1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

slow laptop program problem?

Discussion in 'Windows - Software discussion' started by neilcolt, Nov 28, 2019.

  1. neilcolt

    neilcolt Regular member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2008
    Messages:
    200
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Hi,
    Ive been having a look at a friends Lenovo Laptop as its very slow to respond and starting.
    I did the usual ran virus scanners and malware programs through it etc but non came up with anything alarming.
    We did a Ctrl+alt and delete to bring up task manager and see the performance trends and see what everything is doing and running.
    If you see the Disk icon its in red . Is there anyway we can find out what is causing this.
    Ive attached the image of this to this message.

    Any help who be much appreciated.

    Thanks
    Neil
     

    Attached Files:

  2. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Hello neilcolt-

    What is your OS?

    How much free space do you have on the HDD\SSD?
     
  3. aldan

    aldan Active member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2007
    Messages:
    1,724
    Likes Received:
    42
    Trophy Points:
    78
    yep,and you might think about turfing avg.look how much ram just 3 services are using.
     
  4. neilcolt

    neilcolt Regular member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2008
    Messages:
    200
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    The Platform is windows 10 home. See attached photo showing storage looks good.
    The memory is 66% so I wasnt really bothered about that. I can see AVG burns a lot of memory up , as you say.

    Any ideas thanks.
     

    Attached Files:

  5. aldan

    aldan Active member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2007
    Messages:
    1,724
    Likes Received:
    42
    Trophy Points:
    78
    if the drive is just an hdd use the windows defrag utility and defragment the drive.if its an ssd perform the trim operation.
     
  6. neilcolt

    neilcolt Regular member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2008
    Messages:
    200
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Its a HDD . OK I ll try this first. Thanks.
     
  7. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Before defragmenting, I suggest going to Accessories, System Tools and run the Disk Cleanup tool on the C:. When it says how much space it can recover, check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. After it finishes, reboot.

    Does that help? If it does, I wouldn't bother defragging, unless you want to.

    Elsewise, I suggest a clean boot. We can get into that later.
     
  8. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Have you tried this yet?
     
  9. aldan

    aldan Active member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2007
    Messages:
    1,724
    Likes Received:
    42
    Trophy Points:
    78
    recovering space is a good thing but,in this case,will not do anything to speed things up.after defragging i would then do a disk cleanup tho.what exactly are the specs of this machine?at the end of the day,unless its been changed,that is a 5400rpm drive,and is pretty slow.the specs and the result of the defrag will tell us a lot.
     
  10. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    You might be right but this thread is a year old and I would hope the problem has been resolved by now. Maybe neilcolt will see this and post what happened.
     
  11. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,153
    Likes Received:
    134
    Trophy Points:
    143
    spammer spammed.
     
  12. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    What does that mean? I did see a video unrelated to a particular thread yesterday that should have been removed. Was that here?
     
  13. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,153
    Likes Received:
    134
    Trophy Points:
    143
    yes
     
  14. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Thanks.
     
  15. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,153
    Likes Received:
    134
    Trophy Points:
    143
    no problem.
     
  16. Sophocles

    Sophocles Senior member

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2003
    Messages:
    5,941
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    128
    "Spammer spammed"

    "Was that here?"

    "Yes!"

    "Thanks"

    "no problem"

    Whatever! LOL:D
     
    Last edited: Dec 9, 2020
  17. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,153
    Likes Received:
    134
    Trophy Points:
    143
    spammer spammed again.
     
  18. neilcolt

    neilcolt Regular member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2008
    Messages:
    200
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Hi Sorry for not getting back to everyone. I ended up changing the HDD on this laptop as we had the OS disk windows 10. After a reload on a nice clean HDD never had anymore problems.
    We did try a defrag but it was still extremely slow.
    Anyway this is sorted now and thankfully still working.
     
  19. wither 1

    wither 1 Regular member

    Joined:
    Nov 29, 2019
    Messages:
    716
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Better late than never! Glad you got your problem resolved.
     

Share This Page