PC extremely slow after installing windows on SSD

Question

I recently bought a new 1tb Samsung 870 QVO SSD, and I installed windows through a flash drive onto the SSD. The PC is able to boot up fine and all up until it gets to the desktop screen then everything is sluggish, my cursor is taking awhile to respond to movements, downloads are slower than usual, google chrome pages take up to a minute or 2 to respond sometimes, I can’t do anything without it taking ages to load.

I checked task manager and the usage in everything is normal. Checked the temperature of cpu and gpu and they are normal.

Any help?

Specs

Intel i7 6700

GTX 1060 6gb

Samsung 870 QVO Sata III 2.5 SSD

GA-H110M-M.2Motherboard

600w psu

Answer 1

Good Day Tytony,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 10 and a community member like you.

I can feel the urgency to get this fixed, let us work together to sort this out.

First, can you please check what are the services and processes running in your computer in the task manager.

-Click Start, type Task Manager and open it

-Click Processes Tab

Take a screenshot and post it here.

Also check the version of Windows installed

-Press Windows key + R

-Type winver and hit enter

It will show you the Windows and build version and post it here.

I'll look forward for your response so that I can provide an accurate recommendation.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

Answer 2

Running Windows 10 v1809

I also just noticed in the performance tab on task manager my cpu speed is locked at 0.20ghz but the base speed is 3.40, any idea?

Answer 3

Good Day Tytony,

I appreciate your time getting back to thist thread, the version of Windows you are using is way too old, you need to update your computer to the latest version of Windows.

Go to this link below and click "Update Now"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Keep me posted with the results.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

Answer 4

Thank you, but now everytime I go to update it I get a blue screen around 30%

whea_uncorrectable error

Answer 5

Good Day Tytony,

I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, please proceed with the steps below.

-Press Windows key + X

-Go to Settings

-Click Update and Security

-Click Troubleshooter then Additional troubleshooter.

-Look for Windows Update and run the troubleshooter.

You can visit this link and perform the Advance troubleshooting steps.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tro...

Once done , go to this link and download the tool to reset the Windows Update Components.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/24742-reset...

After following those steps, restart your computer and try to check and install updates.

If the issue persists, you can perform Repair Upgrade ,, it will repair and replace damaged system files. This will also update your computer to the latest version of Windows.

Step 1: Download the Microsoft Media Creation Tool.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Click "Download Tool Now"

Step 2: Run MediaCreationTool.exe.

Step 3: Select "Upgrade this computer now".

Step 4: Select "Keep personal files and applications".

Step 5: Let it install

Hope the above information helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

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