Hard drive constantly being searched

Ever since I updated to Mavericks my Hard Disk constantly searches. I have tried turning off Spot Light Indexing and Time Machine. I have even reformatted the HD and reinstalled the OS and then re-installed all my files and apps. By the way I could not find a good posting on how to easily do that, took me 2 days and hours on the phone with Mac support. When I look at the Activity Monitor it shows the Kernel is constantly accessing the Hard Drive. Is there anyway to go back to Mountain Lion?

Here is the EtreCheck dump:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated August 11, 2014 at 6:40:17 AM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
  Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
  Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
  1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
  8 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
  DELL 2408WFP 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ?
  OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:35:1
Disk Information: ?
  APPLE SSD SM128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
  disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 120.99 GB
  Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
  APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk1 : (1 TB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
  disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 860.52 GB
  Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
  BOOTCAMP (disk1s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 138.83 GB (85.42 GB free)
USB Information: ?
  Western Digital My Book 1234 2 TB
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk5s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
  My Book for Mac (disk5s2) /Volumes/My Book for Mac: 2 TB (1.12 TB free)
  VIA Labs, Inc.    USB3.0 Hub       
  VIA Labs, Inc.    USB3.0 Hub       
  HLDS Inc SuperMulti RW   
  Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Generic Flash Card Reader
  Logitech USB Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
  [loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
  [loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
  [loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
User Launch Agents: ?
  [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
  [running] com.amazon.music.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
  Boom
  iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins: ?
  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
  Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Audio Plug-ins: ?
  BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
  AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
  AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
  iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
  Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
  Flash Player  Support
  Logitech Control Center  Support
Time Machine: ?
  Skip System Files: NO
  Mobile backups: OFF
  Auto backup: YES
  Volumes being backed up:
  Destinations:
  My Book for Mac [Local] (Last used)
  Total size: 2 
  Total number of backups: 59
  Oldest backup: 2014-02-12 15:44:15 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-08-11 13:36:13 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Excellent
  Backup size 2  > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
  Time Machine details may not be accurate.
  All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      3% WindowServer
      2% coreaudiod
      1% fontd
      1% Boom
      0% Mail
Top Processes by Memory: ?
  98 MB Mail
  74 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
  57 MB Finder
  49 MB WindowServer
  49 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ?
  2.38 GB Free RAM
  1.04 GB Active RAM
  3.78 GB Inactive RAM
  807 MB Wired RAM
  227 MB Page-ins
  0 B Page-outs

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    2015-01-02 19:50:18 -0800: Formatting disk1s3 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name WD Terrabyte.
    2015-01-02 19:50:22 -0800: Erase complete.
    2015-01-02 19:50:22 -0800:
    2015-01-02 19:51:06 -0800: Preparing to zero disk : “WD Terrabyte”
    2015-01-02 19:51:06 -0800: Passes     : 0
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Secure Erase completed successfully in 2 hours.
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Preparing to erase : “WD Terrabyte”
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Partition Scheme: Apple Partition Map
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: 1 volume will be created
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Name       : “WD Terrabyte”
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Size       : 931.5 GB
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    2015-01-02 22:25:55 -0800: Creating partition map.
    2015-01-02 22:25:59 -0800: Formatting disk1s3 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name WD Terrabyte.
    2015-01-02 22:26:03 -0800: Erase complete.
    2015-01-02 22:26:03 -0800:
    As of right now, the system does not recognize the hard drive. I know the connection is good because I have another hard drive that reads just fine. I don't have another place to test the hard drive because I only have an iMac. Can anyone help with this or provide any pointers?? Currently running Mac OS X 10.5.8 Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5.

    So I actually seemed to have solved this, to a degree. From what I could read through other help forums, there seems to be a limit on the transfer rate between the system and the hard drive. The OS has a cap of 150 megs/sec, but the hard drive operates faster than that. In order to fix this, you have to put a jumper on pins 5 and 6 on the back of the drive. This was slightly annoying because the hard drive does not come with jumper connectors. I had to find a jumper from another hard drive, and even then, it didn't fit exactly and had to use some strength to get it on.
    While it does seem to be operating without any issue now, I still don't understand why it was able to read and detect the hard drive prior to formating.

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