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Need some help in the following Situation:
About my laptop:
I am currently using Sony Vaio laptop. The model is Sony Vaio Fit 14A (SVF14N16SN). You can find the technical specifications of my model at http://www.sony.co.in/support/product/SVF14N16SN in Specifications tab. The only 2 changes I have made to this is upgrading my RAM to 8 GB and Upgrading to Windows 10.
Nature of my work:
I am basically a software developer who deals mostly with Web development and minor back-end development. My work involves usage of tools like Eclipse, Visual Studio, NodeJS, Apache Tomcat, etc. Hence I have upgraded my RAM to 8 GB. The most common scenario is a browser with multiple tabs (>5) most of the time, Tomcat Server, at least 1 IDE, a few Windows Explorer windows, Microsoft Outlook, Skype, Command Prompt and NodeJS process running simultaneously.
My problem:
My computer becomes unbearably slow every now and then. In such scenarios I always go to Windows Task Manager and check the status of my resources. All other resources except my Disk drive are always fine. A sample screenshot can be found at the Google Photos link below .
My question:
My question is what can I do in such cases? I think the RAM is fine as it is generally around 85% even at my exhaustive usage. CPU as usual is rarely above 45%. The disk however is always close to 100% if not 100%. Will my problem be solved if I upgrade to a better drive like a SSD? Another issue is my HDD has some weird dimensions to I will have to replace it with something called as Slim SSD.
Thanks.
Images of my existing SSHD:
Since I do not have enough reputation to post more than one links, I am sharing the album from Google Photos. Please visit the link for the images:
https://goo.gl/photos/jQK31PNdfxYyZ5hQ6
NOTE: This is NOT an opinion based question. I am looking for a proper answer with technical reason as to why or why not.
What does
Resource Monitor
say is using the disk so heavily? – Kinnectus – 2016-09-02T07:48:49.020@BigChris, at the this of this screenshot, it was NodeJS, but the process is different every time to be honest. Sometimes it's Kaspersky Internet Security, sometimes Apache Tomcat, sometimes eclipse, etc. – theHeman – 2016-09-02T08:14:53.557