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Hp530 getting old?

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  • 07-03-2014 1:14pm
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    jane82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭


    Hello I have an oldish hp530 laptop about 5 or 6 years. It started running slower and slower to finally being unusable. I blamed it on the fact I installed reaper(a music program) thinking I filled up the memory.
    I reinstalled to factory settings but its still slow as hell.
    Do computers just get old?


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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    How much ram has it got,maybe the hd is on the way out.


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    jane82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭jane82


    Yeah theres a fair bit of space on it since the reset would the hd be worth replaceing its probably not worth the while with it being so cheap just to buy a new one.


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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    jane82 wrote: »
    Yeah theres a fair bit of space on it since the reset would the hd be worth replaceing its probably not worth the while with it being so cheap just to buy a new one.
    Probaly worth replacing 40 to 45 euro gets you a new drive.Providing it is the problem.If you right click on the my computer icon (or start-computer)-properties look on the open window for the ammount of ram the system has.

    Hard drives http://www.dabs.ie/category/components-and-storage,hard-drives,internal-hard-drives/11154-41580000


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    jane82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭jane82


    Thanks for that Ill try it when I have the time to turn it on and wait two weeks for start menu to pop up.


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Start it in Safe Mode, by pressing F8 during the boot process, this won't load all drivers and autostart programs. Should be quick enough to use.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    check for malware too

    hdtune will report if the hdd has SMART errors


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    jane82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭jane82


    It was a registry problem or something. With all the updates after the reset some stuff wasnt working right.
    Its fairly good now.


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