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HDD bottlenecking my startup time

BlueBerrial
By BlueBerrial
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I know this doesnt seem like a big deal, but it annoys me.

I have a samsung 840 SSD as my boot drive and A 1 TB back up HDD. When I turn on my computer It proceeds to load windows, and then it pauses for 5-ish seconds just to start spinning the HDD...and then I can log in. If I do restart my computer, since the HDD is already spinning it takes me to my log in  page almost immediately. I want these speeds from a cold boot.

Is there a way to stop the HDD from spinning on boot?

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Where is the OS located? If it's on the SSD I think you should be able to go right into windows without having to wait for the HDD to boot up unless ALL of you data is on it.

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Go to your boot order or boot devices in the bios and leave out the hdd.

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