diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index a6eace856f..fd6e87d0c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ jobs:
           $env:KUBECONFIG="${pwd}\testhome\kubeconfig"
           $env:MINIKUBE_HOME="${pwd}\testhome"
           $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
-          .\e2e-windows-amd64.exe --minikube-start-args="--driver=hyperv" --test.timeout=15m --timeout-multiplier=1.5 --test.v --test.run=TestFunctional --binary=./minikube-windows-amd64.exe | Tee-Object -FilePath ".\report\testout.txt"
+          .\e2e-windows-amd64.exe --minikube-start-args="--driver=hyperv" --test.timeout=20m --timeout-multiplier=1.5 --test.v --test.run=TestFunctional --binary=./minikube-windows-amd64.exe | Tee-Object -FilePath ".\report\testout.txt"
           $END_TIME=(GET-DATE)
           echo $END_TIME
           $DURATION=(NEW-TIMESPAN -Start $START_TIME -End $END_TIME)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 4e83727fb8..a81ee4f599 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ jobs:
           $env:KUBECONFIG="${pwd}\testhome\kubeconfig"
           $env:MINIKUBE_HOME="${pwd}\testhome"
           $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
-          .\e2e-windows-amd64.exe --minikube-start-args="--driver=hyperv" --test.timeout=15m --timeout-multiplier=1.5 --test.v --test.run=TestFunctional --binary=./minikube-windows-amd64.exe | Tee-Object -FilePath ".\report\testout.txt"
+          .\e2e-windows-amd64.exe --minikube-start-args="--driver=hyperv" --test.timeout=20m --timeout-multiplier=1.5 --test.v --test.run=TestFunctional --binary=./minikube-windows-amd64.exe | Tee-Object -FilePath ".\report\testout.txt"
           $END_TIME=(GET-DATE)
           echo $END_TIME
           $DURATION=(NEW-TIMESPAN -Start $START_TIME -End $END_TIME)
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 2aa4668041..0ac6265bb7 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -765,10 +765,18 @@ func validateUser(drvName string) {
 
 // memoryLimits returns the amount of memory allocated to the system and hypervisor , the return value is in MB
 func memoryLimits(drvName string) (int, int, error) {
-	info, err := machine.CachedHostInfo()
-	if err != nil {
-		return -1, -1, err
+	info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr := machine.CachedHostInfo()
+	if cpuErr != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("could not get system cpu info while verifying memory limits, which might be okay: %v", cpuErr)
 	}
+	if diskErr != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("could not get system disk info while verifying memory limits, which might be okay: %v", diskErr)
+	}
+
+	if memErr != nil {
+		return -1, -1, memErr
+	}
+
 	sysLimit := int(info.Memory)
 	containerLimit := 0
 
@@ -827,9 +835,11 @@ func validateMemoryHardLimit(drvName string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Unable to query memory limits: %v", err)
 		out.WarningT("Failed to verify system memory limits.")
+		return
 	}
 	if s < 2200 {
 		out.WarningT("Your system has only {{.memory_amount}}MB memory. This might not work minimum required is 2000MB.", out.V{"memory_amount": s})
+		return
 	}
 	if driver.IsDockerDesktop(drvName) {
 		// in Docker Desktop if you allocate 2 GB the docker info shows:  Total Memory: 1.945GiB which becomes 1991 when we calculate the MBs
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 4cd92ce4b7..d3c4f2c1f5 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 		glog.Info("no existing cluster config was found, will generate one from the flags ")
 		sysLimit, containerLimit, err := memoryLimits(drvName)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Warningf("Unable to query memory limits: %v", err)
+			glog.Warningf("Unable to query memory limits: %+v", err)
 		}
 
 		mem := suggestMemoryAllocation(sysLimit, containerLimit, viper.GetInt(nodes))
 		if cmd.Flags().Changed(memory) {
-			mem, err = pkgutil.CalculateSizeInMB(viper.GetString(memory))
+			mem, err := pkgutil.CalculateSizeInMB(viper.GetString(memory))
 			if err != nil {
 				exit.WithCodeT(exit.Config, "Generate unable to parse memory '{{.memory}}': {{.error}}", out.V{"memory": viper.GetString(memory), "error": err})
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
index e939032056..9e69646beb 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ func CachedDaemonInfo(ociBin string) (SysInfo, error) {
 		cachedSysInfo = &si
 		cachedSysInfoErr = &err
 	}
+	if cachedSysInfoErr == nil {
+		return *cachedSysInfo, nil
+	}
 	return *cachedSysInfo, *cachedSysInfoErr
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
index 15e94558c7..7799d513da 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
@@ -42,29 +42,27 @@ func megs(bytes uint64) int64 {
 }
 
