Upgraded to SSD but slow boot time

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DJ Corus

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I just bought a new 240gb mSATA SSD for my computer to help increase load times because it seemed very slow. I ended up doing a fresh install of Windows 7, then keeping my previous 2 TB HDD for a data drive, and i also have a 4 TB drive for my wife's photography business just storing her photos. After installing windows and all the necessary drivers and programs, I realized my boot time went from approximately 2 minutes to only about 1.5 minutes. Not a huge increase. But then as i was researching on the web, it sounded like people were having the same problem when another HDD is connected. So i tested this, and while the computer was off i disconnected the 2TB and 4TB drives, leaving only the mSATA. It booted in just over 30 seconds.
Can anybody tell my why this would be happening and if there is a way to set this up so this doesnt happen?

Thank you in advance and if you need anymore info just let me know!
 
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It's also very possible one of your storage drives is starting to go bad. When plugged in, the system has difficulty getting it mounted, which would slow down boot time. Try one storage drive (with the ssd and dvd) at a time using the the same sata port and cable and time the boots. This could give you a better idea if it's a bad drive or something else.
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Im curious if having the 4tb drive connected prior to getting the ssd would have been causing the slow down then also. Because then i would have only had two hdd's connected. Can you really have too many hard drives connected? I have a plenty powerful enough psu.
 
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your motherboard mSata slot is shared by one of the sata ports most likely. Try plugging the storage drives into different sata ports on the motherboard until you find the culprit port, or look in your motherboard manual if it is an aftermarket board. You only get so many "pipes" to the cpu, so if your board has a lot of sata ports (or a cheaper board), some are shared which slows them down.
 
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My mobo has 8 sata ports. 2 of them are the sata3 ports, 4 of them are sata2 ports (which are the shared ports, because it says they are disabled with the msata port in use), and 2 gsata ports (i believe these are exclusive for gigabyte mobos). I have the two hdd's plugged into the sata3 ports and my dvdrom plugged into one of the gsata ports.
 
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It's also very possible one of your storage drives is starting to go bad. When plugged in, the system has difficulty getting it mounted, which would slow down boot time. Try one storage drive (with the ssd and dvd) at a time using the the same sata port and cable and time the boots. This could give you a better idea if it's a bad drive or something else.
 
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It's also very possible one of your storage drives is starting to go bad. When plugged in, the system has difficulty getting it mounted, which would slow down boot time. Try one storage drive (with the ssd and dvd) at a time using the the same sata port and cable and time the boots. This could give you a better idea if it's a bad drive or something else.
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Ok i will give that a try and let you know what i get. Is it possible that just one of the cables is bad? Where if i maybe change out the cable it could be better?
 
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Very possible. Testing both drives on the same port and the same cable will give us a clue though if it is. You can try running the above mentioned test twice, using a different cable each time on the same drive as well to rule it out for sure
 
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Dang, it seems like it's the 4tb hard drive. I unplugged the 2tb drive and used the cables from it on the 4tb. And it was a long boot once again. Thank you for the help. Guess i will have to figure out what to do from here. 4tb drives are pretty expensive to have to replace.
 
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Not sure if you are still checking this thread, but do you think my drive being a WD Green HDD has anything to do with it? Maybe being "green" doesnt allow it to have enough power for the speed?
 
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It would still mount without issues. the slowdown would be while reading/writing to the drive during use, not during bootup. The blue would be a more durable choice but possibly a bit louder. The blacks improve access speed to the disk for faster transfers, at a higher cost.
 
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