Computer problem.

[Fergie38]

Probably posting in the wrong place but my laptop is running very very slow and wondered if anyone has any idea as to why this is happening.
TIA.

 

[F.O.V.]

Aloha, (A) we need to know what laptop etc (make, model, how old, ram & size of HD)
(B) have you updated it recently?
(C) have you added any Apps recently?
(D) are you processing Large files?

 

[greybeard80]

Check to see how much free space is left on your hard drive. A hard drive operating at near capacity will slow things down. If this be the case, it is time to off load some files.

 

[Fergie38]

Check to see how much free space is left on your hard drive. A hard drive operating at near capacity will slow things down. If this be the case, it is time to off load some files.

 

[Fergie38]

There is 789gb free of 887gb. The computer has had very little use.

 

[Fergie38]

Aloha, (A) we need to know what laptop etc (make, model, how old, ram & size of HD)
(B) have you updated it recently?
(C) have you added any Apps recently?
(D) are you processing Large files?

Laptop is a Lenovo "Ideapad" 100 8 gb Ram, 1tb HD
Has had very little use but has been unused for the last four years.
Updated since my posting here and that has increased its speed a lot but still running slow although not as bad as it was.
Not able to process anything at the moment.

 

[F.O.V.]

Laptop is a Lenovo "Ideapad" 100 8 gb Ram, 1tb HD
Has had very little use but has been unused for the last four years.
Updated since my posting here and that has increased its speed a lot but still running slow although not as bad as it was.
Not able to process anything at the moment.

If you have anything important on it I would save to another media. Then I would find a way to wipe the HD clean and reload the OS.
It could be a corrupt file somewhere in the system..

 

[Skyblot69]

After a guick search, it appears the Lenovo Ideapad 100 was equipped with the Intel 5th gen i5 processor (in the best model version), and while respectable in it's day it now struggles with today's operating systems and editing software. Sadly you might be facing a computer upgrade if you wish to take advantage of the newer editing software.
If the laptop is still running a traditional hard disc, replacing that with a solid state drive will markedly improve performance for day to day tasks but processor intensive tasks will still be a challenge.

 

[Rickbb6 5]

“unused in the last 4 years” indicates tons of updates in process and/or stuck either in the download or install stage.

It could also have an infection from an old and unpatched security hole installed before the mountain of patches it now is/may be trying to install.

Just some things to look for.

 

[F.O.V.]

Probably time to think about a new computer.. Pads, laptops and desktops are very inexpensive relative to the processing power they offer..

 

[Fergie38]

Took my computer to a local repair shop and after only a quick look at settings I was advised that the first thing to do was an upgrade from the HDD to an SSD. Now waiting for the shop to contact me regarding costs.

 

[benhasajeep93 92]

Took my computer to a local repair shop and after only a quick look at settings I was advised that the first thing to do was an upgrade from the HDD to an SSD. Now waiting for the shop to contact me regarding costs.

Skip that, just making money off you. If you have it back hit alt - ctrl - delete at same time, open task manager. It will tell you what percentage the cpu is working, memory load, disk load, and network load. And below the 4 main columns will list the programs that are using the most. If you click the CPU column it will list the programs from largest user to lowest user. But I suspect it's memory. Click that one at the top and see what the biggest users are.

Now if you see a big user of the CPU or Memory. Just copy the name to google and see what it is. I suspect if you have automatic updates on, it was a high load updating. But you may also have some bloatware on it. Everything that runs will take up some resources. I get rid of bloatware that I can. There are searches and youtube videos that can help get rid of bloatware.