 // CachedHostInfo returns system information such as memory,CPU, DiskSize
-func CachedHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error) {
-	i, err := cachedCPUInfo()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Unable to get CPU info: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
+func CachedHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error, error, error) {
+	var cpuErr, memErr, diskErr error
+	i, cpuErr := cachedCPUInfo()
+	if cpuErr != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Unable to get CPU info: %v", cpuErr)
 	}
-	v, err := cachedSysMemLimit()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Unable to get mem info: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
+	v, memErr := cachedSysMemLimit()
+	if memErr != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Unable to get mem info: %v", memErr)
 	}
 
-	d, err := cachedDiskInfo()
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Unable to get disk info: %v", err)
-		return nil, err
+	d, diskErr := cachedDiskInfo()
+	if diskErr != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Unable to get disk info: %v", diskErr)
 	}
 
 	var info HostInfo
 	info.CPUs = len(i)
 	info.Memory = megs(v.Total)
 	info.DiskSize = megs(d.Total)
-	return &info, nil
+	return &info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr
 }
 
 // showLocalOsRelease shows systemd information about the current linux distribution, on the local host
@@ -111,20 +109,26 @@ func cachedSysMemLimit() (*mem.VirtualMemoryStat, error) {
 		cachedSystemMemoryLimit = v
 		cachedSystemMemoryErr = &err
 	}
+	if cachedSystemMemoryErr == nil {
+		return cachedSystemMemoryLimit, nil
+	}
 	return cachedSystemMemoryLimit, *cachedSystemMemoryErr
 }
 
 var cachedDisk *disk.UsageStat
-var cachedDiskInfoeErr *error
+var cachedDiskInfoErr *error
 
 // cachedDiskInfo will return a cached disk usage info
 func cachedDiskInfo() (disk.UsageStat, error) {
 	if cachedDisk == nil {
 		d, err := disk.Usage("/")
 		cachedDisk = d
-		cachedDiskInfoeErr = &err
+		cachedDiskInfoErr = &err
 	}
-	return *cachedDisk, *cachedDiskInfoeErr
+	if cachedDiskInfoErr == nil {
+		return *cachedDisk, nil
+	}
+	return *cachedDisk, *cachedDiskInfoErr
 }
 
 var cachedCPU *[]cpu.InfoStat
@@ -136,9 +140,9 @@ func cachedCPUInfo() ([]cpu.InfoStat, error) {
 		i, err := cpu.Info()
 		cachedCPU = &i
 		cachedCPUErr = &err
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, *cachedCPUErr
-		}
+	}
+	if cachedCPUErr == nil {
+		return *cachedCPU, nil
 	}
 	return *cachedCPU, *cachedCPUErr
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
index afeaa3f071..6c35963659 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ func acquireMachinesLock(name string) (mutex.Releaser, error) {
 func showHostInfo(cfg config.ClusterConfig) {
 	machineType := driver.MachineType(cfg.Driver)
 	if driver.BareMetal(cfg.Driver) {
-		info, err := CachedHostInfo()
-		if err == nil {
+		info, cpuErr, memErr, DiskErr := CachedHostInfo()
+		if cpuErr == nil && memErr == nil && DiskErr == nil {
 			register.Reg.SetStep(register.RunningLocalhost)
 			out.T(out.StartingNone, "Running on localhost (CPUs={{.number_of_cpus}}, Memory={{.memory_size}}MB, Disk={{.disk_size}}MB) ...", out.V{"number_of_cpus": info.CPUs, "memory_size": info.Memory, "disk_size": info.DiskSize})
 		}