Slow Booting after installing Window 10 on SSD

jimnycricket2020

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I had a desktop that was performing descent but I wanted to give it an upgrade. I introduced SSD to it and did a clean install. I did have some difficulty after installing it when I place the old hard drive back in to get the data off of it. One of the issue was that the old HHD became the primary drive and it kept booting into it. Eventually, I was able to get it set up the way I want EXCEPT...the computer boots REALLY REALLY SLOW...like almost 5 minutes before the Windows Splash screen pops up. Some times the CPU fan spins at such a high rate, I move away from the computer Once it boots, the computer behaves well as far as I can tell. I upgraded the BIOS and I am guessing it is at this level where I am having issues. Luckily, I have an identical computer at work so I took all the pictures of the settings. I plan to "match" the computer at home. Meanwhile, I am looking for suggestions as to what I can do to make the computer boot at a normal speed - I can live with 1 minute but not 5 minutes. I know 1 min is slow itself but...
 
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In bios set the ssd as your boot drive, and don't forget to set the ssd in achi mode. Once in windows set the hd to be used for storage. In settings go to system, then click on storage. You can then tell the computer what things you want stored on what drives.

jimnycricket2020

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The 2nd HHD has been formatted and is now acting as the data drive. I am going to test later to see if the booting without the HHD will improve the booting time - alone with SSD. THanks for chiming in.
 

shknawe

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In bios set the ssd as your boot drive, and don't forget to set the ssd in achi mode. Once in windows set the hd to be used for storage. In settings go to system, then click on storage. You can then tell the computer what things you want stored on what drives.
 
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