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Computer hanging possibly due to HDDs?

vamosuk
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Hi all so when I open like an explorer window on Windows 10 it sometimes hangs massively, for a few seconds but most of the time its literally instant. Im not sure what could be causing this but I assume it will be a HDD issue.

 

Here are my specs:

 

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CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (Purchased For £463.42) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £61.39) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (Purchased For £188.36) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For £154.38) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £141.84) 
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £65.64) 
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £65.64) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £79.81) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.95) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
 

Any help with the issue would be brilliant thank you all!

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14 minutes ago, vamosuk said:

Hi all so when I open like an explorer window on Windows 10 it sometimes hangs massively, for a few seconds but most of the time its literally instant. Im not sure what could be causing this but I assume it will be a HDD issue.

 

Here are my specs:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (Purchased For £463.42) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £61.39) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (Purchased For £188.36) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For £154.38) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £141.84) 
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £65.64) 
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £65.64) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £79.81) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.95) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
 

Any help with the issue would be brilliant thank you all!

Yeah, that can happen if you have the drives set to go to sleep to save power after some time of inactivity. If you don't want that, you can turn that power saving feature off in Windows.

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6 minutes ago, iBabySlapper said:

Yeah, that can happen if you have the drives set to go to sleep to save power after some time of inactivity. If you don't want that, you can turn that power saving feature off in Windows.

Brilliant thank you that will probably be it, it was on 20 minutes have turned it to like 2000 minutes now so hopefully that sorts it.


Many thanks

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