shalea Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Brian will probably ask for this info. Also, while you're waiting for him, run Glary if you haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I’m also moving this thread to the Windows Hardware Group. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalea Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalea Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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