I recently bought a Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s and after installing windows I noticed that anything from opening the recycle bin or hitting the windows button made windows unresponsive for about a minute or two. I tried installing some of the required updates from my MB disc but it still seems to be extremely slow. I'm unsure whether I have a problem with my new hard drive or if I may have forgotten to do something software wise. Any help on the matter would be appreciated.
Hardware or software issue?
- Thread starter rafeky45
- Start date
Solution
notherdude
Distinguished
- Jul 18, 2006
- 2,425
- 0
- 20,760
Well if you are installing drivers from a disc instead of downloading the latest from the web this makes me wonder how up to date your drivers are. Make sure you have the latest drivers for sound, video and network and anything else you might find at your motherboard's support center.
More info would help. Was this computer working well on another install of Windows and the hard drive is the only new part? What ver. of Windows? Etc. What CPU, motherboard, how much RAM? EDIT: If there is any doubt about the hard drive download the test software from the Seagate's site and run it. http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
More info would help. Was this computer working well on another install of Windows and the hard drive is the only new part? What ver. of Windows? Etc. What CPU, motherboard, how much RAM? EDIT: If there is any doubt about the hard drive download the test software from the Seagate's site and run it. http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
hang-the-9
Titan
- Mar 25, 2010
- 60,387
- 1,081
- 152,940
You need to install ALL of the drivers for your system, as well as any Windows updates. Go to the computer or motherboard vendor support web site, and install all the drivers, start with the chipset and the BIOS updates.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram