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My laptop has got a lot slower since some updates I installed this morning so would it be advisable to run a chkdsk off a command line like we used to in Windows 7? to see if anything has been disrupted or corrupted ?

Thanks for the reply zbook and things are little bit quicker now except the period where it says welcome and that has only been since I installed the latest updates this morning but I can live with that

Thanks Helmut I might try a chkdsk then as the drive is getting on a bit.

You could try running defrag that can speed up the drive if its fragmented

Hi Samuria I would if my C: drive was a spinner but it is an SSD and I was always under the impression you do defrag that type of drive.

ICIT2LOL said:

I was always under the impression you do defrag that type of drive.

Assuming typo for "I was always under the impression you do not defrag that type of drive."

Sorry but that is wrong. SSD defrag is discussed in The real and complete story - Does Windows defragment your SSD - Scott Hanselman

Note that, if you have set an SSD to be 'optimised' weekly by the Defragmenter, then it actually trims & defrags monthly.

This info is in defrag - Microsoft Docs under the sub-heading 'Scheduled task'
-The situation is further complicated by the fact that, since Windows Vista & 7, Windows defragmentation has not bothered moving around blocks of 64MB or greater. So your files can remain fragmented to that extent. MS experimented and decided that its old practice of fully defragmenting files gained no benefit once lumps of 64MB were consolidated. Disk Defragmentation – Background and Engineering the Windows 7 Improvements - Microsoft Docs
- You might also enjoy reading Trim and SSD Performance - Why is it Important - Crucial
- If you ever need to check that Trim is enabled, use Enable or Disable TRIM Support for Solid State Drives - TenForumsTutorials

The defrag & trim records are kept in Event viewer, Application log, Sources - Defrag, Defrag-Core and, as lxo7 post in TenForums illustrates, they can be accessed through PowerShell as well.

- I have never managed to catch a record of anything other than trimming taking place but others have seen SSD defrag happening [shown in that lxo7 post]

Optimize and Defragment Drives - TenForumsTutorials
Change Schedule Settings for Optimize Drives - TenForumsTutorials


Denis

ICIT2LOL said:

My laptop has got a lot slower since some updates I installed this morning so would it be advisable to run a chkdsk off a command line like we used to in Windows 7? to see if anything has been disrupted or corrupted ?

I don't see ChkDsk being particularly related to your symptoms.

You could try these general steps
Disk clean - TenForumsTutorials
SFC-DISM - TenForumsTutorials

Denis