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So I had an old PC that I don't have space for so I decided to scavenge it for parts and junk whatever I can't use, fortunately I found two usable parts. The HDD and the DVD Drive. Now this PC is REALLY old, I'm talking 10 years old. I don't even have the proper cords for the DVD drive so it's practically just a DVD holder, which is fine. (because who even uses DVDs anymore lolz xdd) The HDD works but definitely not cleanly.

Either way, I used to boot Windows 10 in 10 seconds or so but now it takes more like 20-30. Is there any way for me to fix this or maybe have my hard drive not be read until I actually use it, i.e. transfer a file onto it or maybe load something on it? Because it was just meant to be used as a storage hard drive and if it's actually gonna slow me down, I would rather just remove it.

 
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Welcome to the community, CompaqCrap!

Since this is a pretty old HDD, I'd strongly recommend you to test it using a diagnostic tool. This will help you determine the health and SMART status of the drive. If anything in the SMART attributes is not okay, I'd not recommend you to keep any important data on this drive without having a backup of it somewhere else. Here's a thread with some third-party utilities you can use: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Since it's already causing you slower booting, I guess it's possible that it has some sort of damage on it. The best way to keep it from affecting your system would be to get it out and maybe put it in an external enclosure or a docking...
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Welcome to the community, CompaqCrap!

Since this is a pretty old HDD, I'd strongly recommend you to test it using a diagnostic tool. This will help you determine the health and SMART status of the drive. If anything in the SMART attributes is not okay, I'd not recommend you to keep any important data on this drive without having a backup of it somewhere else. Here's a thread with some third-party utilities you can use: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Since it's already causing you slower booting, I guess it's possible that it has some sort of damage on it. The best way to keep it from affecting your system would be to get it out and maybe put it in an external enclosure or a docking station (my guess is the drive is 3.5", so you'd need to get an enclosure with an extra power supply).

Either way, run a complete HDD diagnostic test first and let me know what the SMART data shows!

Hope I helped. :)
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Err.. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, sorry. By "SMART" data, do you just mean a report on the status of my HDD? Not sure how to extract a report with this program so here's a screenshot, lol. Sorry if it's not what you're looking for, and if that's the case, lemme know what I should display.
 
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Hi again, CompaqCrap!

Sorry if I wasn't clear, basically doing a screenshot of the diagnostic results would be very helpful. By SMART, I meant this S.M.A.R.T. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. )
However, I'm unable to see any screenshots in your post unfortunately! :(
It's important to take a look at the SMART attributes because they represent the analysis of the HDD's health status in details. Basically, it helps determine what exactly is the issue with the drive. ( http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor-smart-attributes.htm )

Keep me posted. Sorry if I confused you!
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