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05-15-2020 12:56 PM
It takes more time to start the windows.If I open any app or browse my files then the disk usage become 100% and whole system hangs.How can I solve the problem? please help.
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05-15-2020 03:31 PM
@Mustafizur_56 wrote:CPU:Intel core i5 7200u
Ram:4 gb DDR4
Storage:TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
OMG. Your machine only has 4GB of RAM and TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 is actually a SATA II drive
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01abd100-hard-drive-1-tb-sata-3gb-s-mq01abd100/
Disk works very hard because amount of RAM is very small therefore system has to page/swap out to disk many times each millisecond. Due to the disk is VERY slow theretofore it has to spin itself to dead.
Did you buy your machine yourself ? I don't know why your machine has DDR4 RAM and only has SATA II HDD. Anyway, 2 things you can do to improve its performance.
1. RAM: Upgrade to 16GB using
https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k8g4sfs8266/ct9506459
2. Storage: Replace SATA II drive with SATA III SSD:
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/mx500/ct1000mx500ssd1/ct11516221
Regards.
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05-15-2020 01:32 PM
Please open Task Manager and sort by Disk column to see which one is the culprit
What is your 450 G4, we also need to know Its
(a) CPU,
(b) RAM,
(c) Storage (Hard Drive, using Device Manager to find out).
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05-15-2020 03:31 PM
@Mustafizur_56 wrote:CPU:Intel core i5 7200u
Ram:4 gb DDR4
Storage:TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
OMG. Your machine only has 4GB of RAM and TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 is actually a SATA II drive
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01abd100-hard-drive-1-tb-sata-3gb-s-mq01abd100/
Disk works very hard because amount of RAM is very small therefore system has to page/swap out to disk many times each millisecond. Due to the disk is VERY slow theretofore it has to spin itself to dead.
Did you buy your machine yourself ? I don't know why your machine has DDR4 RAM and only has SATA II HDD. Anyway, 2 things you can do to improve its performance.
1. RAM: Upgrade to 16GB using
https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k8g4sfs8266/ct9506459
2. Storage: Replace SATA II drive with SATA III SSD:
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/mx500/ct1000mx500ssd1/ct11516221
Regards.
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