Just installed a new SSD, and now have massive boot times?

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calumconroy

calumconroy

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So i've just installed Windows 8.1 onto my new Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD, replacing my old 160gb SATA 1 HDD. The problem is, my pc somehow boots slower with the SSD!

When windows starts loading it's about 5 seconds or less until i'm successfully signed in, much faster than with the hard drive. However the SSD hangs for a minute or two on the motherboard 'loading screen' that comes up when i power on, whereas using the hard drive would get past this screen in 10 seconds or less.

TL;DR: New ssd making PC/motherboard boot extremely slow.
 
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Make sure the SSD is plugged in to SATA port 0 [ this will be printed on the mb ]

Make sure AHCI is enabled .

Expect some mb's and their complicated UEFI BIOSes to take longer to start

and use the sleep option rather than rebooting
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calumconroy

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The SSD is plugged into the 3gb/s port 0 at the moment, instead of the 6gb/s port 7 in the hope it will make a difference.

I'll check on AHCI.

Also, it's worth mentioning that it doesn't even get to windows loading if the windows disc isn't in the disc drive. However when the pc is booted up it can be removed no problem?
 
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JohnnyLucky

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There is a bit of bad news. I see you have a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Z77 motherboard listed. You have an older motherboard that had more than its fair share of problems. The board is no longer in production. There is a strong possibility the motherboard is the problem.

You mentioned you installed Windows 8.1. but did not indicate how. Did you use data migration software to clone the hard drive to the ssd or did you do a fresh clean install? Data migration applications work reasonably well for most users. However, sometimes problems develop. We've have quite a few threads about cloning problems. That is one reason why a fresh clean install is the preferred method.

If you did a fresh clean install, did you remember to disconnect any hard drives first, especially one with an operating system? It sounds crazy but when multiple drives have operating systems on them a computer could get confused. Did you go into the system BIOS and enable ACHI mode and select the ssd as the primary boot drive? You only mentioned you would check on ACHI mode.

Did you install all of the latest updates and drivers for components on the motherboard? The latest Intel Z77 chipset drivers should be installed. Intel is preferred over other ssd controllers. In addition the ssd should be connected to the motherboard's SATA header / connector labeled as SATA_0 or SATA-1 (or something very similar).

The best course of action is to perform a secure erase and do a fresh clean install of Microsoft Windows. The secure erase will wipe the ssd clean and make it like new. Just follow Samsung's instructions.
 
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