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My computer has slowed to a crawl, and I'm pretty sure my SSD is the culprit. As of this morning, my OS takes forever to start up (20+ minutes to get to the Windows login). Ever since I installed the SSD I've had random slow downs where Windows freezes for several second before responding, once even leading to a BSOD about processor clock not responding in time.
The fact that it now takes forever to start and run is new as of a few hours ago, but the drive is a few weeks old now. I've got Samsung Magician (the SSD monitoring software that comes with the drive) and am trying to run some diagnostics, but it is taking a long time.
What is a good way to debug and isolate issues with a SSD that I can employ?
Some more details about my particular case:
- Drive is Samsung 840 SSD (520 gb)
- On Windows 7 64 bit
- OS was installed clean on this drive, and I can boot to my old OS if needed
- Drivers and firmware reporting as up to date on all pieces of hardware on the machine
Possible answer http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/275607-32-slow
– spuder – 2013-08-05T00:44:11.953Did you install the OS fresh or transfer it from another drive? – cutrightjm – 2013-08-05T01:49:41.470
Installed fresh. Looks like my drive may have just had a hardware failure though, so that may have been the cause :( – LoveAndCoding – 2013-08-05T02:05:40.437