windows boot up really slow on connecting a additional internal hard drive

[Sarav curious]

Windows 7 is booting up really slow after connecting a additional internal hard drive of 160 GB ... when i disconnect it the boot is really fast... haven't had that problem wid my earlier windows7 ... any help would be appreciated... thanks in advance...

 

[i7Baby]

Check that your OS drive is still first in boot priority.

New HDD blank? Or has it got an OS on it?

 

[Sarav curious]

The hard drive does not any os installed on it... But it does have a lot of data on it... and the priority is entirely set on my older hard drive... the new hdd is out of the boot order....

 

[i7Baby]

Does the hard drive have a system reserve - 100mb data partition on it? Look in Disk management.

 

[Sarav curious]

I haven't been able to boot into d windows yet ... it takes too long
.... Will check ASAP Nd let u know

 

[Sarav curious]

Does the hard drive have a system reserve - 100mb data partition on it? Look in Disk management.

 

[Sarav curious]

Dude it is taking forever for booting up... or in other words it is stuck at windows animation... can't check the partition of my hdd ... but without it is easily bootable

 

[i7Baby]

Maybe the HDD has a problem. Does your PC run OK without it?