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I have one folder, in particular my 'Downloads' folder, that windows is struggling to read. It gets there in the end but even sorting the files by date takes a could of minutes. It is only about 500 files and maybe 15 GB total, and is hosted on a new (months old) Samsung SSD.

Any ideas on a diagnosis? It feels perhaps like a corrupt file or two slowing the system down but I'm not sure.

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    Have you tried performing a chkdsk on the device?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 17:18
  • I have not, will report the results when I do.
    – J Collins
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 17:20
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    Leave the folder and files in place. Make a new folder somewhere else. Copy the files to the new folder. Are the new file copies in the new folder still slow?
    – anon
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 17:21
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    Better check the SMART data of the SSD.
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 17:36
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    Please let us know what you find
    – anon
    Commented Oct 24, 2019 at 17:53

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