a 47s delay.

I also see that the TPM driver causes a delay. Do you use TPM?

[Jayce]

Hello,

What can I do for IDE issue ? plug off my old IDE drives ? My IDE drives are really tired, is it possible that the disk is the problem more than IDE channels ?

I did not really understood the concept of TPM (it seems to be a chip for security purposes), if I am using it i do not know I am

May TPM be disabled ? In BIOS ?

EDIT : I found that article on TPM, is it universal for all OS and platforms ? ( http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/cc754524.aspx )

Thanks for your precious help,

Jayce

Edited September 23, 2013 by Jayce

[MagicAndre1981]

try to remove the IDE drives. Is boot faster?

[Jayce]

I was not at home yesterday, i will try this asap and give feedback asap

[Jayce]

So, i removed my IDE drives and boot is really fast now, but i don't really know if this is my drives who got a problem or my motherboard with IDE channels :/

Here is the last trace without IDE drives, only 3 SSD drives : http://online-legion.com/jayce/boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1_24_09_2013_1835.zip

And thanks again and again for your appreciated help dude !

[jaclaz]

How many drives are they?

Try with one at the time.

Check that they are NOT on "cable select", verify the jumpers on them to be set correctly.

jaclaz

[MagicAndre1981]

boot is now fast (21s to UI and 24s to be fully booted)

- <timing bootDoneViaExplorer="21664" bootDoneViaPostBoot="34864" 

Enum of the IDE ports now takes 3.5s:

- <phase name="bootStart" startTime="16" endTime="3605" duration="3589">  <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\5+23e44528+0+0" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="479" endTime="3490" duration="3011" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 0" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\5+23e44528+0+1" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="479" endTime="3490" duration="3011" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 1" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+20155ac6+0+0" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="479" endTime="1504" duration="1024" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 0" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+20155ac6+0+5" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="480" endTime="1495" duration="1014" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 5" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+20155ac6+0+1" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="480" endTime="1493" duration="1013" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 1" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+20155ac6+0+2" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="480" endTime="1493" duration="1013" prePendTime="0" description="Canal IDE" friendlyName="ATA Channel 2" /> 

During boot, starting the Firewall service is slow because of loading the rules (FirewallAPI.DLL!FwEnumRules).