After I installed Windows on my new SSD, everything was great: ultra fast boot, high speed software (installed on SSD) startup. But the HDD became noticably slower. Even listening to music (stored on HDD) is laggy. I tried defragging the HDD. Things worked fine for a few days and became laggy again. Currently I have no way to back up my data so I would like to not format the whole disk
Slow HDD after SSD installation
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Hello again, @Koko!
Yes, these are the SMART data attributes of your HDD. They seem to be normal, so I suspect that it's the specs of the HDD itself that is causing these constant spin downs. If it's specifically designed to be power efficient, then you should contact the HDD manufacturer's customer support for assistance or other suggested third-party tools that would allow you to keep your secondary drive powered up.
Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Yes, these are the SMART data attributes of your HDD. They seem to be normal, so I suspect that it's the specs of the HDD itself that is causing these constant spin downs. If it's specifically designed to be power efficient, then you should contact the HDD manufacturer's customer support for assistance or other suggested third-party tools that would allow you to keep your secondary drive powered up.
Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD
SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to the TH community, koko191!
I'd recommend you to backup your data from that HDD somewhere off-site ASAP before you continue with the troubleshooting. Once you have your files safe and sound, you should try using a different SATA cable with the HDD and also attempt to plug it in a different SATA port on the motherboard. If the performance doesn't improve, you should definitely use its manufacturer's brand-specific HDD diagnostic tool to test the drive's health and S.M.A.R.T. status. In case you can't find the utility on their official website, you can refer to some third-party tools as well .
Keep me posted with the results. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
I'd recommend you to backup your data from that HDD somewhere off-site ASAP before you continue with the troubleshooting. Once you have your files safe and sound, you should try using a different SATA cable with the HDD and also attempt to plug it in a different SATA port on the motherboard. If the performance doesn't improve, you should definitely use its manufacturer's brand-specific HDD diagnostic tool to test the drive's health and S.M.A.R.T. status. In case you can't find the utility on their official website, you can refer to some third-party tools as well .
Keep me posted with the results. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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Was the existing hard disk drive used as the working OS drive before you installed windows on your ssd drive ?
Did you then after putting the OS on the SSD drive, connect the old mechanical hard drive.
Did you also move the SSD drive to the first Sata 1 data connection on the motherboard.
And set the mechanical based hard drive so it was connected to the Sata 2 port of your system.?
Was the original Mechanical hard disk drive listed as the C: drive ? before the SSD drive was fitted.
Did you then after putting the OS on the SSD drive, connect the old mechanical hard drive.
Did you also move the SSD drive to the first Sata 1 data connection on the motherboard.
And set the mechanical based hard drive so it was connected to the Sata 2 port of your system.?
Was the original Mechanical hard disk drive listed as the C: drive ? before the SSD drive was fitted.
When I first plugged the SSD in to benchmark (Windows was still installed on HDD), everything was fine. The lag only happened after I did a clean Windows install on SSD (the old Windows partition was deleted and merged with another partition; currently my C (boot, Windows, etc.) drive is the SSD).
I forgot to say. I am using a laptop (ASUS K501LB) so I guess unplugging the HDD is kinda hard to do XD
I forgot to say. I am using a laptop (ASUS K501LB) so I guess unplugging the HDD is kinda hard to do XD
SuperSoph_WD
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Hey there again, koko191!
If it's a laptop that you have purchased with the SSD & HDD intact and it's still covered by the warranty, I'd advise you to consider contacting the manufacturer's customer support for assistance. Tampering with the hardware by yourself would void the warranty.
However, if you have manually upgraded the storage, then I'd advise you to unplug the HDD and reinstall the OS on the SSD. After you have Windows up and running from there, connect the secondary hard drive and see if the performance and transfer rate has improved.
Keep us posted with the troubleshooting.
SuperSoph_WD
If it's a laptop that you have purchased with the SSD & HDD intact and it's still covered by the warranty, I'd advise you to consider contacting the manufacturer's customer support for assistance. Tampering with the hardware by yourself would void the warranty.
However, if you have manually upgraded the storage, then I'd advise you to unplug the HDD and reinstall the OS on the SSD. After you have Windows up and running from there, connect the secondary hard drive and see if the performance and transfer rate has improved.
Keep us posted with the troubleshooting.
SuperSoph_WD
SuperSoph_WD
Glorious
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Well, this seems unfortunate, @Koko! I see that we have advised you to test the health and SMART status of the HDD, can you share what results you got from the SMART attributes? If you have access to another computer, you should try plugging the HDD there and see how it will get recognized and if it will affect the other system in the same way.
Keep us posted & good luck with your finals!
SuperSoph_WD
Keep us posted & good luck with your finals!
SuperSoph_WD
You are talking about this, right? http://puu.sh/oqHEJ/7b3bf377db.jpg
Update: It seems like the HDD is going idle every 10-15 seconds. It lags when I seek while watching movies too. Windows power management does not affect non-boot drives so I guess I'll use KeepAliveHD for the time being.
But I want a solution, not a workaround so I'll keep this thread alive for awhile
Update: It seems like the HDD is going idle every 10-15 seconds. It lags when I seek while watching movies too. Windows power management does not affect non-boot drives so I guess I'll use KeepAliveHD for the time being.
But I want a solution, not a workaround so I'll keep this thread alive for awhile
SuperSoph_WD
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Hello again, @Koko!
Yes, these are the SMART data attributes of your HDD. They seem to be normal, so I suspect that it's the specs of the HDD itself that is causing these constant spin downs. If it's specifically designed to be power efficient, then you should contact the HDD manufacturer's customer support for assistance or other suggested third-party tools that would allow you to keep your secondary drive powered up.
Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Yes, these are the SMART data attributes of your HDD. They seem to be normal, so I suspect that it's the specs of the HDD itself that is causing these constant spin downs. If it's specifically designed to be power efficient, then you should contact the HDD manufacturer's customer support for assistance or other suggested third-party tools that would allow you to keep your secondary drive powered up.
Best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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