HDD running painfully slow

[Tommy Vercetti]

My main storage drive is loading and running slow. It started yesterday when I could not get a file to open from a file for a text and picture based wrestling game and said game data base when I opened it on my HDD and put on my OS drive where said game is caused a run time error. That being said to compress a file around 1 GB is taking HOURS. I know this is bad. Do you guys think my HDD is going bad? Could it be something simple like a loose connection or maybe dust? I'm having anxiety about it.

 

[Shirotora Kenshin]

Don‘t know about your HDD, but if it is going bad, this would be a good opportunity to get a SSD now

These SSD drives are making a huge difference.

 

[Tommy Vercetti]

It seems to be working better now

 

[Shirotora Kenshin]

Then problem is solved. Even better.

 

[Tommy Vercetti]

Then problem is solved. Even better.

Here is to hoping it was a software error.

 

[danjuno]

Yeah, next time I get a computer, I gotta check to make sure it's SSD. After my last one I died I got a "refurbished" one, that was a couple years newer but still old. It's an HDD and I never know when it's gonna crap out on me.