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Hibiki
over 8 years

i currently have a laptop for on-the-go stuff. it's currently bottlenecking in the hdd (the whole laptop can slow to a crawl). should i upgrade the HDD or just get a new laptop completely?

Hibiki
over 8 years
ok ty. sorry for being computer illiterate ~_~
Satan
over 8 years

Edark says

Sounds like you need a desktop


lmao.
Edark
over 8 years
Sounds like you need a desktop
Bumpers
over 8 years

ScubaSteve says

If I'm not mistaken, the Windows 10 task manager reflects the amount of time the hard drive is active and working, not the literal amount of work the hard drive is actually doing. I could be wrong though.


This, thank you. You're being heavily messed about with if you think task manager has any accurate representation of hard drive speed. Look up how conventional hard drives work, they don't just slow down until they stop working. Factor in that hard drives are far slower loading lots of small files in comparison to a few large files.

If you don't like the seeking times then buy an SSD and use the HDD as deep storage, it's the easiest and best way to add pace to an older PC.
deletedover 8 years

Hibiki says

the idea that my hdd was bottlenecking came from someone who i asked for advice regarding an issue with my disc usage maxing out at really small values



ive tried tons of solutions to this i found online but nothing seems to work


If I'm not mistaken, the Windows 10 task manager reflects the amount of time the hard drive is active and working, not the literal amount of work the hard drive is actually doing. I could be wrong though.
Hibiki
over 8 years
the rpm for the hdd is 5400 rpm, is that low?
Hibiki
over 8 years
it doesn't happen all the time, iirc that was runescape running
SENPAl
over 8 years
because it's not normal if programs are transferring that amount of data to/from the hdd all the time
Hibiki
over 8 years
is it possible there's a portion of the hdd that's damaged?
Hibiki
over 8 years
i can't seem to pinpoint what causes it to slow down when it does
SENPAl
over 8 years
so it only slows down occasionally, normally runs fine?
Hibiki
over 8 years
the 99% disc shows up with any process, whenever it wants. i was just showing you the top process's disk usage was tiny
SENPAl
over 8 years

Goodbar says

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462414848&sr=1-2&keywords=ssd

that's wot u want



MapReduce says

This is an incredible SSD that I have two of that has gotten cheaper and cheaper over time and I would highly recommend.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462414662&sr=1-1&keywords=ssd


second these, should do wonders to that system in the speccy

it will be faster for general 'on-the-go stuff' than any new laptop you could get without an ssd

but that setup should't be so slow to begin with


Hibiki says






which process is doing that?
Laptop
over 8 years

Peta says

Delete System32. =)


I, as a real Laptop, support this message.
Peta
over 8 years
Delete System32. =)
Hibiki
over 8 years

AdrenalineMime says

just fresh install. it's your secondary computer anyway how hard could it be



AdrenalineMime says

making a new user wouldnt solve driver related issues


i mean it used to be my primary i got a bunch of stuff on here i kinda should back up
AdrenalineMime
over 8 years
making a new user wouldnt solve driver related issues
AdrenalineMime
over 8 years
just fresh install. it's your secondary computer anyway how hard could it be
deletedover 8 years
get rid of windows10 botnet
Hibiki
over 8 years

AdrenalineMime says

i suggest reinstalling windows, and if that doesn't clear it up, get an ssd


that reminds me, someone recommended i make a new user and try that, because it mostly emulates a fresh install of windows anyway
Hibiki
over 8 years
how high would the read/write have to be to be unusual?
AdrenalineMime
over 8 years
i suggest reinstalling windows, and if that doesn't clear it up, get an ssd
deletedover 8 years
Have you checked the resource monitor to see unusual read/write rates?
Hibiki
over 8 years
you can search 100% disc usage windows 8/10 to get a bunch of solutions like disabling superfetch and windows defender and while most of them had an impact, the problem still exists overall
Hibiki
over 8 years
intermittent, and since i got the laptop