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Laptop Cleanup

  • 31-08-2010 3:05pm
    #1
    sonic.trip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have a sony vaio 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 360gb HD etc thats getting increasingly slow on start up. I have kaspersky running and no viruses etc. I have cleaned up my HD and uninstalled any programs I don not need.

    Below is a link to my processes, image won't work for some reason

    http://rapidshare.com/files/416252943/laptop.jpg

    Any suggestions how I can speed up my laptop as it should be a lot faster with 4gb ram!

    thanks in advance,


Comments

  • #2
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Install CCleaner, link here: http://www.piriform.com/


    It will remove all the crap that builds up during internet use over time. I use it every 2 weeks or so and it removes about 1gb of stuff.


  • #3
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,826 ✭✭✭phill106


    Assuming you have a external harddrive to backup relevant files and the software to reinstall your laptop i would always recommend just to wipe it and reinstall.
    Save you so much time, and laptop will behave like the day you got it.
    If it is a recovery cd/partition once it runs, you can uninstall any bloatware sony stuff you dont need if applicable.
    Would probably take an hour compared to possibly days troubleshooting.


  • #4
    stuff.hunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭stuff.hunter


    rid off firefox as first..it uses 4 times more resources than internet explorer :)
    as second, download, install and run spybotsearch&destroy... this may solve your problems with slow-running laptop


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