A few weeks ago my computer crashed when I tried to save a document, I had a few things running at the same time, can't remember all the details. Since then my computer has been very slow to get going after start up (I have very few apps running on start up). And windows explorer is very slow.
For instance, right clicking a file, the menu takes a long time to pop up. If I rename a file and hit enter it can take over 10 seconds to be saved. Over the last couple days the problems have increase, copying files between folders causes windows explore to crash. Libreoffice has stopped opening (I think it might be trying to recover the document that was open last time and can't do it). I make music and some of the plug ins are cause my DAW to crash wen I try to load them.
This is in some way releated to windows explore, because when I open or save an image in GIMP, I can use that programs file browser to navigate and create new folders with no lag or delay. If I try to make a new folder in the file browser that comes up when I click 'save as' in notepad I have to sit and wait for a long time. So because I can access files at a normal speed it seems (I hope) the problem is with windows and not my hard drive.
This problem persists with a second profile I logged in with, when I boot in safe mode, and I have used windows system file checker to scan and repair. I have done everything I can, and things that other people can, and they ended up advising me to ask here.
So, can anyone help?
