Very slow Windows 7 boot time

Hey,
I recently bootcamped my MacBook with Windows 7 for the second time and I've noticed a huge difference in booting speeds. I have Windows set as my boot device. After the white screen, the laptop stays at a black screen with a flashing white underscore for around a minute. After that, the computer starts as normal.
How can I remove the black screen, considering there isn't a BIOS for bootcamp?
Thanks in advance,

What happens is Bootcamp has work its magic with the Mac EFI system that is similar to what PC systems call Bios. Its the basics startup instructions for the hardware. Because Windows does not work well with EFI boot systems. A longer boot time can be expected. You can check your Windows portion of the boot with MSconfig although I would not mess with changing anything unless you know what your doing. Otherwise you could corrupt the boot config. I would say my Macbook Pro 2011 takes about 20 seconds to boot into Windows from power up to Windows sign in. Remember your not booting Windows on a PC your booting Windows on a Mac which although BootCamp is a decent way to do that. Its not tweaked as well as say a PC which was designed and built around running Windows. Drivers, hardware, and Bootcamp are Apple. Only Windows is Microsoft. I highly doubt Microsoft worries a lot about making Windows boot well on a Mac.

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