A user calls the help desk stating a laptop is performing slowly and the hard drive activity lights are blinking continuously. A technician checks for enough hard drive space, disables antivirus and indexing services, and runs a full-system diagnostics check, which returns no failure. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT? 

Answer options:

A. Install a new hard drive
B. Check for hard-drive firmware updates
C. Replace the hard drive with a solid state drive
D. Configure the laptop in high-performance mode
E. Change the boot order in the system BIOS

B