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    After reformatting my laptop, everything's super slow! Please help!!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sansart, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. sansart

    sansart Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5100 with Vista Home Basic. After getting it I added a gig of ram (from 512 to 1.5 gigs). However after having it for a while it began to get slow so I decided to reformat. I do so with an Acer recovery dvd I burned when I got the laptop. However, since reformatting, everything has slowed down. Everything lags after a while and I can't even watch a movie without it lagging after 30 seconds or so. I've tried downloading ATI drivers which have not helped. Any ideas???
     
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  2. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Did you do a FRESH install? Sounds like you just made an image of your current HDD and basically used that to reformat, meaning you didn't really change anything.
     
    Matt is Pro, Dec 20, 2007
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  3. Acorn

    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    Since you have reformatted, you need to update your system with MS...

    Open up task manager and see what is taking up all the CPU

    Check the ram usage as well.

    You could have used the acer recovery partition to reformat to factory settings which should turn your laptop into the settings you first played around with.
     
    Acorn, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Yeah you're experiencing the 'lack of driver' effect. You need to make sure you have your motherboard (chipset, CPU), video card, sound, network, media card reader, etc. drivers all installed to have a functional computer. Go onto your manufacturer's website and download them there.
     
    ScifiMike12, Dec 20, 2007
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  5. coolguy

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    Defragment your hard drive.
     
    coolguy, Dec 20, 2007
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  6. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    I found that using the recovery partition on my laptop will reload the "original" factory programs but does not delete the programs that you've already installed. It does not "format" the drive! To truly re-format the drive you have to use the recovery discs you burned when you got the laptop or included with.
     
    kanehi, Dec 21, 2007
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  7. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Manufacturers' recovery discs always contain an atrocious amount of bloatware on them; trial software that is preinstalled for advertising purposes. These programs often bring even the best computers to a crawl. Remove these programs through the Control Panel. Next:

    - use "msconfig" to remove startup programs
    - get rid of unnecessary services (ex, Tablet service) using Black Viper's guide( http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm).
    - install whatever programs you want, plus a tweaking program or two (I would recommend Windows AdvancedCare and CCleaner)
    - defragment your HDD.
     
    Bog, Dec 21, 2007
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