Windows 10: PC boots slowly with second SSD

i have windows 11, i recently upgraded my second HDD to an SSD, it all went well until i was trying to install a game a few days ago. after that my pc boots slowly when my second ssd is connected, after a long time running some programs begin to function weird, like task manager not responding after ending it, file explorer not responding after closing and not even deleting files in my second ssd havent tried on the C: drive, steam being unable to turn on and epic games being unable to finish instalations / downloads. I am not sure if it's a hardware or a software issue and havent really tri

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Windows sometimes boots up quickly and sometimes slowly

Greetings mates.

Directly getting to point...

So, the problem is, my Windows 10 (all updates installed as on 28 March 2022, i.e. today) sometimes boots up quickly and sometimes slowly, these variances are indefinite, they happen randomly. (I have an SSD)

Case 1: sometimes my pc boots up quickly in about 3-8 seconds. (Now you might say this is a bit too fast for an SSD, but I like my pc clean without any startup apps)

Case 2: and sometimes its boots up slowly in about 15-20 seconds. (Here the difference doesn't seem much but trust me, I feel that difference and it's sometimes frustrating)

(PS: I'm telling you the time I measured after entering my unlock PIN, the booting time before entering the PIN remains the same in both cases)

This happens randomly, I have two startup apps running, neither of them is responsible as I tried disabling them both (the slow-fast thingy continues to happen)

This waiting time occurs after I enter my unlocking pin (i.e. right before I can see my desktop) (i.e. the loading time where the lock screen pic is blurred, hope you got in which exact part of the boot process the pc slows down

I've tried the following things, but none of them fixed the problem.

1. Turning OFF fast startup and then turning it ON again.
   
2. Graphics drivers (Intel UHD 610) up to date
   
3. Also tried increasing my virtual memory
   
4. SSD (and controllers) drivers up to date
   
5. Power plan set to ultimate performance
   

My pc is powered by a 240GB SSD and 8 gigs of RAM

 

Unable to boot Windows after cloning it to SSD

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while booting the PC after cloning Windows to new SSD. I would like to know what happens when you try to boot the PC to desktop using SSD?



The reason you are not able to boot the PC is that the files required to boot Windows are still recognizing the HDD as the main drive. I would suggest you to try rebuilding the BCD files and see if you are able to boot the PC using
SSD.



Kindly follow the steps below to rebuild the BCD.

1. Create a bootable media and boot the PC using the media.
2. On the Install Windows screen, select Next >
   Repair your computer.
3. On the System Recovery Options screen, select
   Troubleshoot> Advanced options > Command Prompt.
4. Now type in the commands and hit enter: BOOTREC /FIXMBR
   
   BOOTREC /FIXBOOT
   
   BOOTREC /scanos
   
   BOOTREC /rebuildbcd
5. Restart the PC.

If the issue persists, please get back to us with the results of the troubleshooting steps to assist you further.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Z Book BSOD with Second SSD Drive

Hi all

I have an issue with an HP Z Book. It is a new Generation 6 device and came with a pre-installed second SSD drive.

All worked fine until I tried to put our corporate image onto the primary OS SSD.

Firstly, the new OS installed onto the secondary SSD rather than the primary.

So I disconnected/removed the secondary, recreated the partition on the primary and loaded our stock OS.

The machine now works absolutely fine, as long as I do not try to re-introduce the second SSD drive.

If I reinstall this, the machine boots up OK for a second or two and then BSOD's.

Can anyone suggest the reason for this issue - the BSOD message reported a kernel error.

Any ideas on steps to take to resolve this?

Thanks

Phil