while not "dangerous" it will also not help.
In order to diagnose your problem we need to run Windows performance toolkit the instructions for which can be found in this wikiIf you have any questions feel free to ask
Please run the trace when you are experiencing the problem
Hi ladycushman,
Because the Total System Care is not an official tool, we cannot guarantee the safety to use it.
When did the issue start to occur? Will the issue persist all the time? Have you checked the task manager for any process occupying many disk resources?
If there is not a suspicious process, we can try to perform a clean boot to isolate a third party service conflict issue.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135
To troubleshoot a disk performance issue deeply, as Zigzag posted, the Windows performance toolkit is always useful.
Best regards