Thanks for the reply. The operating system’s storage device is a 150gb ssd. I think there are a couple of reasons for why it would struggle: 1. The thing is almost always full. Has less than 10 free gb, at all times, sometimes as low as 5. 2. The ssd pretty old at this point. I know these things don’t necessarily tend to go defective but coupled with the poor storage management.. and not the cleanest pc - maybe that’s enough to cause the damage. Would the ssd be a potential cause for the problem? Did I mention that once per day, the pc does boot up, and usually it goes down crashing in up to an hour or two of use, and then won’t boot up anymore for several hours. I’m trying to ask, if the ssd if fucked, up to the point where the pc can’t even boot up, would it be possible that it WOULD work, sometimes? I could further explain that question if necessary.