sata hard drive and slow start up making me really mad is ssd the answer

[02hudsond]

where do i start this is drving me crazy

all the pcs i have owned have never had this horrible annoying problem but when i start my pc up its always 100 percent disk usage and i cant even open my file system e.g my doccuments music etc....its like this for a few mines proper slow and laggy

i5 4460
500gb hard drive i assume its 7200rpm
8gb ddr3 ram
temps are fine 20s/30c
i have no start up programs ive disabled them all yet i get 100 percent disk usage in task manager


windows 10 pro ,,,,, reinstalled countless times


would a ssd make this problem go away i mean will it booot up faster and make it where i can start playing music or open programs instantly ....

 

[COLGeek]

Is the HDD full?

 

[02hudsond]

no mate but it is split in to 3 seprate partitions with just media on one partiion and i use it as a back up for my files .... do you think maybe thats the problem

 

[COLGeek]

3 partitions is okay and won't cause this problem. Are any of the partitions full (or getting close to full)?

 

[jsmithepa]

As they say, boot partition (the partition of interest) should not be say >80%. Your Ram situation SHOULD (you tell us) be OK.

Next I would run a s.m.a.r.t. monitoring util see if the drive is creep-dying. It should say HEALTH in percentage. If it creeps up over a few days, you maybe looking at a replacement pronto. If it stays steady, you may want to run a LONG SCAN using the vendor's own diagnostic utility. Recommend backing up critical data first.

No I would not run out buying a SSD, unless you are tired of the HD and just wanna junk it.

 

[Mellelmejor]

Start Menu>Right click at Computer>Device Mananger>Go to Storage and tell us the model/number of the HDD, so we could help you.
And yes, it is normal that your hard drive is 100% when booting, and yes, probably the SSD is the answer.