Windows 11 Pro starts very slow - reason 5 externel USB drives, about 25TB

[Hannibalstgt]

Hello,

My Windows 11 Pro system starts extremely slow ( more than 3 Minutes)
Motherboard: ASRock X670E Lightning, Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X with Eco Mode 64 MB L3 Cache,
Storage: 64GB DDR5 5200 MHz CL40 .
Reason probably: 5 extrnal drives (USB 3.x) ca. 25 TB.
Is there a setting in WIN 11 Pro, that allows deferred starting of the extrenal drives.
If not, that would be an extremely valuable feature, that saves a lot of time during startup.
First start internal drives. After System is up, start the external drives.

MfG
Wolfgang

 

[Mickey52]

correct me if I am wrong in the beginning windows was based on DOS which DOS looked for external data sources because there were little internal sources. So having those external drives hooked into windows on started up (that could be slow by themselves) could be slowing down your system.

 

[Hannibalstgt]

Hello Mickey52
thanks for your post, but that is a potential explanation but it does not solve the problem.
Wolfgang

 

[Sir_George]

Hello Mickey52
thanks for your post, but that is a potential explanation but it does not solve the problem.
Wolfgang

I have no personal experience with what you are attempting, but the link below may provide a solution.

Make Windows ignore external USB HDD during boot for faster startup

You can make Windows 11/10 ignore external USB HDD during boot for faster startup. Remove External HDD from Boot List or Change Order.

www.thewindowsclub.com