If your computer feels slow, you’re not alone—and you’re not wrong. But “slow” is one of the hardest problems to diagnose because it’s a symptom, not a cause.

It could be:

• A failing hard drive
• A battery that can’t deliver enough power
• Software running constantly in the background
• Updates that never finished
• Storage that’s quietly maxed out

Most people try random fixes:

• Restarting
• Closing programs
• Running a cleanup tool
• Buying more storage

Sometimes that helps. Often, it doesn’t.

The real issue is that computers don’t tell you what’s actually wrong in plain language. They give warnings after the damage is done—or not at all.

That’s why guessing gets expensive. You either waste time fixing the wrong thing, or you wait too long and turn a small issue into data loss or downtime.

Later this week, I’ll be sharing a simple way to check your computer’s health before guessing—no technical knowledge required.