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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Fresh Windows 10 install is slow, lags (but Safe Mode is fast)
 
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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

 Run CDI to check HD health:
https://osdn.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/downloads/72256/CrystalDiskInfo8_4_0.exe/

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Slayerjerman posted:

It’s not his HDD, bad advice mate.


There have been many cases where an OS is sluggish/laggy and the underlying cause was a failing HDD. Hypothetically, in this case safe mode may not be accessing the damaged portion of the HD.

It isn't a bad idea to run CDI occassionally on any HDD as it takes only a few seconds. HDs can start getting bad sectors without exhibiting any symptoms as well before a sudden and complete failure.

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