Computer slower than usual at welcome screen

sagar265

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Hi guys I'm hoping you can help me. Usually my computer will start up with no problems, taking around 1-2 minutes to boot fully. A few days ago I switched my computer on and it gave a message along the lines "please insert boot media" basically I don't think it was recognising the hard drive. So I opened the PC and made sure all connections were okay. Thankfully it recognised the hard drive but now it takes a while after logging in to get to the desktop (around 3-5 minutes). It's never been like this so just wondering if someone could PLEASE HELP.
Also after the bios screen (asrock n68c-s ucc) it comes up with a blank screen and an underscore and blinks for around 5 seconds before going to the starting windows animation.
Thanks a lot.
 

sagar265

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Thanks when I get home I'll try that, could this be caused by something like loose wire etc?