It takes 10-15 minutes to boot from a HDD. Why?

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ENGgamerJAY

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Hello everyone.

Allow me to be a little more specific. So when I turn on my PC, it takes approx 10 minutes to load up Windows and to load up all startup drivers/software etc. Thing is, I don't understand why it takes so long to load? My specs (http://gyazo.com/26b14ead7405696e025ce1b15e6ffbb2) are pretty beasty but it just takes so long to load.

I would appreciate some tips on how to improve this. I was considering doing a fresh install of W7 on to a more spacey HDD, would that improve the speed, rather than have the boot-up HDD clogged up with user files and software? Also would having an extra hard drive for the software, games etc improve the speed?

(Also here's some more info about my boot-up HDD http://gyazo.com/e6b654e80d244bfdb9bf94ce71885629)

Thanks! ^.^
 
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assuming the hdd isnt at deaths door (which it may very well be), try: start > run > msconfig.exe

check the start up tab and keep the programs running at start up to a minimum, and look for anything rouge.

and get saving for that ssd os drive ! :)
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notherdude

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10 to 15 is absurdly long. This sounds like the hard drive is actually failing, not just old. Once it boots then how does the system run? File transfers for example?

You could try re-installing Windows in the hope that something in the OS is hanging or corrupt. I have old 40 gig Pata drives on 2002 hardware that boot Windows 7 in well under two minutes.
 
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ENGgamerJAY

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Well it took about 6 seconds to copy a 158MB video to the desktop, not sure if that's not too good or not. My PC seems to run fine once it's actually loaded up etc. Software installed on the drive seems to take a while to load up however, e.g. Photoshop, Sony Vegas. I have an other HDD lying around, it's SATA and 300GB, if I were to install a fresh Win7 install on it, would it be much faster? I have to agree 10 mins is too long for me :p
 
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I'd agree that the HDD sounds like it is failing, and having to do multiple reads for anything it wants to read, It could be a very extreme fragmentation situation, but if it is failing then attempting to defrag it will cause data loss in all probability. So... backup the files, or move the windows installation to that spare 300 you have.
 
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Definitely try the fresh install on the other drive! Good chance the old PC will spring back to life.

 
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Lee-m

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assuming the hdd isnt at deaths door (which it may very well be), try: start > run > msconfig.exe

check the start up tab and keep the programs running at start up to a minimum, and look for anything rouge.

and get saving for that ssd os drive ! :)
 
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