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    Sluggish R400

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by toyota77, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. toyota77

    toyota77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi this laptop is brand new, and slow as hell!! Takes like 5 minutes to boot up. Browser opens up like 10 seconds after I click on it, etc....

    What can be done? :confused:

    R400
    P8400
    Vista Basic
    2 Gigs ram
    160 5400 HD

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    toyota77, Dec 31, 2008
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    toyota77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    seriously, its slow as balls. 6 minutes to boot, 16 seconds to open a browser window? this cant be right ....
     
    toyota77, Dec 31, 2008
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    no seriously, its slow.
     
    toyota77, Dec 31, 2008
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    very slow indeed
     
    toyota77, Jan 1, 2009
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  5. schoko

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    6 minutes ? well that is slow. somethings not right with your os i guess.

    is it still the original factory install ?
    maybe you should spent some time and completely install vista. a clean install will most likely solve your problems.
     
    schoko, Jan 1, 2009
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    No thread bumping for 24 hours.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 1, 2009
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    any ideas what can be done to speed this machine up??


    seriously, its wicked slow and pissing me off. :mad:
     
    toyota77, Jan 2, 2009
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  8. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    What % of your ram is being useD?

    Also, try running hdtune to see if theres an issue with your hard drive
     
    mullenbooger, Jan 2, 2009
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    maybe u should just do a system restore and do a clean install
     
    Compendium, Jan 3, 2009
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  10. EnterKnight

    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    It appears you have bloatware running - and your antivirus... which isn't the most critically acclaimed of all when it comes to resource usage.

    There was a guide recently posted on the main page about bloatware - you should check it out. :)
     
    EnterKnight, Jan 3, 2009
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    Clean install with XP.
     
    t30power, Jan 4, 2009
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