Windows 10: Suspect dying HD

Acer Aspire E55-575 Laptop W10/1903

Laptop was running slow so I backed up and reloaded Windows 10 from the tool. I didn't save any existing files since I would reload from backup. The computer still seamed slow and took 10 minutes to shut down and 4 to boot. I ran defrag and chkdsk /r /f /x. The computer is faster but still takes 2 - 3 minutes to boot an shutdown takes 3 minutes also. I am suspecting the hard drive, what are your thoughts. Your help is appreciated.
Len
San Diego, CA

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Suspect dying HD

Download HDtune.
try a clean boot
open taskmanager and check out what programs are loading.
disable any suspect programs.
Had slow boot myself because of dying HD . Apparently the bios was having a hard time
finding the drive and assigning a drive letter.
replaced it with a ssd and now boots normal.

HD Tune website

Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts

 

hd6950 to hd 6970

ok
i ve tried everything:with atiflash from dos,winflash.step by step with bios powercolor hd 6970 from the database.
nothing,doesn´t work.any suggestion????

 

Suspect dying HD

I always tell people the first thing to do when suspecting a bad drive is to backup the data. After you can do all the testing whichever way you choose.

Oh, and before downloading hundred's of programs, you could simply start with Windows' built-in tool - Right click the drive, click Properties, click the Tool's tab, under error checking click "Check". Go from there.

Good luck.