- Jul 6, 2007
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My hard drive over the past two weeks has slowed down to almost a halt (1-4mb/s read/write speed). It's a 7200RPM Hitachi 2GB drive. The problem is fixed when I restart for maybe 10-20 minutes. The drive resumes 100mb/s read/write speeds, but slow down again. I have done just about every conceivable thing to try to fix it:
-chkdsk (/f and /r)
-defrag with Defraggler (Didn't actually defrag but the drive only showed 2% fragmentation
-deleted all my restore points
-change SATA cable
-there's not temperature issue
-deleted files (1.81 freespace, I have 294 GB of free space
-tried to update drivers (says that I already have the most recent version)
-enable caching in device manager (already enabled when I checked)
-tested various programs to make sure they were not the issue
The only things I have not done is reformat it (I don't have enough space to backup all the data on it) or do a fresh install of my OS (Windows 7 Ultimate x64). Both of these things are time-consuming solutions, and I don't see how either would fix the problem, so I'm trying to avoid them for now.
Has anyone else run into this problem? A drive that runs fast for the first few minutes after a restart, and slows down rapidly afterwards? Can anyone suggest any fixes? Or is it just time to give up and buy a new storage drive? Thanks for any answers in advance.
BTW, I have 12 GB of RAM and a good CPU and have not made huge changes to my computer recently, everything was functioning fine. The only thing that has changed is this drive's speed. That and I can't get onto Twitter/various other sites that are not hugely important (If anyone has a solution to this, pray tell as well). Also, I use Microsoft Security Essentials, if you think that may be relevant.
-chkdsk (/f and /r)
-defrag with Defraggler (Didn't actually defrag but the drive only showed 2% fragmentation
-deleted all my restore points
-change SATA cable
-there's not temperature issue
-deleted files (1.81 freespace, I have 294 GB of free space
-tried to update drivers (says that I already have the most recent version)
-enable caching in device manager (already enabled when I checked)
-tested various programs to make sure they were not the issue
The only things I have not done is reformat it (I don't have enough space to backup all the data on it) or do a fresh install of my OS (Windows 7 Ultimate x64). Both of these things are time-consuming solutions, and I don't see how either would fix the problem, so I'm trying to avoid them for now.
Has anyone else run into this problem? A drive that runs fast for the first few minutes after a restart, and slows down rapidly afterwards? Can anyone suggest any fixes? Or is it just time to give up and buy a new storage drive? Thanks for any answers in advance.
BTW, I have 12 GB of RAM and a good CPU and have not made huge changes to my computer recently, everything was functioning fine. The only thing that has changed is this drive's speed. That and I can't get onto Twitter/various other sites that are not hugely important (If anyone has a solution to this, pray tell as well). Also, I use Microsoft Security Essentials, if you think that may be relevant.
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