SSD +2HDD’s Slow boot fast shutdown
August 6th, 2016
I just installed windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Kingston SSD.
The problem is it takes 4-5 minutes to show login screen but when shutting down it only takes 5 seconds.
I have used Raid(XHD) for SSD install. (Kingston series ssdNOW V-series 64gb).
I have another 2 HDD’s;500gb and 1Tb(Both WD)
I have enabled SMART.
My Motherboard: GA-Z68XP-UD3R (rev. 1.0) Spec:http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3911&dl=#sp
Processor Intel i5
SSD is in “White” SATA3 port and both HDD’s are in “Grey” SATA3 port.
I havent installed any RAID softwares like marvel etc.
I hope this is enough information to solve the problem.
If anything is missing please ask me.
An SSD can only boost performance so much, but I would have thought that with an i5 processor you would see a considerable jump in start up time.
It may sound silly, but are you absolutely sure that you are booting from the SSD; is there an OS on any of the other drives? Also, have you placed any program files or set the OS up to automatically store files across all the drives, or is Windows 7 completely self contained on the SSD?
everything is fine…
my problem though I have 3 options in bios
IDE,RAID(XHD) and AHCI and I selected Raid(XHD) hoping it would work better…
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=3179.0
I quote the relevant section :
XHD stands for eXtreme Hard Drive and is fairly much as you supposed except that it is only for RAID0 arrays and the array must be up and running first. It then lets you add another disk/s to it to increase the capacity of the array.
On a slightly different slant if you are thinking of using Western Digital Black SATA3 6Gbs hard drives connected to the Marvell 9128 SATA3 controller dont bother, as it won't work. The Marvell chip will just not take the data thropughput and fall over taking your RAID with it.
the other thing that comes to mind :
building a raid with 3 different type of drives is just silly , if you want to build a raid, get x HDD’s of the same spec (and series) and use them in a raid. Using a SSD and 2 S-ATA will not only prevent the SSD from reaching it’s potential , but also limit the raid size to the smallest member disk (usually, when used in a proper raid config)