Laptop Slow, WD Black Halp

[iamdarkbowser]

I have a used WD Black in my HP. It takes about 5 min to get to the login screen. My smartdata is healthy but CrystalDiskMark says:

 

@Captain_WD

[Houndz199]

You could try fragmenting hard drive. Is it actually 5 minutes or does it just feel like that? Anyways, I would highly recommend SSD if you can get one.

[iamdarkyoshi]

2 minutes ago, Houndz199 said:

You could try fragmenting hard drive. Is it actually 5 minutes or does it just feel like that? Anyways, I would highly recommend SSD if you can get one.

The laptop's optical bay doesn't support storage drives

 

The laptop was 20 bucks because it is absolutely trashed.

[Houndz199]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

The laptop's optical bay doesn't support storage drives

 

The laptop was 20 bucks because it is absolutely trashed.

is the boot drive connected over USB?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, Houndz199 said:

is the boot drive connected over USB?

On the second image, it was a photo of the laptop at my work where I got it, I used a usb 3.0 SSD windows to go to test the laptop to make sure it worked

[Houndz199]

2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

On the second image, it was a photo of the laptop at my work where I got it, I used a usb 3.0 SSD windows to go to test the laptop to make sure it worked

Honestly, I cant really help you. I can tell you though that if your laptop does have a CD drive spot, you can remove it and put and ssd in. Might want to get a bracket for it though.

 

here two different holders that should work

 

https://www.amazon.com/Protronix-Optical-Drive-Universal-12-7mm/dp/B004XIU4T2

 

https://www.amazon.com/HIGHROCK-Universal-Enclosure-DVD-ROM-Optical/dp/B0177AF7OO/ref=pd_lpo_147_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YK4T666QB9MEDYDGKYYD

 

sorry I can't help you

[Enderman]

Do a clean install of windows 10, it will make it much faster.

[iamdarkyoshi]

12 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Do a clean install of windows 10, it will make it much faster.

Thats what I did literally a week ago

[iamdarkyoshi]

15 minutes ago, Houndz199 said:

Honestly, I cant really help you. I can tell you though that if your laptop does have a CD drive spot, you can remove it and put and ssd in. Might want to get a bracket for it though.

 

here two different holders that should work

 

https://www.amazon.com/Protronix-Optical-Drive-Universal-12-7mm/dp/B004XIU4T2

 

https://www.amazon.com/HIGHROCK-Universal-Enclosure-DVD-ROM-Optical/dp/B0177AF7OO/ref=pd_lpo_147_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YK4T666QB9MEDYDGKYYD

 

sorry I can't help you

I've already got a bracket, HP decided to lock out anything not optical from being used in that port.

[Captain_WD]

7 hours ago, iamdarkbowser said:

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Hi there

 

Have you tried running WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic? Could you post the S.M.A.R.T. status with the raw values? 

What is the model number of the drive and the laptop's model?

 

Those speeds aren't really that slow of this is an older mobile HDD, but 5 minutes is a bit too long. Try resetting the BIOS and see if there's a firmware update for it. 

 

Captain_WD.