Re:Ask HN: Why is windows 10 atrociously slow?
by nix23 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:22AM
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>Symptoms could easily indicate a disk problem, rather than a Windows problem
Exactly what i was thinking, a HDD could be still really fast but heavy fragmentation, background scanning (antivirus or Automatic Maintenance(the task)) or a defect HDD could slow thing really down.
Re:Ask HN: Why is windows 10 atrociously slow?
by quercusa on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:53PM
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One way to spot disk-related issues: In Task Manager/Resource Monitor, watch the 'Disk Queue Length'. It should stay below 1.00 except in extreme circumstances such as running a backup.
Exactly what i was thinking, a HDD could be still really fast but heavy fragmentation, background scanning (antivirus or Automatic Maintenance(the task)) or a defect HDD could slow thing really down.