A user complains that opening files and saving documents on their local workstation is taking much longer than usual. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this performance degradation?
A failing storage drive
Corrupted network drivers
Severe disk fragmentation
Outdated motherboard BIOS
A failing storage drive is the most likely cause for a sudden and significant increase in file read and write times. Both solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) can experience performance degradation as they near the end of their lifespan due to wear and accumulating errors. While severe disk fragmentation can also slow down file access on an HDD, it is less likely to be the primary cause in modern systems, as operating systems typically perform defragmentation automatically, and fragmentation does not impact SSD performance. Corrupted network drivers would affect access to network resources, not local files. An outdated motherboard BIOS is a very infrequent cause for this specific symptom.
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