Hard Drive Too Slow

My hard disk is too slow. I even changed the SATA port once. But still copying files is slow and task manager is showing the disk usage at 100% when files are being copied. I checked with CrystalDiskInfo and it says Caution as in the image. Please help me fix this issue. Thanks in advance.

nishadrox said:

My hard disk is too slow.... I checked with CrystalDiskInfo and it says Caution as in the image...

I agree with @dalchina on both counts...

This forum recommends the routine use of disk imaging time and again- e.g. Macrium Reflect (free)

If your disk is failing you will need to replace it...

In fact, I have done just that on my main machine. CrystalDiskInfo had shown a single reallocated sector (SMART 05) on the HDD for quite some time, so I've been keeping an eye on it. Recently the system became corrupted, requiring repairs.



When the repairs became more and more frequent I decided it was time to replace the HDD and restore my most recent known good Macrium image. And yes, the system runs faster with an HDD that isn't failing.

I recently changed my hard disk from MBR to GPT. Would this have been the issue? If so would converting it back to MBR fix this?

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dalchina said:

Hi, try Hard Disk Sentinel (trial). This gives the best text report I've seen.

History: when was performance last satisfactory? Have you noticed a change recently?

Backup: do you have full backups or perhaps a disk image of the partitions? (This forum recommends the routine use of disk imaging time and again- e.g. Macrium Reflect (free) ).

Please run
chkdsk C: /scan
and
chkdsk D: /scan

from an admin command or Powershell prompt and report the results.
If this fails, you will not be able to recover all the data from your disk.

If your disk is failing you will need to replace it. Please see:
Current Pending Sector Count Warning: What You Need To Know
https://kb.acronis.com/content/9134
https://harddrivegeek.com/crystaldiskinfo-caution/

CHKDSK doesn't find any problems on both drives. Any other fixes?

dalchina said:

See first sentence- HDS. That will give you more info on the state of your disk.

chkdsk X: /scan is NOT a fix- just a check.

Consider your disk likely dying (see Hard Disk Sentinel recommendation) and comments in the links I posted explaining your Crystal Diskinfo report. Have you read those?

Dying disks can't be 'fixed'.

chkdsk X: /scan says Cannot open volume for direct access.

Thanks everybody. Looks like I'm going to buy a new HDD