as the title suggests, the Windows is stuck in the "Windows Logo" with the circling dots screen. During this wait time (about 25minutes) the PC does nothing. The specs are the following
- Dell Optiplex 5050
- Intel Core i7 7700
- 4x16GB (64GB total) DDR4 RAM
- Intel nvme ssd 512GB SSDPEKKF512G8 NVMe INTEL 512GB
- HDD 2TB TOSHIBA DT01ACA200
- Integrated intel graphics, audio
- No other external or internal devices connected
- Windows 10 22H2
I've tried the following Removed HDD, removed GPU and AUDIO devices from device manager and reinstall it, windows updated, tracing with boot trace, removed AVAST antivirus, updated all the drivers to the latest one. Deactivated both secureboot and fastboot. These steps have been performed one at a time to eliminate possible culprits. Nothing worked, the exact same behaviour. It seems that for some reason, there is a "waittime" or "timeout"/"sleep" time after windows starts to boot. But I can't find anything in msconfig in order to adjust it. Also the BIOS doesn't have such an option.
Any ideas kindly appreciated!
Additional info: Using chkdsk, no errors have been found. Also checks to the windows integrity (using DSM tool), return no errors. The following "Not loaded" info is provided in bootlog (multiple times each)
- BOOTLOG_NOT_LOADED \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
- BOOTLOG_NOT_LOADED \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys
- BOOTLOG_NOT_LOADED \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\NDProxy.sys
