why is my compaq laptop going so slow?
I have a compaq laptop and it is going really slow. like when im not and on the internet the internet will sometimes it respond and sometime it wont respond but when I click and type things in sometimes it will hesitate,then it sometimes it will go slow!
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1 :
You have got to much stuff on your computer, or youve got viruses x
2 :
back up the necessary files onto a portable hard drive, (the stuff you dont wana lose) format you hard drive do the long one not quick, this will wipe your hard drive clean, then boot up the computer with your os disk in and re install it, re install any drivers you need (make ure you make a backup of them if the installers are on your computer) then the software and games you want, lots of people will tell you to get this and do that but it takes a long time if you dont know wot you are doing and you risk doing more harm then good, this way it will deffinately work perfectly again and will take no longer then a day, as opposed to tryin loads of sollutions which "mite" fix it, they may not and it takin you 1 week + lol. also system mechanic that will allow you to de clutter and format memory(RAM), it also optimizes your internet connection (it does work i had ping of 500ms now get 100 - 200ms max) and malwarebytes is a good virus/trojan etc deleter incase you suffering from any of those in the future, also go to www.pingtest.net and you can see what your internet is giving you to all over the world, eg im in yorkshire england, my ping to california usa is 198ms, tht is how long it takes to send and receive a packet of information 8bytes i think
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