In the absence of other symptoms that is probably not the cause. If the drive were “wearing out” then I’d expect other, more serious problems to be occurring, such as file corruption in both data and program files.
If the problem persists your hard drive may be wearing out or it may just be too slow to cope with everything, or both. Please post back and let us know what you discover. If you really want to go crazy, you could buy a 1TB Crucial M500 SSD which can reach data speeds of around 500MB/sec. Seagate also makes A/V drives called “Pipeline” series. We bought a Western Digital WD AV-GP model which can “serve” up to 12 video or audio streams at once while still recording HD video. Some have software designed especially for recording and playing back video and audio. Right now hard drives are cheaper than ever, especially larger capacity models. Also, check here for sounds that may indicate a bad drive: Go here to check it out: If your drive is a different brand go to the manufacturer’s website and click on Support, or search their website for “diagnostic” or “diagnostic tools” or “check drive health”, etc. For example, Seagate offers free software called SeaTools. Go for lunch and check back later !Īlso, many manufacturers have free tests you can download to check the health of your drive. You’ll probably need to restart the computer so the disk check can run before Windows, and it may take a while to complete. Select “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” to perform a thorough disk check. Switch to the Tools tab and click the “Check Now” button under Error checking. Open Windows Explorer, right click the drive that you wish to examine and choose Properties. The drive MAY have slowed down because it’s wearing out. Now, the oldest slowest drive for sure cannot handle a big work load without slowdowns and stuttering, and i can tax the next faster drive enough to also cause problems. A 2TB model purchased this year averages 122MB/sec. Our five year-old 250GB hard drive registers about 76MB/sec. According to a simple benchmark test called HDTune this old drive has an average data speed of about 36MB/sec. Our eight year-old PC’s hard drive is a 60GB model. At home we have several PCs of various ages. Looking at the second possibility first, let’s consider an example. Defragment the hard drive immediately if you have not already done so! And check those other points mentioned.
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