I have to concur with the other commenters, it sounds like your system might have some kind of strange configuration. I haven't had a computer that took longer than around 10 seconds to boot since Windows 7. SSDs made a massive difference. Then Windows 8 introduced hybrid boot for certain configurations, and Windows 10 made it pretty much standard. My Android phone (Pixel) takes longer to boot than my Windows computer (Surface).
Boot time is a non-issue if your boot partition is on an SSD, which is the case for most serious users today.
I actually measured the difference. My Windows 7 used to boot in ~20-22 seconds. With Windows 10 it went down to ~15-17 seconds. Sure, Windows 7 was a bit slower. However, it also didn't have forced reboots like Windows 10 does, which in my eyes more than makes up for it.
My girlfriend's windows 10 on spinning disks take much less than that for the desktop to appear, but I don't think her desktop is really usable until way beyond 25 minutes.
My professional laptop on windows 10 boot in a few seconds but then it takes a minute or 2 for Microsoft Teams to show up and that is with SSDs. In comparison same laptop on linux take a little more time to boot to desktop but I can quickly get a browser window with teams / outlook and open other apps so while it appears slower to boot it is usable roughly at the same time. There are a lot of shitty technics to make windows appear loading faster than it really does.
What matters is not the time for the login screen or desktop to appear but the time until you can be productive on it.
It seems to me that Linux is slightly faster on an SSD and a hell of a lot faster on an HDD than Windows 10 when it first boots up. I have the exact same problems the parent describes.
I upgraded my moms pc from spinning rust to semi-cheap SSD and Windows 10 now boots in seconds rather minutes. Reads are what matter most for most people
Windows 10 is for newer hardware anyway, it runs slow on older hardware.
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