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TooManyShots wrote:
It turns out to be my 1.6tb WD hard drive acting up...signs of hard drive failure imminent.
Invest in a good SSD. They are VERY cheap. Put all your applications on it (CS5, windows, etc.) and all storage data on traditional HDD's. That is the single largest improvement you could make to your computer, if you had to do one thing. In fact in the last 10+ years, I can't think of a single upgrade that does more for performance than the SSD. HDD's are unbelievably slow, and have been the weakest link in computers for ages. $100-150 will breathe a lot of life back into that machine, and you'll love the 15 second start ups and instant-everything. I recommend Intel (520,530,730) or Crucial drives (M4 or M500), they are consistently the best. Samsung is pretty good too (830/840).
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