This happens on ALL operating systems (7, Ubuntu, etc.).

What happens is everything for 1-3 seconds becomes unresponsive, I then hear what sounds like my other internal hard drive 'spinning up', and then viola everything is responsive again.

Note: Already ran SMART tests, no issues at all.

I think issue is that the HDD spins down and when need it gets 'turned-on' (OS settings turn off HDD's after 20 mins of inactivity) and because my pagefile is on the other HDD it causes OS to temporarily freeze.

Need more tips, and insight.

Thanks

More info: Running Quad CPU, 4GB RAM, Intel SSD, GT 240.