SSD slow boot on adding HDD

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asmittal

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Hi, (I know there are lots of post on this topic, but non of the solutions provided there helped me)
Recently built a system with

  • SSD - Samsung EVO 850, 120 GB
    Motherboard - MSI A88XM - E35 V2
    HDD: WD Sata (5-6 years old)
    While installing windows 7 on SSD, HDD was not attached.
    No programs installed on HDD

Now when the HDD is attached the system boots very slow, it reaches to the screen with Windows Logo and then take around 1.5 Minutes. After boot, the system performance is good, no lag whatsoever. On removing HDD system boots at normal fast speed (20 Sec).
Hibernate and wakeup are also superfast.

I have already tried:

    Checked the HDD for errors
    Changed the HDD to logical drive
    Checked AHCI and its enabled.
    AHCI driver are latest.
    Problematic HDD is not present in boot order. Rather SSD is the only selected boot device in BIOS
    Read in another thread to move the HDD to different set of SATA controllers but on my motherboard there are 6 SATA III controller all together.
    Read in a thread to change the SATA mode to ATA/IDE mode on problematic HDD. But the option is not there in the BIOS setting.
    Enabled the OS options for better SSD performance using Samsung Magician s/w



Any help will be highly appreciated

 
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D_Know_WD
Hi there asmittal,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your drive.
It may be a good idea to back up the most important data that is stored on it until you sort this out.

Have you tested the HDD with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests)? In case the issue persists, and the test result show that the HDD is healthy, you can try writing zeros on it with the same tool. Keep in mind that this is data destructive.

Also, you can try using different cables.(both SATA and power ones) Faulty cables could cause similar problems.
In case your SSD is attached to port 0, it would be nice if you attach the HDD to port 1.

WD's DLG tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=AfmPqX

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)
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Outlander_04

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AHCI and IDE mode would be mutually exclusive . It might even be that disabling AHCI is how you enable IDE mode in your BIOS .

But that wont be the issue either way

When you built this system did you install the drivers from the motherboard disk? And did you do that before you installed the graphics card drivers?
 
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Hi there asmittal,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your drive.
It may be a good idea to back up the most important data that is stored on it until you sort this out.

Have you tested the HDD with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests)? In case the issue persists, and the test result show that the HDD is healthy, you can try writing zeros on it with the same tool. Keep in mind that this is data destructive.

Also, you can try using different cables.(both SATA and power ones) Faulty cables could cause similar problems.
In case your SSD is attached to port 0, it would be nice if you attach the HDD to port 1.

WD's DLG tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=AfmPqX

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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asmittal

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Thanks to all for the inputs. Here is what worked for me:
1) Downloaded the WD's DLG tool, and checked the drive . Tool told abt some errors but cautioned to backup the drive before fixing.
2) Instead used the Windows drive check tool with "find and repair bad sectors". Tool mentioned that there were errors and were fixed.
3) I couldnt check all the partitions due to less time. But on next boot, was surprised that boot time was fixed. So checking just 2 partitions out of 5 on HDD fixed the issue.

So looks like it was some bad sector or some minor issues on the drive causing the problem.
 
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asmittal

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Ya, you are right. Recently filled up lots of DVD with backup. Will replace soon
 
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