2nd HDD causing slow boot time

So, I use a 160 GB hitachi for my primary/OS (win7 64). I used to have a 320 GB WD drive for just storage and programs. A few months ago the computer started taking forever to shut down, and one day I got impatient, unplugged it mid 'logging off' screen, and I lost the WD drive. I restored it later, checked everything out for viruses/malware/MBR trojans and whatever, and it checked out clean. (i used avira and tdsskiller)

But now, I'm having the same problem again. The single primary drive, upon clicking shut down, would shutdown within a minute (I noticed it would stall on 'logging off' if the fans were still blazing, ie. I JUST finished gaming). But now that the second drive is back, formatted, and has its files again, the shutdown procedure takes like 3-4 minutes now, which is ridiculous. I ran a benchmark on both drives (both have between 30-45 GB's free space). I know it's an SSD benchmark, I'm not blind. I just happened to have it on my desktop and figured it'd make little difference.

Also, not sure if this is a Win7 problem, or an M17x problem


primary - 30GB free


secondary - 45GB free




Your thoughts?

 

There may be some unresolved registry entries from the previous setup that causes the system not to "sync" correctly. Try removing the 2nd drive, run a registry cleaning and put the drive back. Worth a shot.

cheers ...

 

Just a hunch, have you scanned the drive for errors. Try running HDTune and scan the drives(s), see if any issues arise. Bad sectors on the drive will cause the system to slowdown, hang

 

I'd deal with this problem in this order:

Click on Start and then Computer.
Right click on Local Disk C and choose Properties.

In the new menu select the Tools tab from the top and under Error-checking select Check now.
In the sub-menu Automatically fix file system errors should be checked already and click Start and then Schedule disk check.

Then you'll have to reboot so chkdsk starts at your next reboot.


It's also a good idea to check the C:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Local Settings\Temp folder and see if you have anything unusual in there or if the folder is loaded consider which files you want to keep and what has to go. Windows will go thru these files at startup and shutdown it's best to keep it clean.

I don't think the registry cleaner will work any magic personally I don't use registry cleaners. You could try to get into Event Viewer and see what caused the crash at the time of the shutdown but you might not get a hint from this, not always.

Last but not least you can try SFC /scannow.

Why does your 1st HDD say SCSI and the 2nd one does not, in the AS SSD picture?