Why does the number of drives affect desktop population on boot?

[Robert P]

I have a pretty full desktop, probably 75%. I've noticed that the more auxiliary drives in a system the longer it takes the desktop to be populated on bootup.

Why is this?

 

[voyagerfan99]

No idea what you're talking about. I have a total of 5 disks in my desktop and don't experience long bootup.

Unless you mean when the PC is detecting drives during POST.

 

[StrangleHold]

Do you have your main boot drive set as first in the boot order?

 

[Robert P]

Do you have your main boot drive set as first in the boot order?

Yes, it won't boot at all unless I do.

 

[Robert P]

No idea what you're talking about. I have a total of 5 disks in my desktop and don't experience long bootup.

Unless you mean when the PC is detecting drives during POST.

No, this is long after POST. The desktop background image comes up but then it takes a while for the icons on the desktop to fully load. First a partial, "ghost" outline image of them comes up then eventually the full icons load up, all the while the hard drive activity light is blazing away.

 

[C4C]

Seems like a RAM/Windows thing. It's not that it isn't there, it just taking your system a while to "decode" it..

That's my 2¢..

 

[voyagerfan99]

Sounds more like you have a lot of startup items running. That or your hard drive is having issues.