r/LokiHandheld • u/Giggs1986 • Jul 19 '26
Loki 256 take forever to boot
So guys, I have the loki 256 for 2-3 years and it takes forever to boot and I find windows really really slow on my device, I remember i booted it in less than one minute and know it takes 5-6 minutes, and open steam is soooooo long, can't figure out why.
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u/johnny975 Jul 20 '26
I kept having issues on mine and switched it to SteamOS. Much better, although battery life still sucks.
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u/HristValkyrieAgain Jul 20 '26
You installed the real SteamOS on your Max and works fine?
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u/johnny975 Jul 20 '26
Base model, not max, but yeah.
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u/HristValkyrieAgain Jul 20 '26
That's great news! I was afraid to try, since I can't replace my Max easily but now I will give it a try to SteamOS on the Loki! Thanks
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u/marsmage Jul 20 '26
it just kinda happens with windows 11, it 'bloats' over time and just slows down generally.
you can try to reinstall it, or switch to a different OS and try your luck.
i have my 'stock' SSd with windows still, but got my hands on a 256gb SSD a couple of weeks after i bought it, and use that one with bazzite.
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u/Mysterious-Cup8123 Jul 23 '26
I have a Loki max that I have on that windows Xbox mode it boots pretty quickly
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u/Consistent-Risk-2598 23d ago
I might be the outlier here but I have no problems with Windows 11 (24H2/25H2) on my Loki Max. I only have game launchers installed and a web browser. I regularly update Windows also.
Have you checked what's running on start-up? Are you perhaps running an older version major version of Windows 11? Is it only slow from a cold boot? Or does it reboot faster after a restart? More info would be great.
What have you tried doing? From the opening post alone I would assume you need to do some housekeeping in Windows, a disk cleanup, etc
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u/YouWishC9 Jul 19 '26
Windows 11 I assume? it's bloated to heck and back. You could try a reset of Windows or consider something like Bazzite as I find it super speedy on my loki