Slow PC

[shalea]

Hey Brian,

 

How do I check the health of my PC? It seems to be running really slow especially when trying to cull photos in ACR and then when I click on a photo to open in PS it takes a while to do. 
I’m not computer savvy at all so the technical parts of computers I’m clueless so please excuse me if I’m vague. 
 

thanks 

shalea 

[Damien Symonds]

Brian will probably ask for this info.

Also, while you're waiting for him, run Glary if you haven't already.

[Brian]

I’m also moving this thread to the Windows Hardware Group. 

[Brian]

The biggest culprit that causes Windows to slow down is usually due to a lack of HD Space, followed by a slew of Windows Updates waiting in the queue to be installed, followed by a lack of RAM. 

I’m going to need the particulars of your computer as there just isn’t a single answer to “Why is my computer running so slow?” It could be 20+ different things that I can think of off the top-of-my-head. 

[shalea]

I have a PC desktop running windows and Photoshop 23.2.0. It is under 2 years old, and has 16.0GB of RAM. Its hard drive (c Drive) has 220GB free out of 930GB and (d drive) has 2.44TB free out of 3.63TB. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a week USING glary.

[Brian]

That 220GB out of 930 concerns me. I’d try moving some files over to your D Drive. Let’s get that number closer to 500-600GB free. 

[shalea]

I just realised that all my photos I upload are going to my c drive. I thought they were being uploaded to D drive arghhh 

[Brian]

Yep. That's the problem with having two or more drives, you can't just click "next-next-next..." LOL!! You need to by hyper anal on ever setting, every screen choice, etc. because everything defaults to the C Drive.  

At least you have a starting point. Once we get your photos moved over, let me know how much space is free. Sometimes "Temp" files can suck up hard drive space.