Slow Startup.

[bdizzle28]

So I just build a new computer and I have noticed a coupon of problems, first it was the BSOD and now it's the slow startups. When rebooting my computer it pauses at the colorful Gigabyte Touchscreen Bios thing for about 30 seconds and when it gets to the black windows 7 screen it pauses for another 30-40 seconds before the 4 colors from the background come up, then it takes another 30 seconds while the blue windows is loading screen to finally see my desktop. My old computer was Intel core 2 duo E3110 at 3.50 ghz and with only 4 gbs of ram loaded much faster, about 35-40 seconds total.


Here are my specs;
Intel 2500k 3.3ghz to 3.6ghz
gigabyte z68A-D3-B3
GTX 560 TI
g.skill ripjaw 2 x 4gb ddr3 1600 9-9-9-28
750gb WD HDD
Corsair TX650 V2
Windows 7 Ultimate



Everything is left at stock speeds and the bios is also untouched except for the ram timings (changed from 11-11-11-29 to current 9 9 9 28 as advertised). I don't think this is normal for my new computer to take twice as long as my old computer to boot into windows. Any ideas?

 

[Puppies04]

Z68 mobos can take a while to post but something is wrong if the delays you are talking about are acurate. What mode is your HDD set to in the bios?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Do you have an external drive, NAS or, other network device?

 

[Puppies04]

Also do you have a CD/DVD in your optical drive?

 

[bdizzle28]

Do you have an external drive, NAS or, other network device?

Yes I have a 1 TB External HD, no NAS or any other network drives.

Also do you have a CD/DVD in your optical drive?

Nope.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

unplug the external hdd.

if it speeds up the boot process, go into bios and change the boot order so removable devices is last

 

[bdizzle28]

unplug the external hdd.

if it speeds up the boot process, go into bios and change the boot order so removable devices is last

Okay I'll take a look at my boot order when I get home. Thanks.
What should I set my boot order to have the fastest load?

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

hdd as first device

 

[bdizzle28]

hdd as first device

Okay I checked the boot order and it does have HDD as first. I unplugged my external HD and the boot seems to be faster now, I also enabled "Quick Boot" in BIOS and the posting screen takes half the time now. The only thing now is that the blue/green windows loading screen is still taking about 30 seconds to load my desktop. It's most likely my HDD being slow, so I'm happy with what I have now.


Thanks everybody!