Hang at "Starting Windows" with an SSD.

tehpwnz

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Hey fellas, so I have this issue where my Samsung 840 EVO 240gb SSD is super slow at booting Windows 7. When I first got it, 50% of the time it would boot in less than 30 sec, sometimes up to over 2 min! Now it's ALWAYS at 2+ min. Here are some numbers to be exact.

From power-switch to log-on screen: 2:25
From Starting Windows to log-on screen:2:01

The Samsung Magician says its fine, and here's the performance test...


I also ran Memtest 3-4 times with no errors and reinstalled windows.

Specs:
Windows 7 home premium 64
MSI z87 Gaming
i5 3.4ghz 4670
6gb 1333
Geforce GTX 760 4gb
Samsung 840 Evo 240gb
Corsair GS800
 

tehpwnz

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Apr 17, 2014
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UPDATE: So after reading up on a few other topics, I figured I would disconnect the other internal drives in my bay, and it worked! system boots in less than 20 sec now. *phew* The drive causing the long boot time was an old 500gb WD.