Windows explorer is running really choppy

[FloppyPoppy]

Not at all mate, happy to help. I'm kind of drip feeding responses instead of giving you one huge response.



1 bad drive can completely stop Explorer from doing anything. Some systems are unusable depending on the type of error.

I guess it's a design flaw in Windows. For now, try removing the disk from your PC (just disconnect the SATA cable) and see if Windows works normally again.

Yeah well i am doing a full format through windows so it's taking a while to clean the drive entirely. About 30% done now. Will flick around windows as i can get the issue to crop up quite easily just going into my media folder for example so will try with the formatted drive first, it it persists i will try with the drive removed.

 

[Elevon]

It ain't far from normal - there are areas where explorer will bog down in normal use and quite a lot of people report that after a few months explorer will stop responding a lot (often along with the start menu), etc. for some reason it seems to plague some systems more than others i.e. as mentioned before one of test systems with 10 on will constantly slowdown after a few weeks to months with the start menu becoming increasingly less responsive - doing a complete clean install will solve it initially but it creeps in again over time.

You miss my point, I don't say it has not happened, just like those with issues with Win7 or any OS you care to name, but it is not normal for a full working Win10 to behave this way, my brother and my two Win10 PCs never had this issue and I've been using it since day one.

Do you think Microsoft designed Win10 to behave this way?..Obviously not so again look into other issues at what could be causing it, as always easy to blame the OS regardless, end of the day could be many reasons at what is causing it, ie faulty hardware, malware, corrupted OS etc...

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Not at all mate, happy to help. I'm kind of drip feeding responses instead of giving you one huge response.



1 bad drive can completely stop Explorer from doing anything. Some systems are unusable depending on the type of error.

I guess it's a design flaw in Windows. For now, try removing the disk from your PC (just disconnect the SATA cable) and see if Windows works normally again.

So i took the drive out after 5 mins of figuring out what one it was. I am still getting issues with windows explorer being choppy was noticeable still within 5 mins of opening windows.

I have put the drive back in and if anything pops up regarding it in event viewer then it will be sent off for rma right away.


Are there any other possible causes of windows running in such a state?