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Added 3rd hard drive now computer is slow to startup

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  • 23-02-2016 2:52pm
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    Danick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭


    My recent build has windows 10 on ssd and a 3TB HGST enterprise drive that is nearly full - starts up really quickly

    However I added a green 4TB Western Digital and now startup up time takes over a minute - 3TB of the 4TB is used - any ideas why startup has reduced so dramatically?

    Thanks for any help - it is really appreciated


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    Xenoronin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    What is on the 4tb WD drive? Are their old windows files?


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    Danick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭Danick


    Hi - no the 4TB WD is formatted to NTFS and it is just a backup of everything on the 3TB


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    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Did you remove the hdd from the boot order?


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    Danick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭Danick


    Thank you so much - I disabled both the 3TB and 4TB and it booted in 17 seconds - delighted! Thank you so much for all your help guys.


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