Very slow boot up, damaged cables or faulty HDD?

[Rick5578]

I was recently connecting my secondary HDD and my computer started booting very slowly. Could it be that the cables could've been damaged? What to do? Please help. I'm using Windows 7

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Run a hard drive test in DOS...HIRENS CD etc, it sounds like a failing hard drive...

All the best Brett