PC Suddenly running incredibly slowly

[_JohnB330ci]

Hey there, so yesterday and today my PC has been running as slow as I've ever seen, and I mean, after booting into Windows I cant even use the taskbar without the process crashing, now whenever I was able to get Task Manager up it showed that my disk usage was at 100% and it was always caused by windows services one way or another, however I couldn't find a way to disable them

 

Is it possible this is a virus? If so how do I go about removing it when I can barely use my pc?

 

[MoonlightSylv]

If you have another computer, plug the hard drive/SSD into that and backup, then reinstall Windows.

[_JohnB330ci]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

If you have another computer, plug the hard drive/SSD into that and backup, then reinstall Windows.

I don't have another desktop and no way to connect the HDD to my laptop

[Stardar1]

1 minute ago, SherifsDog22 said:

Hey there, so yesterday and today my PC has been running as slow as I've ever seen, and I mean, after booting into Windows I cant even use the taskbar without the process crashing, now whenever I was able to get Task Manager up it showed that my disk usage was at 100% and it was always caused by windows services one way or another, however I couldn't find a way to disable them

 

Is it possible this is a virus? If so how do I go about removing it when I can barely use my pc?

 

this could be caused by a few things:

1. Drive failure (or the begginings thereof)

2. Virus (unlikely, but possible)

3. Recently installed software has stuff in your startup that you don't know about

4. Old windows install

 

In which case, there are a few solutions:

check out the startup tab of task manager, it lists everything that starts when you boot up, and its impact on time.

You can also run a virus scan (I recommend MalwareBytes)

Check your drive's health

Reinstall windows (Generally a good idea to do every now and then, it makes things smoother)

[_JohnB330ci]

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

this could be caused by a few things:

1. Drive failure (or the begginings thereof)

2. Virus (unlikely, but possible)

3. Recently installed software has stuff in your startup that you don't know about

4. Old windows install

 

In which case, there are a few solutions:

check out the startup tab of task manager, it lists everything that starts when you boot up, and its impact on time.

You can also run a virus scan (I recommend MalwareBytes)

Check your drive's health

Reinstall windows (Generally a good idea to do every now and then, it makes things smoother)

Best softwre to check drive health?

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, SherifsDog22 said:

I don't have another desktop and no way to connect the HDD to my laptop

You could get a SATA>USB dock, but I'd check the drive health first as @Stardar1 said.

https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Sata-HDD-Docking-Station/dp/B0012Z3MKW

[Stardar1]

1 minute ago, SherifsDog22 said:

Best softwre to check drive health?

I wouldnt know, but I'd check startup processes and MalwareBytes first anyways. 

[_JohnB330ci]

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

I wouldnt know, but I'd check startup processes and MalwareBytes first anyways. 

Startup processes I checked a long time ago, and malwarebytes I'm doing now

 

[MoonlightSylv]

4 minutes ago, SherifsDog22 said:

Best softwre to check drive health?

Maybe crystaldiskinfo

[LabRat]

what version of Windows are you running ( 10 )?

did you try a quick cmos reset?