Windows 8 keeps reading non-primary HDD

leeb2013 · Sep 4, 2014

hi, I've recently installed Windows 8 on to my SSD however I have a strange issue. Whenever I try to install any programme to C: (the SSD) Windows insists on reading drive F:, which is a 3TB HDD which can take over 3 minutes, before it starts to install to C:.

I can see it reading F: using the Drive's meter gadget and when I unplug F: it doesn't have the issue and installs immediately.

I initially had indexing disabled, so I enabled it and waited until it was complete, but still have the same issue. Any ideas?

Thanks

blockhead78 · Sep 4, 2014

I used to have a similar issue (kind of)

Certain operations on my C would cause windows to look at my K drive as well, which resulted in a delay

I found it was down to the fact my second drive was set to turn off after a period of inactivity. Once I set the advanced power settings so the second drive never turned off, my problem went away

leeb2013 · Sep 4, 2014

thanks, it's worth a try. How do you selectively set drives to turn on/off? In Windows power management, it just seems to refer to all drives.

blockhead78 · Sep 5, 2014

leeb2013 :

Yeah, sorry... the way I worded that made it sound like I changed the setting specifically for my 2nd drive.

I just changed the global setting for hard drives in advanced power management to never

leeb2013 · Sep 8, 2014

thanks, it didn't work though. The way I sorted it was to make sure no HDDs were drive F: !! All ok now. My brand new install of Win8 seemed to have some sort of addiction to drive F.

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