"Starting Windows" Screen takes way too long?

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spacely11

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I am getting a longer than usual boot time for some reason on Windows 7. I get stuck on this "Starting Windows" screen for at least a good 1-3 minutes before my login screen appears.

Here are my specs:

I am booting from my 120GB Samsung EVO SSD

Mobo: Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU: FX 8350
GPU: XFX R9 290x
RAM: HyperX 1600Mhz 16GB

I previously owned a MSI motherboard with a 8120 and another GPU and RAM, and this problem never happened before even when I booted from my hard disk. I've formatted the SSD 3 times before but I don't think that has slowed down its speed.
It has nothing to do with Asus software as I thought it was the AI Suite problem but I've already tried that solution with no success.

I've clean installed Windows 7 a 3rd time now with basically no updates/3rd party software installed and it still waits at that "Starting Windows" screen when I boot for way to long.
Is there something in BIOS I don't have set right or something? Is it my mobo? Boot priorities?

I used to boot in almost 5-10 seconds max with my old MSI motherboard and the same SSD but since I've gotten new parts this screen takes just way too long and makes the purpose of having and SSD for my boot drive obsolete.
 
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smorizio

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make sure you have the newest bios file on the mb to rule out a bios bug. under start up/boot tab on asus mb there a setting for quick boot. make sure it on and there a setting for the mb to wait on error (30 sec.) try turning it down see if that helps. also turn off the asus splash screen. also make sure efi bios booting first. there two bios now on mb. if your botting up with the older bios it may be slower then the efi bios.
 
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spacely11

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I already had all of those above things listed and it still didn't really help.

Any other suggestions?

 
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spacely11

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Tried the above but didn't work. However, I figured it out.

When I reinstalled Windows with my new motherboard, on the intro where I deleted the partition on my SSD of the previous Windows installation, I didn't create a NEW partition. This was conflicting with one of my other HDD's that somehow Windows was dealing with at boot because there (may) have been some boot things on that drive that I didn't clean up.
So I made sure I created a new partition this time and wiped the other HDD and everything is as good as new.

Appreciated the help anyways. Thanks
 
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