Slow HDD for no reason.

[avak28]

I've changed like 4 HDD's in total, 3 of them were used, and I got a new one, a Green 500GB WD, but the pc boot time still clocks around 3-5 minutes. What else can I do? I've used numerous versions of windows, including 7 and 10, updated to the last version and not updated, no difference at all, I've tried changing the sata port in which i insert the cable, i changed the cable, to no avail. What else can I do..?
edit: my pc specs are fx 6300 stock, 8gigs of ddr3, msi gtx 1050 2gb, and a corsair VS450 psu

 

[popatim]

Which motherbd do you have and which hdd's?
Some bios based motherbd, like my old amd rig, which is what made me think of this, aren't really compatible with large drives. Mine would take 5 minutes to boot if my 3tb drives were connected. They worked well otherwise.

Let us know if safe mode is any faster and which Anitvirus you have as that may be doing a startup scan as well.

 

[mdd1963]

a green WD is a slow 5400 rpm drive....

If you want speed, get a Crucial MX500 SSD or a Samsung 850 EVO, which would seem 10 times faster.

 

[avak28]

Which motherbd do you have and which hdd's?
Some bios based motherbd, like my old amd rig, which is what made me think of this, aren't really compatible with large drives. Mine would take 5 minutes to boot if my 3tb drives were connected. They worked well otherwise.

Let us know if safe mode is any faster and which Anitvirus you have as that may be doing a startup scan as well.

it's a 500gb hdd, so i don't think that would be the case
it's an asrock 980de3/u3s3, am3+ ddr3 motherboard
p.s: i am not using an antivirus, even turned windows defender off (im using win10)
the only thing that helped a little was turning fast startup off then back on

 

[avak28]

a green WD is a slow 5400 rpm drive....

If you want speed, get a Crucial MX500 SSD or a Samsung 850 EVO, which would seem 10 times faster.

i've searched for the specs of my exact hdd, WDC WD5000ADVS-63U7B1, and it seems to be a 7200rpm one, not a 5400 one.
i've been planning to get an ssd, but since i didnt know if the really slow booting was affected by my hdd, or something else in my computer

 

[smorizio]

start with the mb. make sure it has the newest bios file on it. most new mb have two bios now old standard bios and efi bios. if both are on...one of them may be hanging at post causing long boot times. also make sure your sata ports set tot achi mode not ide or raid. if there a raid chipset turn it off if it showing at post. also make sure your ethernet port is set right if it set to boot from network at post your mb will have long post times till it times out. also go to advance tab in bios under boot check the time set for the mb to wait for error. most mb the default is 30 sec. see if someone changed that time. also look at the boot order in the bios. if it wrong the mb has to wait for the missing drive to time out.

 

[avak28]

start with the mb. make sure it has the newest bios file on it. most new mb have two bios now old standard bios and efi bios. if both are on...one of them may be hanging at post causing long boot times. also make sure your sata ports set tot achi mode not ide or raid. if there a raid chipset turn it off if it showing at post. also make sure your ethernet port is set right if it set to boot from network at post your mb will have long post times till it times out. also go to advance tab in bios under boot check the time set for the mb to wait for error. most mb the default is 30 sec. see if someone changed that time. also look at the boot order in the bios. if it wrong the mb has to wait for the missing drive to time out.

the motherboard has the newest bios, sata controller is set to ahci, the issue im having is with the post boot sequence, the startup with the programs, thats the slowest part, and its been like that with every os and hdd that i've tried. after a few minutes post boot, everything moves pretty fluid

 

[smorizio]

try running with just the os drive see if the error stops.

 

[avak28]

try running with just the os drive see if the error stops.

what do you mean just with the os? you mean like no programs at startup?

 

[smorizio]

you have more then one hard drive. one of them may be bad and is hanging the system. try usings just the drive that has the os on it see if the speed changes.

 

[popatim]

At what point is it taking the longest time?
Is it still in the bios phase, drive detection, saying starting windows, saying please wait, or ?

 

[mdd1963]

You said WD GREEN drive.....correct?

(THere are/were no 7200 rpm green drives that I am aware of....; the whole point of 'green' is power saving, which is the polar opposite of 7200 rpm....

Even so, a 5 minute boot would be ridiculous, unless you have only 8 gb of RAM, and 212 startup applications....

 

[avak28]

You said WD GREEN drive.....correct?

(THere are/were no 7200 rpm green drives that I am aware of....; the whole point of 'green' is power saving, which is the polar opposite of 7200 rpm....

Even so, a 5 minute boot would be ridiculous, unless you have only 8 gb of RAM, and 212 startup applications....

well it settled down for now, but in the startup section, after the lets say welcome screen, it takes some time for just like 2 programs to start, but after the pc's boot is done, i can start any program without any hangs

 

[avak28]

you have more then one hard drive. one of them may be bad and is hanging the system. try usings just the drive that has the os on it see if the speed changes.

i only have 1 hdd

 

[avak28]

At what point is it taking the longest time?
Is it still in the bios phase, drive detection, saying starting windows, saying please wait, or ?

in the bios phase it doesn't take that much at all, but when the booting section starts, more precisely after the loading screen with the circle (sometimes it starts faster, like its skipping, but sometimes it just shows the circle spinning, followed by another screen with a laggier circle, but that's fixed for now), but the programs on startup take way too long to launch, the only programs starting being geforce experience and utorrent, i've turned the rest off. i've looked in event viewer, at the booting times, and the most recent one with issues was 157s long. it still seems like a lot considering the very few programs at startup