![A reader asks: “My hard drive is too slow, but I can't afford to upgrade to an equivalent SSD. What can I do?” - Langa.com A reader asks: “My hard drive is too slow, but I can't afford to upgrade to an equivalent SSD. What can I do?” - Langa.com](https://i0.wp.com/langa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HighDiskActivity.png?fit=449%2C449&ssl=1)
A reader asks: “My hard drive is too slow, but I can't afford to upgrade to an equivalent SSD. What can I do?” - Langa.com
![windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1zLYF.jpg)
windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User
![This SSD is barely a few months old, why are the read/write speeds so slow? Its rated to go above 500mb/s : r/hardware This SSD is barely a few months old, why are the read/write speeds so slow? Its rated to go above 500mb/s : r/hardware](https://external-preview.redd.it/KUR5KGb6T1lO6OM912nxOVBit_s8ceimvH1RIBRIWes.png?auto=webp&s=78c470938598b9e0c8bc2e1ed8a69dc9a1d0f363)
This SSD is barely a few months old, why are the read/write speeds so slow? Its rated to go above 500mb/s : r/hardware
![windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jtVTD.jpg)
windows 8.1 - My SSD has extremely slow write speed. Any ideas what could be the issue? - Super User
![performance - Very slow random read of SSD on desktop (9,000 IOPS) but normal on laptop - Super User performance - Very slow random read of SSD on desktop (9,000 IOPS) but normal on laptop - Super User](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T0GP7.jpg)