@kapodac4 wrote:
I ran the diagnostic thing on my system monitor and it told me my disk queue length was too high, so I looked up what to do and it told me to defrag the disk, so I looked up how to do that, did it, and also cleared my cache
How much free space do you have on your C: drive now? You were at < 5% before, which is generally problematic; it should be colored red (i.e. needs attention) in Windows Explorer.
While I am not convinced this is causing your issue, you should ensure your free space is at least 10%.
Have you tried running any performance tests - e.g. PassMark?
huh, I was unaware that storage usage could cause problems. I assumed if it says "this is the amount of storage that can be used" with hardware that that is in fact the amount of storage that I would be able to use. egg on my face. thank you for the tip. I also have not specifically used passmark but I will check that out now. I'm not sure if any of the diagnostic software and tools that were already on my system that I've used would count as performance tests, but at this point I would not be surprised because while I have played PC games essentially my whole life, technical problems baffle and perplex me because it never ever ever seems to be a straightforward answer. You're a real trooper in the face of my complete lack of comprehension of all this and I appreciate you helping me out.
