https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/backup-external-hdd-causes-huge-delay-in-booting-pc/m-p/6335231#M8570 <P>I have an aging HP Pavillion mod a6442a running Windows 7 Ultimate. It works well except that when the external HDD that I use for Windows Backup is attached the PC takes 4.5 mins to get past the blue 'hp invent' screen, while when it's not connected it takes only 8 secs.&nbsp; The BIOS boot order is HDD - HDD - CD-ROM. &nbsp; Can someone suggest a fix to deal with the delay in booting with the external HDD attached.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>P.S. This thread has been moved from Storage&gt;Automated Backup to Storage &gt; Disk-Based Systems &gt; Disk. -HP Forum Moderator</P> Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:40:59 GMT andyb-10 2014-01-16T02:40:59Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/backup-external-hdd-causes-huge-delay-in-booting-pc/m-p/6335231#M8570 <P>I have an aging HP Pavillion mod a6442a running Windows 7 Ultimate. It works well except that when the external HDD that I use for Windows Backup is attached the PC takes 4.5 mins to get past the blue 'hp invent' screen, while when it's not connected it takes only 8 secs.&nbsp; The BIOS boot order is HDD - HDD - CD-ROM. &nbsp; Can someone suggest a fix to deal with the delay in booting with the external HDD attached.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>P.S. This thread has been moved from Storage&gt;Automated Backup to Storage &gt; Disk-Based Systems &gt; Disk. -HP Forum Moderator</P> Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:40:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/backup-external-hdd-causes-huge-delay-in-booting-pc/m-p/6335231#M8570 andyb-10 2014-01-16T02:40:59Z