Question

Your computer is taking longer than usual to open files and you notice that your hard drive light stays on longer than usual. which of the following is a possible solution to counteract this?

Answer 1

Answer and explanation:

When files in a computer are taking longer than usual to open up, it is a clear signal that you need to defragment the disk. When files are stored on the computer, they are saved in a specific part of the hard disk. As we delete files, those parts are left in blank creating empty spaces. The more we continue saving and erasing documents from our computer, the more blank spaces the hard disk will have implying that for opening archives allocated in different parts of the hard disk, it will have to spin more time until the file is found, making it perform slower. By defragmenting the disk we set together all the files saved in the computer, meaning the hard disk will have to spin fewer times to open the archives, which will speed up its performance.

Answer 2

Maybe going into task manager and disabling startup apps as well as deleting unneeded applications that have background possesses. This can help with overall performance, but for opening files? If it takes longer just to open files, and nothing else, then maybe the file is the problem.