chkdisk worked great It's a new comp and i did a format and clean install three days ago so I'm surprised there was a need for this. Anyhow, it's booting a lot quicker now. I don't use any IDE devices, but I'm not sure how to disable these. Checked UEFI but didn't see anything about disabling IDE. I have a ASRock P67 pro3 mobo. Appreciate the help!