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Weird things after installing WD smartdrive
After installing WD Smartdrive software and plugging in the passport 2TB drive my laptop took nearly 4 x longer to boot up. Also it was super slow on everything and if I left it running for more than 10 minutes it would either show BSOD or just shut down. I uninstalled Smartdrive and unplugged the passport drive and the bootup time returned to normal. However the colors changed on the bootup "welcome" screen from the default windows white text on blue background, to black on a plain white background as did the ctrl/alt/delete screen.
I tried scanning with Malware bytes but that would not open, so I deleted that & reinstalled, after which MB ran and did not show any viruses. While the boot time is back to normal the computer is slower than before. I am unable to restore to earlier time. I am not certain that Western Digital smartdrive is causing the problem, but it is a coincidence that it was after I installed it that I just started with these problems