HP-Notebook 15-dw0038wm slower than.....

[W1DGL]

Well, for something that either has an SSD (or something that's supposed to act like one), this thing is really slow.  Bootup time is about the same as my other HP (17") notebook (possibly even longer, and both are running Win10).

It takes at least 45 seconds to a minute or more to finish booting-up to the point where I can log onto my computer and 20 seconds or longer to open apps once fully-booted up after clicking on them (I use single-click), and even then, sometimes I have to click on them a second time to get them to open.  Granted, I use my external mouse a lot more often than I use the touchscreen.

I've tried optimizing (not defragmenting) the HDD and then rebooting, but it's still slower than molasses.  Because of the slowness, I'm writing this from my other HP (17") laptop.  It's also slow, and has its own set of problems, but different from that one above.

On a different note(book - pun intended), why have most laptop manufacturers stopped putting CD-ROM drives in their units?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@W1DGL 

According to the HP specs for your model PC, it has a 1TB 5400 RPM SATA drive, NOT an SSD, and that is the SLOWEST drive on the market!

As to your question -- manufacturers monitor their sales and figure out what features sell and what ones do not.  When everyone used CDs to install software and played DVDs on their PCs, then optical drives were in demand -- plus folks then did a lot of backups to DVDs as well.

But today, most folks install software and games from downloads, and play music and videos streamed from the Internet -- and when they do backups, they use USB sticks or portable hard drives, even portable SSDs.  So, there is practically no demand any more for optical drives.

[W1DGL]

OK, I just thought it was an SSD (or something that was supposed to act like one), because I like using Defraggler rather than the Windows defragmenter (it's more visual), and when I originally went to defrag it, it was asking me if I wanted to continue and warning me that it appeared that the drive was an SSD and defragging an SSD would degrade its life.

Based on the screenshot from my other laptop below, it appears I have TWO HDDs; one a SATA 1TB and the other an SSD.