PC sometimes slow to startup windows

ish1 · 30 Mar 2014 at 14:55

Hey guys.

I have a very fast pc so i expect it to startup quickly in windows 7...

But sometimes it loads the desktop and i try to click on an icon and nothing happens...then maybe 10-15 seconds later all the desktop icons blink momentarily and then i can use the system.

Why does it lag like this at times and other times it loads instantly?

CEUOTC · 30 Mar 2014 at 15:06

What SSD/HDD do you have?

How full is the SSD/HDD?

ish1 · 30 Mar 2014 at 15:37

I have an ocz vertex 4 256gb SSD as the main drive (only 15gb space left)

And my secondary D drive is just a normal HDD (about 800 gb left)

CEUOTC · 30 Mar 2014 at 16:00

I would suggest your boot drive if the SSD needs to be less than 75% full or you will start getting performance hits.

If possible you may need to move all you Documents/Photo/Music/Video files to the HDD, this is a easy process in windows 7 as all you have to do is move folder destination, Google this.

Move your libraries to a second drive or partition.

See if this helps, also ensure you are running the latest drivers from Intel.

The Intel® Driver Update Utility

Jamin280672 · 30 Mar 2014 at 16:34

As above, and when was the last time you secure erased the drive, this restores the drive back to factory defaults, the way it was when you first got it.

ish1 · 30 Mar 2014 at 19:09

As above, and when was the last time you secure erased the drive, this restores the drive back to factory defaults, the way it was when you first got it.

If i do this wont it delete everything on the drive, like the operating system?

Jamin280672 · 31 Mar 2014 at 01:14

Yes it will, but is required every now and again to maintain performance.

You need to basically download OCZ toolbox and burn the image file in the zip to a CD or DVD then boot from it, make sure you backup first if your going to try this.