Open Windows Explorer, right click the drive that you wish to examine and choose Properties. The drive MAY have slowed down because it’s wearing out. Now, the oldest slowest drive for sure cannot handle a big work load without slowdowns and stuttering, and i can tax the next faster drive enough to also cause problems. A 2TB model purchased this year averages 122MB/sec. Our five year-old 250GB hard drive registers about 76MB/sec. According to a simple benchmark test called HDTune this old drive has an average data speed of about 36MB/sec. Our eight year-old PC’s hard drive is a 60GB model.
At home we have several PCs of various ages. Looking at the second possibility first, let’s consider an example. If the problem persists your hard drive may be wearing out or it may just be too slow to cope with everything, or both. Defragment the hard drive immediately if you have not already done so! And check those other points mentioned.
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