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I've got a good laptop (Dell Precision M4800) that runs Windows 10 (and Ubuntu dual booted), and it's around 5 years old. It has 16GB of DDR3 RAM, an nVidia Quadro, Intel Integrated Graphics, and a 1 TB HDD. I generally keep it half full though, so its performance had been holding up for many years.
Unfortunately, the boot time and general loading times for all programs in Windows has slowed down to excruciatingly slow levels. I ran a memtest on my RAM and it still works perfectly. I adjusted my paging file sizes to increase speed. I think my hard drive is the culprit. Before I buy a 1TB SSD and clone over my hard drive, are there any other issues I should watch out for that may make upgrading my HDD unnecessary? Here are the results of testing my HDD with Crystal Disk Mark 6:
windows-10 hard-drive ssd ubuntu-14.04
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ShadowfaxShadowfax
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I've got a good laptop (Dell Precision M4800) that runs Windows 10 (and Ubuntu dual booted), and it's around 5 years old. It has 16GB of DDR3 RAM, an nVidia Quadro, Intel Integrated Graphics, and a 1 TB HDD. I generally keep it half full though, so its performance had been holding up for many years.
Unfortunately, the boot time and general loading times for all programs in Windows has slowed down to excruciatingly slow levels. I ran a memtest on my RAM and it still works perfectly. I adjusted my paging file sizes to increase speed. I think my hard drive is the culprit. Before I buy a 1TB SSD and clone over my hard drive, are there any other issues I should watch out for that may make upgrading my HDD unnecessary? Here are the results of testing my HDD with Crystal Disk Mark 6:
windows-10 hard-drive ssd ubuntu-14.04
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago
add a comment |
I've got a good laptop (Dell Precision M4800) that runs Windows 10 (and Ubuntu dual booted), and it's around 5 years old. It has 16GB of DDR3 RAM, an nVidia Quadro, Intel Integrated Graphics, and a 1 TB HDD. I generally keep it half full though, so its performance had been holding up for many years.
Unfortunately, the boot time and general loading times for all programs in Windows has slowed down to excruciatingly slow levels. I ran a memtest on my RAM and it still works perfectly. I adjusted my paging file sizes to increase speed. I think my hard drive is the culprit. Before I buy a 1TB SSD and clone over my hard drive, are there any other issues I should watch out for that may make upgrading my HDD unnecessary? Here are the results of testing my HDD with Crystal Disk Mark 6:
windows-10 hard-drive ssd ubuntu-14.04
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
I've got a good laptop (Dell Precision M4800) that runs Windows 10 (and Ubuntu dual booted), and it's around 5 years old. It has 16GB of DDR3 RAM, an nVidia Quadro, Intel Integrated Graphics, and a 1 TB HDD. I generally keep it half full though, so its performance had been holding up for many years.
Unfortunately, the boot time and general loading times for all programs in Windows has slowed down to excruciatingly slow levels. I ran a memtest on my RAM and it still works perfectly. I adjusted my paging file sizes to increase speed. I think my hard drive is the culprit. Before I buy a 1TB SSD and clone over my hard drive, are there any other issues I should watch out for that may make upgrading my HDD unnecessary? Here are the results of testing my HDD with Crystal Disk Mark 6:
windows-10 hard-drive ssd ubuntu-14.04
windows-10 hard-drive ssd ubuntu-14.04
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
asked 21 hours ago
ShadowfaxShadowfax
1011
1011
Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago
Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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Your hard drive slowing down is likely not hardware related - its more likely to be a combination of fragmentation and OS bloat.
That said, there are some compelling reasons to upgrade your drive to an SSD. The most compelling reasons in my book are:
- Fragmentation issues largely go away, as all parts of the drive can be accessed equally fast.
- Raw disk speeds will increase 5x plus, while random access speeds will be way, way faster then that.
- SSD's are about 5-10 times more reliable then hard drives, and your hard drive is getting old. (But make sure you do backups, because when SSD's do fail, they tend to do so catastrophically)
answered 21 hours ago
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
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20 hours ago
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Your hard drive slowing down is likely not hardware related - its more likely to be a combination of fragmentation and OS bloat.
That said, there are some compelling reasons to upgrade your drive to an SSD. The most compelling reasons in my book are:
- Fragmentation issues largely go away, as all parts of the drive can be accessed equally fast.
- Raw disk speeds will increase 5x plus, while random access speeds will be way, way faster then that.
- SSD's are about 5-10 times more reliable then hard drives, and your hard drive is getting old. (But make sure you do backups, because when SSD's do fail, they tend to do so catastrophically)
answered 21 hours ago
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
– davidgo
20 hours ago
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Your hard drive slowing down is likely not hardware related - its more likely to be a combination of fragmentation and OS bloat.
That said, there are some compelling reasons to upgrade your drive to an SSD. The most compelling reasons in my book are:
- Fragmentation issues largely go away, as all parts of the drive can be accessed equally fast.
- Raw disk speeds will increase 5x plus, while random access speeds will be way, way faster then that.
- SSD's are about 5-10 times more reliable then hard drives, and your hard drive is getting old. (But make sure you do backups, because when SSD's do fail, they tend to do so catastrophically)
answered 21 hours ago
davidgodavidgo
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
– davidgo
20 hours ago
add a comment |
Your hard drive slowing down is likely not hardware related - its more likely to be a combination of fragmentation and OS bloat.
That said, there are some compelling reasons to upgrade your drive to an SSD. The most compelling reasons in my book are:
- Fragmentation issues largely go away, as all parts of the drive can be accessed equally fast.
- Raw disk speeds will increase 5x plus, while random access speeds will be way, way faster then that.
- SSD's are about 5-10 times more reliable then hard drives, and your hard drive is getting old. (But make sure you do backups, because when SSD's do fail, they tend to do so catastrophically)
answered 21 hours ago
davidgodavidgo
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Your hard drive slowing down is likely not hardware related - its more likely to be a combination of fragmentation and OS bloat.
That said, there are some compelling reasons to upgrade your drive to an SSD. The most compelling reasons in my book are:
- Fragmentation issues largely go away, as all parts of the drive can be accessed equally fast.
- Raw disk speeds will increase 5x plus, while random access speeds will be way, way faster then that.
- SSD's are about 5-10 times more reliable then hard drives, and your hard drive is getting old. (But make sure you do backups, because when SSD's do fail, they tend to do so catastrophically)
answered 21 hours ago
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
– davidgo
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
– davidgo
20 hours ago
For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
– davidgo
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For the sake of clarity, if you want to avoid upgrading for now, defragment your hard drive and see how it performs.
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Today, SSDs are cheap. Even the worst is better than your hdd in power consumption, throughput, IO and response.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
It got better, but windows is known to get slower after time. So I would not clone, but make a fresh install on the hdd. And then, don't adjust paging size, don't run registry optimizer, just don't install/uninstall applications all the time.
– davidbaumann
21 hours ago
Post the SMART info for your disk, to see if your disk is still healthy.
– harrymc
20 hours ago
In addition to CrystalDiskMark run CrystalDiskInfo and post the results in your question.
– somebadhat
11 hours ago