HDD Is Causing Lag Even If Windows Is on SSD (Fix FPS Drops & Stutter)
If your PC has both an SSD and an HDD,
and you’re experiencing lag, stutter, or FPS drops —
even though Windows and your games are installed on an SSD —
this video will fix it.
In this guide, I show you how an HDD can silently cause performance issues
and how to fix it step by step.
✅ What this video fixes:
FPS drops and micro-stutter
HDD disk usage jumping to 100%
Lag in games even on SSD
Windows performance issues
Mixed SSD + HDD optimization
🛠️ Fixes covered in this video:
Move Virtual Memory to SSD
Disable HDD Indexing
Disable SysMain (Superfetch)
Fix game and cache file locations
Antivirus exclusions to prevent disk spikes
This guide works on:
Windows 10 and Windows 11
Gaming PCs and low-end PCs
SSD + HDD setups
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