[SOLVED] Reinstalling OS?

[vic243]

So I installed Win 10 in a new ADATA SX8200 Pro 1T when I built my rig a few months back. I made the mistake of starting to install other apps and even games on the same drive so now I have 300G free and it seems like the computer is now chugging. Whenever I type, there is a lag with the words appearing on screen, I have lag on games, and sometimes websites take a while to load. I imagine the best solution is to get another SSD and install the OS there and re-install all apps. Are there any other options? I ran chkdsk and got no errors. Are there any other tools that can help me troubleshoot this or, again, just bite the bullet and reinstall OS in a separate drive? note: I upgraded to Win 11

 

[RARRAF]

its a pain but just bite the bullet and get a 250gb ssd for just the OS.

 

[vic243]

Thanks RARRAF, that's what I thought. Are there any recommendations as to the next drive for OS? I was looking at the Samsung 980 PRO PCIe NVMe Gen4 SSD M.2 on 250 or 500 versions

 

[USAFRet]

300GB free on a 1TB drive is generally not a problem.

"chugging" would indicate something else.

What are the rest of the specs of this system?
What, specifically, is consuming this 700GB? Games?

 

[vic243]

Mostly games. These are the specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22000 Build 22000
System Manufacturer Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
System Model MS-7C79
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10GHz, 4101 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1.30, 10/12/2020
SMBIOS Version 3.2
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79)
BaseBoard Version 1.0
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 19.2 GB
Total Virtual Memory 44.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 26.7 GB
Page File Space 13.0 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off

 

[USAFRet]

If these are Steam games, you can relatively easily move them to a different drive.

Get a 500GB SSD and move 2-300GB of games to that.

 

[vic243]

If these are Steam games, you can relatively easily move them to a different drive.

Get a 500GB SSD and move 2-300GB of games to that.

Too easy, I didn't think about it LOL. Thanks USAFRet!

 

[USAFRet]

Too easy, I didn't think about it LOL. Thanks USAFRet!

Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder

To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder