Windows 10: I've got a very slow hard drive...

My hard drive is 3TB and very slow it gets up to 100% when trying to perform easy tasks like looking things up on the internet.

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Slow hard drive

I don't know how it slows it down, I just know that windows goes crazy if I have my USB drive in my computer while trying to boot windows *Laugh :laugh:. And I got the list trick off of Wazzledoozle.

 

Overclock your hard drive!!!

Heres a much easier hack that I realized quite a few years ago that really does work!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Hard drive with molex power connection.
• PSU with more than 1 strand that has molex plugs on it.
• Wire strippers, soldering iron if you're fancy, electrical tape if you're not.

STEPS:

• Take the strand of connectors from your PSU, and decide which one will be the donator for this overclocking adventure.
• Cut the yellow and orange cables, then twist them together.
• Find the power connector you've chosen as the overclocking connector, and release the orange cable from the connector. Now use your preferred method to bind them together, then place it back together.
• Plug in a drive and feel the speed!

Congratulations! You've just overclocked your hard drive!

 

Slow hard drive

Yeah...it's a Maxtor *Stick Out Tongue . Okay fine maybe the drive is good. I remember when I had problems with my WD SATA2 drive being crazy. Remember to...

• Remove any external drives, that makes windows go CRAZY.
• Correctly set jumpers, there should be some documentation on top of your hard drive.
• Install SATA drivers for your chipset and make sure they are up to date.
• Update your motherboard's BIOS.

If none of those work, I wouldn't be surprised if you had a bad drive, and should return it ASAP.