Slow Boot to “Windows”?

Running Windows 95, 6.4 Gig hard drive, 64 MB RAM,
233 processor (Intel). I just ran a thorough scan
disk, and performed defrag (x2). Upon boot up,
the system is now very, very slow on the boot
process before the Windows splash screen. I am
aware that defrag should improve performance,
and after the first 2-3 restarts, the system should be more efficient during the boot process.
What have I missed here? Frustrated & puzzled.
Thank you for your help!