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Solved! Games take too long to load first time

Dec 11, 2018
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When PC is idle games take too long to load like 15 secs, If I restart the game it will take 5 secs, it only happens when PC is Idle for hours, also my Disk is 100% when the game is loading or when anything is loading.

GPU: Geforce 940MX
RAM: 8GB
CPU: I7-6500U
HardDrive: ST1000LM024
 
Solution
this is because the HDD is set to go power down. You can change this behavior in the advanced power options menu.
Power options>Change plan setting>Change Advanced settings> Turn off hard disk after...
this is because the HDD is set to go power down. You can change this behavior in the advanced power options menu.
Power options>Change plan setting>Change Advanced settings> Turn off hard disk after...
 
Solution
It could be getting too warm. Though I suspect its just the heads have parked themselves back into the home position.

have you thought about upgrading to an SSD and avoiding the HDD issues altogether?