After installing new SSD drive, old HDD drive is much slower

[MisterYij]

Hello all,

I've just gotten my mitts on a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD drive, popped that in my machine, installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 + SP1 and it runs quite fast and smooth, nothing to complain about there.

However, the older HDD now runs extremely slow. Anything from opening folders, copying things takes much longer than usual, and as for games, they can take a few minutes to start up rather than a few seconds as before I got my SSD drive.

I've installed my OS and Steam on the SSD and since all my games remain on my old HDD, opening them takes several minutes. If I install the games to the SSD drive, they load quickly as per normal.

I've had a look on Google and other threads here and still cannot find a decent solution to my problem. I discovered myself that I connect the HDD to the SATA 6GB_1 port it runs alot smoother, whereas if I connect it to the SATA 6GB_2 port, it runs extremely poor. Sadly, it seems not as fast as before I got the new SSD.


TLDR: After installing a brand new SSD drive, the old HDD runs much considerably slower than before I got the SSD drive. Browsing folders and playing games on SSD is normal, browsing folders and playing games from HDD is slower than before.

Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated and I'm still trying to find a solution. Thanks in advance


Here's my specs:
Windows 7 SP1 (64 Bit)
SDD = Samsung SSD 850 Evo (250GB)
HDD = Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB
Graphics card = GTX 970 4GB OC (MSI Twin Frozr V)
CPU = Intel i5-3570 3.4GHz (quad Core)
RAM = 16 GB RAM
Motherboard = P8z77-V LX

 

[mudpuppet]

Taking minutes to access your data is a bit odd, but the HDD may seem slower, not just in comparison, but the OS is running on one drive and you are asking the computer to go access data on another drive that it isn't currently accessing. That might account for a few moments, but shouldn't be a few minutes. Because you were handling the drives (I imagine, but doesn't mean you were) something could have happened at that time. Sometimes ports are/go bad and hardware decays and breaks. It could be that the drive itself is on it's way out and this was just the perfect time to get a solid state or the SATA port/s are going bad.

 

[MisterYij]

Before I got my SSD, I actually ran 2 HDD, with different games and programs on each of them and they worked alright, no problem. This is the first time I've used an SSD though, so I don't know what to expect when it comes to running it as the primary OS drive and access an HDD (although I read online that it should be fine).

I actually went back, disconnected the SSD drive and used my old HDD (I didn't format it so the old OS is still there and fully functional) and it works just before I upgraded, so there's definately something up when I'm using the SSD and HDD together.

If I attach the HDD to SATA 6GB_2 and the SDD to SATA 6GB_1, the SDD performs normally, but the HDD becomes really slow. However, if I attach the HDD to SATA 6GB_1 and the SDD to SATA 5GB_2 the SDD still functions the same, but the HDD is much faster now, however it's definately not as fast as before I got the upgrade.

It's quite a shame as the SSD has seriously improved my boot times (less than 10 seconds to load into Win7 and logs in nearly instantly) but the HDD seems to have lost performance as a result. Still looking for a solution