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Window 7 incredibly slow (hope you guys really read this and not just copy paste the tips from nowhere)

Anonymous
2022-09-16T13:26:52+00:00

Theres some probelm with my window 7,it took like 8 minutes to complety bootup and login,everytime after i login the desktop is a complety black screen and it took more 3 minutes to load the window UI and desktop.And i cant even using the web browser like a normal person.Its extremely laggy.i checked the RAM and CPU so i can say that i have no probelm with it.So it must be the disk.Then i tried deleted  all unwanted  files and folders(temp prefetch). chkdsk, disc clean up , disk degfrag, applications tools bars etc. I have tried  Microsoft  performance troubleshooter, fix its, sfc /scannow  I have ran Safety scanner..And nothing work,i dont know what to do know,my HDD is just the definition of slow.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-16T14:10:07+00:00

    Please answer as many of these questions as you can.  Maybe I can advise you.

    1. Laptop or Desktop
    2. Age of computer
    3. make/model (If Dell, the Dell Service Tag code)
    4. What processor is installed
    5. Operating system installed (e.g. Windows 7)
    6. 32 or 64 bit? (Right-click on Computer, choose Properties)
    7. Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed? Same place as 5 above.
    8. Capacity of disk drive, how much is in use?  Pie chart shown in Computer
    9. Model number of hard drive (click Disk in Device Manager)
    10. If Windows has ever been re-installed since it was new, when was that?
    11. Age of hard drive if not the original
    12. How much memory is installed? (Right-click on Computer, choose Properties)
    13. Please list ALL installed programs.....
    14. What security software is installed?
    15. Is your internet service wireless or wired?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-17T16:31:30+00:00

    Most likely cause of your problem is a failing hard drive. Laptop hard drives have a life expectancy of 5 years. Replace it before you do a re-install. When you buy the replacement, make certain that it is a 7200rpm one instead of 5400. Or you could install a 1TB SSD. SSD's will definitely improve startup times, but do not have a big leg up over 7200 rpm drives for normal operations. May be better for games.

    An increase in memory will help, but not all that much.

    If you have not installed SP1, you are far from done with installation.

    Anti-virus is a mandatory. Bit Defender antivirus+ is an outstanding product that will not bog down your computer.

    Do NOT use driver update programs -- ever. They are very bad news. Full of malware and bad software. If you cannot find the Win7 drivers you need from HP, you have no business replacing Win10 with Win7.

    Games are notorious for high computer loads. You may not be able use some of them.

    You probably have far too many things starting and running constantly. Reduce the start up applications to a bare minimum.

    Run ADWcleaner to remove malware.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-17T11:11:01+00:00

    I bought this laptop since 2016,Im using opera so it cant be EOL.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-17T11:09:57+00:00

    1.im using a laptop

    2.6yrs

    3.HP notebook but i forgot its generation

    4.intel core i3 5005u 4gb of rams

    5.Window 7

    6.64 bit

    7.no i havent install it

    8.i got a 500gb hdd and used 112gb of it

    9.I got this from the disk drive in device manager,correct me if i got wrong model number: ST500LT0 12-1DG142 SCSI Disk Device.

    10.im sorry for not telling you this sooner but i install Window 7 a week ago,and i install window 7 because the laggy issues come from when i was using window 10.

    11.its the original i believe.

    1. 4GB of rams

    13.I got nothing to hide so :Opera,Steam,Osu!,Driver Booster installed from steam(to download the Driver use for window),and CS GO installed from steam.All the game are dowloaded from when i still use window 10,everything is Unplayable now due to the extreme laggy from my laptop.

    14.i installed Bitfender before to scan the virus but i deleted it since it just make my laptop more laggy.

    15.wireless.

    I hope these information can help you fix my probelm,thank you very much !

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-16T13:51:48+00:00

    You are aware that Windows 7 is EOL? Look at the link below and check out questions and answers.

    Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020 (microsoft.com)

    How old is your computer? What browser are you using? The browser may be EOL too. See Q&As in link above.

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