Quote Originally Posted by tkpro
Don't know if its the same issue, however I too had a boot problem ( it would take 7-8 minutes to boot to windows. It drove me crazy....... I then remembered that I just connected usb card reader. it was trying to boot from all 5 slots in reader, I dissconnected all usb connections from back of machine. Problem Gone
Don't think it helps you but maybe someone else

Good Luck
After loading Windows I go back into BIOS and set the HDD as the first boot device and disable all other options (including "Boot other device").
That will solve your USB problem, tkpro.