Lenovo T14s (AMD) laptop now taking much longer to boot up

This problem has been going on for at least a few weeks now.

In this video, we delve into the common issue of slow boot times in Windows and how to effectively troubleshoot it using Process Monitor.

SLOW COMPUTER

Things to try:

1, Perform a clean boot to eliminate software conflict causing the issue. If it doesn't happen in a clean boot, you have some software conflicting with Windows. Brink's procedure will help you weed out which one. Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 11 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts Tutorial

2. Make sure you have no corrupt system files that is causing this problem. Open a command prompt as administrator and type
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
Restart computer

Open another cmd prompt as admin and type sfc /scannow
Pay attention to the scan results to see if SFC found anything it could not repair.

3. disable fast startup Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 11

4. After windows fully loads, right click on start button and select task manager. Look at the column headers. Are any resources running at 100%? If so, click on that header to sort the processes to show those hogging the most resources to be at the top.

5. update your bios to latest and update graphics driver from the manufacturer,

6. Run disk cleanup. In search box search for "disk", In search results RIGHT click on Disk Cleanup & select 'run as administrator'
Along with what will already be checked, also put a check by Previous Windows Installations and Temporary Files

7. You have HDDs, Defrag them. search 'defrag'. In search results select "Defragment and Optimize" drives. The app will tell you which drives are fragmented and need to be optimized

8. Check for Malware using Malwarebytes Free. Scroll all the way down in this link and select Malwarebytes Free.
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This install as trial but after 14 days reverts to free. Or you can uninstall it after your scan.
Do a full scan. Quarantine (or remove) anything that Malwarebytes detects. Restart the computer.

9. Test to see if issues remain while in safe mode? Boot to Safe Mode in Windows 11 Tutorial

10. Repair Install Windows 11 Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade Tutorial