Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of Howard Allen
Howard Allen

asked on

Need to speed up this bogged down laptop

I have a friend bringing over his laptop so I can clean it out and speed it up a bit, I work in an imaging lab and usually we simply reimage the thing and reload the personal data/applications. However in this scenario it's a laptop used for music studio work and has lots of software/plugins that would be a nightmare to reload.

What's a few good methods to speed up a computer bogged down from general use without reloading the OS?
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of NVIT
NVIT
Flag of United States of America image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of Howard Allen
Howard Allen

ASKER

It currently has 4gbs of RAM, I'm going to be upgrading it to 8gb.
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
I've requested that this question be deleted for the following reason:

Not enough information to confirm an answer.
"Not enough information to confirm an answer."

On the contrary there have been some good suggestions here which, if followed, would have certainly helped to "speed up a computer bogged down from general use without reloading the OS".

I suggest the following forced accepts.

Accepted Answer

Eirman: 40631316

Assisted Answers (points split):

NewVillageIT: 40631177
dbrunton: 40631307
nobus: 40632516
DanCh99: 40632790
BillDL: 40636878
BillDL said:
There have been some good suggestions here which, if followed, would have certainly helped to "speed up a computer bogged down from general use without reloading the OS".
I agree.
askers that walk away should be flamed...
I get angry too, but maybe that just a bit extreme.  Sometimes there may be extenuating circumstances, like illness, that mean people cannot return to the question.  All the questions apart from this one and one that was asked after this (now abandoned too) have been "solved" with "A" grades, so maybe there is a good reason.
i agree Bill, withing reason that's ok
Thank you howardallenIT, or whoever closed the question.