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Does a PC start up slower when connecting an external hdd to your pc?


Onixra

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the more partitons to discover the slower a system starts up. and a external drive is not to be connected all the time. just connect it when you want to use it.and disconnect it when not using it.

 

 

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got a usb 3    2 terabyte hooked up ... if it makes start up slower i am not really  noticing it as a detriment....it is just part of how i use my system

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2 hours ago, dMog said:

got a usb 3    2 terabyte hooked up ... if it makes start up slower i am not really  noticing it as a detriment....it is just part of how i use my system

Maybe it's a HDD failure, sure.

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Got rid of 3x2TB external hds and replaced with 1x10TB internal hd. Boot speed is a whole minute faster.

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3 hours ago, Israeli_Eagle said:

External and USB are dead slow anyway, so.....

That is same as comparing Ethernet cable vs WiFi shit. :coolwink:

 

 

Curious on this statement, both EXTERNALS and USB are dead, I think you'll find both are doing very well..

 

14 hours ago, Onixra said:
Does a PC start up slower when connecting an external hdd to your pc? 

 

If your booting on a USB 2.0 cable with a slow hd (say 5200 rpm) then yes boot up will be slower, booting with a USB3.0 7200rpm disk will still be slower than plugging directly into the motherboard.

 

 

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simple answer to the first question is YES..

I have 3 x 2 tb externals and my startup is slow... <have to be external. so internal space.

well over the 1 min range.. about 73seconds..

i also have 2 x 3tb and 2 1.5tb, 1 x 1tb and a dvd burner internals.. i only have 6 sata connections on my motherboard all used..

 

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On 27/6/2016 at 0:45 AM, Onixra said:

Does a PC start up slower when

connecting an external hdd to your pc?

Oh, yeah...:yes:

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On 2016-06-26 at 6:26 PM, eurobyn said:

the more partitons to discover the slower a system starts up. and a external drive is not to be connected all the time. just connect it when you want to use it.and disconnect it when not using it.

 

There be wisdom here  7mLoZY9.gif

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TheMountain

Yes, you're adding an extra startup process. 

 

It's better to wait until after booting Windows to connect an external HDD. 

 

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just go into the bios and remove usb devices from boot menu and exit and save changes.

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On ‎27‎/‎06‎/‎2016 at 5:53 AM, RobrPatty said:

Got rid of 3x2TB external hds and replaced with 1x10TB internal hd. Boot speed is a whole minute faster.

Wow it's impressive!!! My PC boots in less than 8 secs

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