Solid State Drive (SSD) Performance Degradation

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"The user's SSD has become noticeably slower recently. TRIM is a crucial feature for SSD performance, and if it's disabled, it can lead to significant slowdowns. Verifying its status is a direct and highly relevant first step."

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"This is a direct follow-up to verifying TRIM status. If TRIM is found to be disabled, enabling it is the most likely solution to restore SSD performance."

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"The user reports that 'everything feels sluggish.' This could be indicative of a background process or application consuming excessive disk I/O, CPU, or memory, which would directly impact SSD performance. Monitoring these resources is a good diagnostic step."

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"The user has only about 20GB of free space on their SSD. While not critically low, SSD performance can degrade when nearing full capacity. Freeing up space is a common and often effective solution for performance issues."

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"Similar to freeing up disk space, Disk Cleanup can remove temporary files that might be contributing to the slowdown. It's a standard maintenance task that can improve performance."

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"Malware can significantly impact system performance, including disk I/O. While not the most direct cause for an SSD slowdown specifically, it's a general performance issue that should be considered."

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"Firmware updates can sometimes address performance issues or bugs in SSDs. While less likely to cause a sudden, recent slowdown compared to TRIM or disk space, it's a possibility for long-term performance optimization."

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"This solution is a prerequisite for Solution [4296]. It's relevant only if firmware updates are deemed necessary, making it less directly actionable on its own."