Slow boot times after creating a bootable FuzeDrive

When using older versions of FuzeDrive, if you have an older peripheral for removable media (such as an optical disc drive or a USB multi-card reader), it may present a filesystem to the PC even when no disc or card is present.  During UEFI boot, while searching for the EFI boot loader, these devices can take a long time to fail.  The FuzeDrive logo will be onscreen for a long time, as much as 3 minutes, before the circling balls appear indicating that Windows has begun loading.

If this device is disconnected, boot time should return to normal.  Note that newer readers do not exhibit this problem.

This issue has been fixed since v1.3.3, however tiers created with earlier versions will not automatically be updated to the new EFI driver.  To update to the new driver:

1. Upgrade to the latest version.
2. After rebooting, open an Administrator command prompt or Administrator PowerShell window.
3. Enter ecmd --version
4. Ensure you're now using v1.3.3 or later.
5. Enter  ecmd --list 
 
6. For the drive numbers  X and  Y in the "NAME" column under "pDrives:" (here "drive2" and "drive1") enter: 
       ecmd --update driveX gpt 
       ecmd --update driveY gpt

The issue should now be resolved.

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