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Daniel D.
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Hey, my problem is, that when something is installed on the D drive(1TB) its lagging like every 1-2 minutes for 3-5 seconds (mostly steam games). But when I uninstall them and install them on the HDD where the OS is installed(230GB) they run smoothly. Does anyone know why this happens and how to fix it? I've been planning to buy a 1TB SSD (ADATA SX8200P), but for now with the corona sheet I really can't. Also the 1TB HDD is from a 5 year old laptop... Could that be the problem?

 

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K
GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 Super OC 8GB
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING

RAM: 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Team T-Force Delta RGB Black

PSU: CoolerMaster MasterWatt Lite 700W

 

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1 hour ago, Daniel D. said:

Hey, my problem is, that when something is installed on the D drive(1TB) its lagging like every 1-2 minutes for 3-5 seconds (mostly steam games). But when I uninstall them and install them on the HDD where the OS is installed(230GB) they run smoothly. Does anyone know why this happens and how to fix it? I've been planning to buy a 1TB SSD (ADATA SX8200P), but for now with the corona sheet I really can't. Also the 1TB HDD is from a 5 year old laptop... Could that be the problem?

 

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K
GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 Super OC 8GB
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING

RAM: 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Team T-Force Delta RGB Black

PSU: CoolerMaster MasterWatt Lite 700W

 

Hey, so from what I hear, Maybe your disk needs to be De-Fragmented. You can use any free software for that. It's just lagging so it's probably not disk failure and it's already of 5400 rpm and it's 5 years old. So, Probably try defragmenting and disk cleanup tools and check if it lags still.If it does still, then ditch the HDD and buy a SSD as you said.

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1 hour ago, vidyasager162 said:

Hey, so from what I hear, Maybe your disk needs to be De-Fragmented. You can use any free software for that. It's just lagging so it's probably not disk failure and it's already of 5400 rpm and it's 5 years old. So, Probably try defragmenting and disk cleanup tools and check if it lags still.If it does still, then ditch the HDD and buy a SSD as you said.

Can you reccomend an app?

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8 minutes ago, vidyasager162 said:

Sure 

here is the link 

https://www.ccleaner.com/defraggler?source=cpc&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4dr0BRCxARIsAKUNjWRaVUqMB_iDlYkA7s3lcHXzrkD8Q6fPe8aFsZZtgYXGX3JFYGqlZbsaAty6EALw_wcB

How long does it take?I mean do I have to let the pc do its thing and not do anything else on it.And which hdd should I defragment

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1 minute ago, Daniel D. said:

How long does it take?I mean do I have to let the pc do its thing and not do anything else on it.And which hdd should I defragment

It takes sometime to do that and I don't recommend that you do anything on the PC while it's Defragmenting. The HDD which is lagging , Defragment that one. 

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