I've got this work PC that's just a mix of leftover parts from my older builds: H110 motherboard, i5-6500 processor, GTX 980 GPU, 250GB Crucial SSD, and two hard drives (1TB and 2TB). It's primarily used for basic office tasks, so nothing too demanding. Lately, though, it has started to slow down significantly. At times, it responds normally, but other times, even Windows Explorer hangs or takes ages to load. I've run a complete scan with Windows Defender and found no malware. The boot time has also increased, taking 2-3 times longer than it used to. My OS is on the SSD, with only a few programs on the HDDs. I have noticed that disk utilization often hits 100%, while other resources appear to be fine. This slowness has been really frustrating as I try to figure out what's going wrong. Any suggestions on what I can do?
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If your company allows you to handle it, you might want to run some commands in the command line. You can try running these commands: `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth`, `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth`, `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth`, and `SFC /scannow`. Those might help fix any issues with the system files. It's best to do this during lunch or when you're not using it since it might take a while.
Try some basic diagnostics! Start with a hard reboot. Then, check your startup apps and see what's running in the background by looking at the Task Manager. You can sort your CPU and memory usage to see if there are any suspicious apps using up resources. If some apps seem off, try closing them and see if performance improves.
A general tip: when checking in Task Manager, focus on high usage apps. If something unusual pops up in CPU or memory usage, that could be your culprit. If your findings don't match up with what you expect, let us know, and I'm willing to help you interpret the results.
You might want to check the health of your disks, too. There are some good software options out there to check for issues, but I can’t link them here. Just search for disk health check tools that might help.
Since you're using a Crucial SSD, some users have had issues with those models in the past. I'd recommend checking the health of your SSD and see if there are any firmware updates available from the manufacturer. It could be a simple fix that's causing the slowdown.
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