Question Pc is running super choppy & slow after I completely restarted my pc. Any idea why?

[Gunner7772]

View: https://imgur.com/a/ThRa2jp

it showed all my old apps from before I completely restarted my pc anyone know why this happened? How did they come back?

 

[PiersPlowman]

Can it also be that windows loads up with something called volume 2 ? ever since I restarted the pc it asked me if i want volume 2 or 6 im so confused on what that is i just went this volume 2.

A volume is an accessible storage area on a hard disk. In Windows, these tend to be labelled C:, D:, E: and so on.

It seems that you have managed to install two Windows system images on your computer - presumably one on the SSD and one on the HDD which is why Windows is asking you to chose between them.

I would be inclined to go back to the start and try again.

1) Back up all your important files from both the SSD and HDD onto an external drive or burnable Blu-ray disc.

2) Assuming the SSD is your boot drive, remove all partitions and data on the HDD. Run the terminal as an administrator, and type "diskpart", then "list disk". You should see all the drives attached to your system. Assuming only two, your HDD will be the 1 terabyte drive (the SSD appears to be 512 gigabytes). Type "select drive" and the number of the HDD (probably but not necessarily "1").

3) Erase the drive of all partitions and data by typing "clean". Obviously. Do this after the data has been backed up.

4) Format the drive NTFS in Disk Manager.

5) Reboot.

If you still have problems after doing this, power off the PC and physically disconnect the HDD. Now reinstall Windows on the SSD.

 

[JayGau]

It's usually very easy to unplug a drive. Just power off the PC, open the case and unplug the cables from the HDD and boot. If you still have issues, reinstall Windows on the SSD while the HDD is still disconnected. As soon as you have a working C drive, you can format the HDD to get some extra storage. If it still feels clunky after a complete reinstall on the SSD (without the HDD connected), then this particular drive could have a problem or a wrong configuration (for example, SSDs need the be set with the AHCI mode in the BIOS SATA options, if it is set as IDE you gonna be stuck with a HDD-like speed).

 

[Gunner7772]

It's usually very easy to unplug a drive. Just power off the PC, open the case and unplug the cables from the HDD and boot. If you still have issues, reinstall Windows on the SSD while the HDD is still disconnected. As soon as you have a working C drive, you can format the HDD to get some extra storage. If it still feels clunky after a complete reinstall on the SSD (without the HDD connected), then this particular drive could have a problem or a wrong configuration (for example, SSDs need the be set with the AHCI mode in the BIOS SATA options, if it is set as IDE you gonna be stuck with a HDD-like speed).

If its IDE I can't do anything about it?

 

[JayGau]

If its IDE I can't do anything about it?

Yes you can unless your motherboard is so old that it doesn't support AHCI but that would be surprising. You need to access your BIOS (when your computer begins to POST right after you turn it on, press the key to enter the BIOS, the key depends on your motherboard model) and look for the SATA configuration. Change IDE to AHCI.

 

[Gunner7772]

Yes you can unless your motherboard is so old that it doesn't support AHCI but that would be surprising. You need to access your BIOS (when your computer begins to POST right after you turn it on, press the key to enter the BIOS, the key depends on your motherboard model) and look for the SATA configuration. Change IDE to AHCI.

I just reinstalled windows without my HDD connected and it still feels the same still feels super choppy almost as if im getting screen tears what do you reccomend I do now? Should I go into the bios?

 

[PiersPlowman]

I just reinstalled windows without my HDD connected and it still feels the same still feels super choppy almost as if im getting screen tears what do you reccomend I do now? Should I go into the bios?

Do you still get the same error when you try to install the Nvidia drivers? Since you have done a clean install of Windows and, assuming you have installed the necessary drivers, the problem is persisting. I would start suspecting a hardware fault - do you have access to another GPU?

 

[JayGau]

Going into the BIOS is not a big deal, I do it all the time. Just reboot and repeatedly press the BIOS key (you should see something like "press F2 to enter setup"). You may need to be quick.

But I didn't know your problem was visual. I though it was just slow like every time you try to do something it takes longer than it used to. If it's visual choppiness like some sort of screen tearing it's likely not the drive, but rather the GPU or even the monitor. I agree with PiersPlowman: try to install the graphics driver and see if you still get the error.

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[Gunner7772]

Going into the BIOS is not a big deal, I do it all the time. Just reboot and repeatedly press the BIOS key (you should see something like "press F2 to enter setup"). You may need to be quick.

But I didn't know your problem was visual. I though it was just slow like every time you try to do something it takes longer than it used to. If it's visual choppiness like some sort of screen tearing it's likely not the drive, but rather the GPU or even the monitor. I agree with PiersPlowman: try to install the graphics driver and see if you still get the error.

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I installed the GPU drivers and still seems choppy all the movement I do just feel awful sometimes like even scrolling on discord it looks like it's all tearing up.