SSD slow boot times

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  1. Posts : 16
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    SSD slow boot times


    I have a 128 gig Vertex 4 that recently started taking about a minute to boot up when it normally takes under 10 seconds. It was paired with a 1TB (half-filled) Spinpoint I was using for data. On black friday, I got a good deal on an OCZ Agility 4 and replaced it with my Spinpoint to see if it was the problem. It wasn't the problem; it still takes way longer than it should to boot up. Both SSD's are in AHCI mode. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks for the help.
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  2. Posts : 5,642
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       #2

    Are you sure the problem is hardware and not software?
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  3. Posts : 16
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    I actually thought that after I bought the Agility, but I still wanted to keep it anyway because my HDD would freeze for 7-8 seconds when I tried to load something from it. But if it's a software problem, I have no idea would the problem is. I only have 33 GB of data on my boot drive, if that matters.
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  4. whs
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       #4

    Post a picture of your Disk Management. Chances are your bootmgr landed on the HDD.
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  5. Posts : 16
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       #5

    Here it is
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails SSD slow boot times-dm.png  
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  6. whs
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    The bootmgr is in the right place. Did you enable AHCI in Windows too AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
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  7. Posts : 16
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    Yes, I did.
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  8. whs
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       #8

    Is the SSD properly aligned.

    If you want to verify the alignment, you use the following commands.

    Diskpart
    List disk
    Select disk n
    List partition

    Now you should see a result like this.

    Partition ### Type Size Offset
    ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
    Partition 1 Primary 59 GB 1024 KB - but 64KB or any number divisible by 4 is also good

    The offset (in KBs) has to be divisible by 4.
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  9. Posts : 16
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       #9

    Disk 0 Partition 1 100 MB 1024 KB
    Disk 0 Partition 2 119 GB 101 MB
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  10. whs
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    That looks good. Now I am out of ideas regarding the SSD.

    The only other thing you can do is to track your boot. First have a look into the event viewer and see what that says.

    Then you can also use Soluto to get a detailed view. You should know that some people had problems with Soluto - but it worked fine for me. So it's at your own risk. But if Lifehacker sponsors it, it should be OK.
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