Very Slow SSD Boot after Acronis restore
I have a 1TB Crucial SSD drive running Windows 10 Home. It always booted at about 32 seconds. I had to do a restore of the OS partition and all went well EXCEPT it now takes 124 seconds to boot. I've already did and run all the easy solutions and test. Drive reports at fine with Crucial software and with Windows diagnostics. Any idea how to get my 32 second boot time back would be appreciated.

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Did you restore the OS partition from a full disk (all partitions of the disk) backup?
If yes I would recommend that you restore the full disk backup and that you do so using the Recovery Media and not from within the Windows True Image app.
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Yes. I restored the entire disk with all partitions from Acronis. It all seemed fine except for the performance loss.
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Then I suggest that you have a look at Windows Device Manager and make sure that the Storage controller driver is up to date. If the driver listed is a Microsoft driver I would update it to the manufacturer latest version. There have been recent reports of the Microsoft drivers way under performing.
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Crucial Storage Executive doesn't have drivers for the SSD and I have the latest firmware updates installed. All of Crucial diagnostics say the drive is up to date and good to go.
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Not talking about your SSD, talking about the storage controller that the drive attaches to.
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The storage controller currently installed is by Microsoft and is dated from 2006 but when I try to update it, it says the best driver is already installed and I'm not sure where else I could get a newer one. The drive manufacturer doesn't offer one. HELP?
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The box is a Dell and Dell support offers no storage controller driver. I ran Driver Easy and no storage controller driver is listed or available for download.
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Philip, have you checked whether Windows Fast Start is still enabled or not? This may be why you are seeing a longer boot time if it is disabled.
See webpage: Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10
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Phillip, what model is your Dell? When did you upgrade to the SSD? Is the SSD an M.2 NVMe PCIe or an SATA drive? How old is the Dell?
Please right click on the Start button and select Run, type msinfo32.exe in the run box then click on Ok. A System Information will open and it might take a bit. Look through the output for BIOS Mode and post what it says here.
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