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That did it.  Thanks!

[Start switch for Sensor Monitor?]

Sorry for the delay in responding.  Here is the revised screeen shot and please let me know if you need anything else.

[Start switch for Sensor Monitor?]

I am using the latest stable version and this was the source of my slow loading (it would stall on SMART device scan) and after I remove the drive, AIDA64 starts almost instantly.

 

Unfortunately, after I plug the drive back in, I cannot access it in order to save files from programs like Excel.

 

I have attached a screenshot of the HW Id from Device Manager and it seems to be pretty generic.  Is there other information that would help you?

 

 

If the scan is still slow, and you have a USB storage device (e.g. a flash drive, external HDD/SSD, card reader) connected, then try to disconnect that device, and see if it makes AIDA64 start up quicker.  If you can identify a particular USB device that makes AIDA64 startup slow, let us know the USB hardware ID of the device, and we'll add it to the "blacklisted" USB devices list to exclude it from RAID and SMART scannings.