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If you already know how to check the read speed of a hard drive, this trick is extremely important, especially if you are running an SSD, particularly the first generation. You need to clearly understand which processes are occupying the hard drive, and knowing the read/write speed of the hard drive will help you find the cause of this situation. Not to mention, if you know the cause, you will have timely measures to fix the system so that this situation no longer occurs.
Displaying Disk Read/Write Speed on Windows
Display Disk Read/Write Speed in Task Manager on Windows
Method 1: Display Disk Read/Write Speed in Task Manager on Windows
Step 1: Access Task Manager on Windows by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + Esc key combination or right-clicking on the Taskbar and selecting Task Manager from the displayed menu. Additionally, if you are using Windows 10, you can refer to Mytour's guide on accessing Task Manager on Windows 10.
If Task Manager does not appear under the interface of tabs and columns, you can select the More details option.
Step 2: For each operating system version, there will be a different way to access the read/write speed display feature.
* Windows 7:
Press the View tab >Select Columns.
*Windows 8 or later:
Access the Details tab > right-click on any column and select Select Columns.
In the Select Colums menu that appears, add the following columns to the table: I/O read bytes and I/O write byte. Press OK to complete the process.
Method 2: Utilize Process Explorer
This is a tool for managing programs operating within the Windows system, released by Microsoft. You can download Process Explorer from the Mytour Windows system.
Step 1: Access Process Explorer. Note that this is a lightweight program that can run instantly without installation. You can open the system editing software and customize this operating system anywhere on the system.
Step 2: Choose View > Choose Column from the main menu.
Switch to the Process Disk or Process I/O tab (depending on the version).
Step 3: Enable two options Read Bytes and Write Bytes by clicking on the respective checkboxes in the Process Explorer software.
Press OK to enable disk read/write speed on Windows.
Note: Task Manager and Process Explorer handle task activity information differently. While Task Manager displays real-time service activity information, Process Explorer shows information from the moment the service began. By default, Task Manager does not reveal extensive disk activity information.
Task Manager on Windows is a customizable operating system tool that has become widely popular and useful for Windows users, even for Windows 10 users. When encountering Windows 10 errors or issues like system freezes, they can be addressed and terminated directly within Task Manager. However, it's worth noting that some Windows 10 errors may be difficult to resolve even when Task Manager is unresponsive.
If not using Task Manager, users can consider other prominent system editing software like Anvir Task Manager. Despite being a third-party tool, Anvir Task Manager provides a comprehensive set of user intervention and system editing tools in a simple interface.
Besides, with Windows 10, you can easily turn your device into a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices to connect and access the internet. Refer to how to set up Wi-Fi hotspot on Windows 10 to learn how to do it. Similarly, on Windows 8, setting up a Wi-Fi hotspot is also straightforward, and you can easily do it yourself.
