Downloads would crawl along, even though I have a pretty beefy Internet connection.
For a few weeks now, I’ve noticed that Steam updates for various games on this drive-heavier hitters like Stellaris or The Elder Scrolls Online-have been struggling to do, well, anything. I use a few SSDs in my desktop computer, save for a single 3TB hard drive that holds all of my games, drive backups, Nine Inch Nails bootlegs, and other gigantic files. And, of course, saving money by not buying an unnecessary upgrade is the best feeling of all. It doesn’t take that long to run a few tests, and it’s actually refreshing to confirm that everything is working as well as it did back when you purchased your years-old drive (or PC). Testing your hard drive’s capabilities sounds like a thrilling way to spend an afternoon, but don’t let my sarcasm fool you. Spending a little time to figure out what was going on - and to confirm nothing bad was actually happening - saved me $500+, or the cost of the shiny new 2TB SSD I was contemplating ordering off Amazon. Windows: I recently had a suspicion that something was up with my hard drive.
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