Question Very slow boot up time with external HDD's plugged in

[Beans_93]

Hello, I have noticed that when I have my external HDD's plugged in via USB, my PC takes over a minute to boot. Today it was 71 seconds. However when these are disconnected it boots up in under 10. I know that this is happening due to the Mother board checking the drives, but is there a way to disable this? I know I can just unplug those drives, and plug them in once the PC is booted, but the way my set up is positioned, it would mean crawling under my desk every time I want to turn the PC on.

Can I change this in the bios? Surely right?

Mobo is
TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

How is your boot order setup in bios> Have you tried disabling legacy boot or csm?

 

[Beans_93]

How is your boot order setup in bios> Have you tried disabling legacy boot or csm?

Yes I have only my C drive SSD set as my boot order. and CSM I belive

 

[SkyNetRising]

I know I can just unplug those drives, and plug them in once the PC is booted, but the way my set up is positioned,
it would mean crawling under my desk every time I want to turn the PC on.

Disconnect cable on external HDD side.

 

[Beans_93]

Disconnect cable on external HDD side.

Both the HDD's and PC are under the desk.

 

[Bob.B]

Hello, I have noticed that when I have my external HDD's plugged in via USB, my PC takes over a minute to boot. Today it was 71 seconds. However when these are disconnected it boots up in under 10. I know that this is happening due to the Mother board checking the drives, but is there a way to disable this? I know I can just unplug those drives, and plug them in once the PC is booted, but the way my set up is positioned, it would mean crawling under my desk every time I want to turn the PC on.

Can I change this in the bios? Surely right?

Mobo is
TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS

Compare bios time with ext connected and disconnected.

 

[Beans_93]

Compare bios time with ext connected and disconnected.

I had done this, I can boot in under 10 seconds, with them connected its over 60

 

[USAFRet]

I had done this, I can boot in under 10 seconds, with them connected its over 60

Because it is cycling through the externals, seeing if it should boot from them.
And even if not to boot from, just to read.

Specifically, what is the boot order in your BIOS?
Line by line, please.

 

[Bob.B]

I had done this, I can boot in under 10 seconds, with them connected its over 60

Bios time not boot time.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Both the HDD's and PC are under the desk.

😊 Then place external HDD onto your desk (not under it).