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Originally Posted by Jeremy617

sounds like the drive goes into power saving mode and spins down. Then something causes windows to look for data on the drive and you have to wait for it to spin up.

i'd suggest disabling that.

control panel > hardware and sound > power options

i generally keep my desktop on a modified version of high performance, but whatever one you want to use, pick that and hit change plan settings.

then change advanced power settings > hard disk > turn off hard disk after

set it to 0 minutes (disabled)

if its still happening, then i'd think possible HD failure.

edit: also give your bios a once over to see if there are any power saving options that might be doing it. Also some drives have a jumper on them that will cause it to power on in powersaving mode. Make sure thats not enabled.

This is what it is. My comp does the same thing on my storage drive.