Slow Computer Diagnostics - Session Results (2026-02-06)
Section titled “Slow Computer Diagnostics - Session Results (2026-02-06)”Root Cause
Section titled “Root Cause”Disk space exhaustion on both C: (was 6GB) and D: (was 0GB) caused system slowdowns. Classic I/O starvation symptoms: 30s file opens, intermittent key failures.
Actions Completed
Section titled “Actions Completed”Diagnostics
Section titled “Diagnostics”- Disk latency now normal (7ms write, 17ms read)
- All disks healthy, TRIM enabled
- Memory at 60% (~19GB of 32GB) - acceptable
- WSL2 using ~5GB RAM (left uncapped for dev work)
Fixes Applied
Section titled “Fixes Applied”- C: drive space recovered to 34GB free
- D: drive space recovered to 193GB free
- D: drive defrag initiated
- C: SSD optimized (TRIM cleanup)
- Temp files cleared (~0.9GB)
- Disabled startup programs: OneDrive, Acrobat Sync
New Utility Created
Section titled “New Utility Created”diskcheck - Weekly disk space monitor
- Location:
D:\FSS\software\utils\pythonutils\diskcheck\ - Run manually:
uv run diskcheck - Scheduled: Sundays 9am via Task Scheduler
- Thresholds: C: < 20GB, D: < 50GB triggers WARNING
- Alerts via notify_manager (email/SMS/Telegram)
- Committed to git:
7f578b2
Pending: Reboot
Section titled “Pending: Reboot”After D: defrag completes, reboot to:
- Clear memory fragmentation
- Reset leaked processes (7z.exe, claude.exe had RADAR events)
- Reinitialize keyboard drivers
Deferred: Hyphen Key Issue
Section titled “Deferred: Hyphen Key Issue”See _Next3.md for troubleshooting tasks. Most likely causes:
- LilySpeech intercepting keys
- Multiple keyboard devices in “Unknown” driver state
- Lightshot hotkey conflict