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PaxtonBlaze
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Nov 03, 2025

Lenovo Yoga with new SSD, Clean Win11 install is SLOOOOOOW!!

I think there is/are hardware issues that I need help determining. I have an older Lenovo Yoga 730 13IKB and have replaced the SSD with a new PNY 5th gen CS2150.

It took my Windows 11 25H2 installation from USB over 45 minutes to finish the clean install to the Win11 Setup Screen (choose language, etc).

Any expert advice diagnosing this unhappy laptop is WELCOME!

BTW, even after running Windows Update, getting all the up-to-date drivers, Device Manager shows everything having drivers, and the BIOS is the most recent per Lenovo's Drivers page for this laptop, the phrase "slower than molasses in January" applies to this Yoga. Why so slow? 
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Lenovo Yoga 730-13IKB Type 81CT
Core i5-8250U
8GB RAM in dual channel mode (not replaceable)
PNY 1TB 2280 m2 SSD PCIe 5th genx4
Windows 11 Home 25H2 OS build 26200.6584

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  • DanteReed's avatar
    DanteReed
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 13, 2025

    Your Lenovo Yoga 730 13IKB, especially after replacing the SSD with a newer PNY CS2150, experiencing such sluggish performance during a clean install and general operation, suggests there could be underlying hardware or configuration issues. Given the symptoms and your thorough efforts (updating drivers, BIOS, etc.).

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