Program opening problem - previous help given

[PeterOz]

the pic shows windows disk which is correct.
When it boots does it behave ok?
Don’t install any games just yet.

[maramessi]

oh im a little late for that, i already have installed the games i had before …

it behaves fine but its just so so so so slow. before reset it loaded really quickly

[maramessi]

i didnt know that i couldnt install anything, other than steam and chrome - i havent done anything else

[PeterOz]

Ok the reason it is slow could be a number of factors.
The large drive do you know if it is HDD or SDD.
If HDD slower than SDD.
If SDD slower tan M2.
We could try and put windows on the M2.
Trouble is you will soon be in the same situation as before as the M2 is not larger enough to be a windows drive.
As you have noticed it fills up and stops working.
Let’s ask another opinion.
@Rustys @Bruce

[PeterOz]

@Rustys @Bruce
To save reading the whole thread.
Op has trouble with C drive running programs. Has had trouble before this thread.
Loos like original C drive is M2 120gb.
Reloaded Windows on 2nd drive (First drive was left in laptop).
Op says windows now slow.
If we re load windows back to clean M2 I see we will have the same problem as now and before, Runs out of space.
Things stop working.
Best solution I can think of
Upgrade M2 to larger capacity - 500GB or 1tb
Disconnect 2 drive
Install windows to M2
When installed and running.
Reinstall 2 drive

[Bruce]

I’d be getting a bigger m.2 drive myself, but 120GB is doable, you just have to tweak system settings and manage the space more carefully.
we have plenty of laptops at work with 120GB SSD’s that work fine.

things like changing the system and user environment variable for TMP and TEMP locations to the HDD, turning off hibernation, moving the pagefile to the HDD, and when installing, change C:\program files\ to, say, D:\program files - that sort of thing.
programs you use a lot, like Office, keep those on C:, but things like VLC, Adobe, 7Zip, browser cache, iTunes, etc - put all them on the HDD.

[PeterOz]

I think gaming is the killer

[maramessi]

While I do game on it, I dont think the hardware is given a good seeing to, Civ6 is probably the most intensive game I have and I thought that was pretty soft compared to other games out there.

I am more than confident enough to take the casing off the back to check the hard drive, do you want me to?

[maramessi]

Also, general running after initial boot seems to be fine - its just the boot process that is slow.

[PeterOz]

I noticed fast boot is off in the bios
if you enable you will most likely have to repair the install.
This is why we try and get windows running at best before installing other things.

Also, general running after initial boot seems to be fine

Since you have loaded a game already, does it play ok?

Civ6 is probably the most intensive game

Not so much how intense
How much disk space it uses.
You can get the drive details from device manager

[maramessi]

To be honest, I am more than happy to reboot again - I still have the disk with the media on it and I havent installed all that much.

Big drive is HDD, small drive is SDD

[maramessi]

My larger drive isnt even showing up on “my PC” only C drive @ 120gb and CD/DVD drive

[PeterOz]

Pic in post #65 shows large drive

[maramessi]

Sorry my bad, its the smaller drive that isnt showing.

[PeterOz]

Options as I see it.

1. leave as is
2. Turn on fast boot in bios - may need to repair boot with creation tool
   3)Open case remove big drive and install windows on M2.
3. upgrade M2 to larger drive and reinstall windows
   @Bruce