>PROBLEM
Defragmentation is OK, there is no strange process taking the CPU for itself, no virus, but the desktop or notebook is very slow, much more than usual and, it seems that it get worse every month.
Also, you have noticed that the system requires HD fixes, leading to scans to fix block references, more frequently than usual.
>SOLUTION
"Your HD, in this case is very fond of you!" :-)
It probably has been trying to warn you that it is supposed to end its life soon.
Time to make backup of all your stuff to an external HD or to make a revision of your data's backup routines to make sure everything is up to date.
Consider making a clone of your HD to be used when the current one is dead, or to replace it.
There are good apps for this, free or paid:
Free: HD Clone, Disk Genius
Paid: DriveClone, EaseUS Partition Master
Free: HD Clone, Disk Genius
Paid: DriveClone, EaseUS Partition Master
TIP
If you have a big number of files, not qualitatively but quantitatively, not big files in size but numerous files, this condition stress the HD. That way, if the HD is old, having many hours of intense activities (working during the day and scheduled backups during the night), bad blocks are generated more frequently, leading to the required scans asked by the system.
If you have split your HD into two partitions, for instance, "C:" for Windows and "D:" for data, you get a better chance to solve this issue and gain more time until the HD replacement by moving your data on "D:" partition to another disk and deleting D:.
In this case, the HD will be less required and the issue may slow down, giving you an extra time before the HD substitution, something that may save you time, money and opportunity.
I've solved recently an issue like this just deleting the data partition. The HD got half work to do, so the situation became bearable. On the remaining free space, I cloned the "C:", getting to "C:" partitions on the same disk, but one of them disable at a time. If the HD's initial boot is preserved, when the active "C:" partition is gone, you may switch to the other just activating it. After you finish your work, you may clone the active "C:" partition to replace the defective one.
This saved me many hours during an urgent work that I couldn't stop for long maintenance and enabled me to deliver the task on time.
If you have split your HD into two partitions, for instance, "C:" for Windows and "D:" for data, you get a better chance to solve this issue and gain more time until the HD replacement by moving your data on "D:" partition to another disk and deleting D:.
In this case, the HD will be less required and the issue may slow down, giving you an extra time before the HD substitution, something that may save you time, money and opportunity.
I've solved recently an issue like this just deleting the data partition. The HD got half work to do, so the situation became bearable. On the remaining free space, I cloned the "C:", getting to "C:" partitions on the same disk, but one of them disable at a time. If the HD's initial boot is preserved, when the active "C:" partition is gone, you may switch to the other just activating it. After you finish your work, you may clone the active "C:" partition to replace the defective one.
This saved me many hours during an urgent work that I couldn't stop for long maintenance and enabled me to deliver the task on time.
Always consider using different partitions for the system and the data, even if working with other S.O. different of Windows.
>ENV
Windows 10
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