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Replacing the SSD wit a HDD will make a significant difference. Also consider upgrading the RAM to 8GB. You can get a 250GB SSD for only £25.
Old laptop with poor performance. Can something be done?
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New #12
As have been said earlier, replacing the HD with an SSD is the first step for gaining some speed. Keep in mind that older chipsets may not support more than 3-4GB RAM.
My fiancee has got an older ACER laptop with Core 2 Duo and 2GB RAM. It runs reasonably well with its SSD. Of course w10 has been debloated and all eye-candy has been disabled.
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New #13
RAM is usually the first restriction- paging- but without actual responses with details as to what's going on, these are no more than reasonable generalisations. I find the greatest difference having an SSD makes is in boot time and imaging (disk intensive activities). A 32 bit O/S is more efficient on older devices.
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New #16
Thank you all for your valuable inputs.
This is no performer at all, but I do feel it is a bit "too" slow.
The disk is 110 GB and 78 GB is free
The processor is up to 86% usage when idle...
I do not know what you mean with paging left as default...?
I get 100% transfer rate when copying a large file from one location to another.
This is the specs from the WEI:
No, I cannot say that a specific update slowed the laptop down. I think it has been this way a long time. I rarely use it as it is a server only. But I'd like to add another server to it but it is so slow it could take hours to get everything set up...
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New #17
Thank you very much for your reply.
*** you need to investigate this- something's wrong.The processor is up to 86% usage when idle...
Compare that with how it is after a clean boot.
Inspect your task manager- which processes are using the CPU heavily?
Look for under 5% when idle.
I will rephrase and ask a longer question.I do not know what you mean with paging left as default...?
Have you changed this?
I was assuming you knew what a page file and paging is.
It is only worth checking this next once you have idle CPU usage under control.100% isn't a rate.I get 100% transfer rate when copying a large file from one location to another.
I will rephrase for you with an example and a specific question:
What is the numeric transfer rate you see - in MB/s?
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New #18
I've noticed several people suggesting the addition of RAM. If I'm not mistaken, I believe that the max for that chipset is 4GB but you may want to verify that I'm not off base on that.
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New #19
No, you're not off base. 4GB max it is.....
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family Datasheet (pdf)Intel said:
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