Does Windows have something like journald on Linux?

Question

I have a Windows 10 installed as main OS on a machine. When I installed it fresh it would boot in like 5 seconds, but as time passed and new updates got installed, the boot times became slower and slower (it's not too slow, but compared to the fresh install it is). I am talking about the splash screen with the spinning circle.

I do most of my thing inside virtual machines, so I rarely install things in the main OS that could affect boot times.

I Was wondering if there's something like journald from linux that I can use on Windows to figure out what's taking more time to boot.

Answer 1

Slow boots can arise from multiple sources.

1. Dying hard disks
2. Fragmented file systems.
3. Extra steps in the bootup process, eg more executables being loaded and initializing, and some possibly hanging.
4. Some other hardware problem.

If you're using an ssd, #2 doesn't happen. If not I'd check to see if the disk is fragmented which successive writes and deletes can cause very quickly on a windows system.

Otherwise there is the general bloat of windows to consider, with every successive version some of the same uses, eats up tons of more space in ram and hard disk space and processing power. As an old mentor would say "Its a feature", he hated windows, and this was back in the days of NT and 98 and 2000. Not much has likely improved.

Check what i said first, then consider probing deeper. It doesn't sound like hardware, first thought is either more is happening at startup or your filesystem is fragmented.