HP dv8000 runs very slow..Help

[Sandan]

A friends hp dv8000 notebook runs really really slow...takes 10 mins to load windows xp. I recommended she get more RAM which she got and I just installed...No help. Also defraged the hard drive, emptied cache, eliminated the not needed start up programs...Still runs slow. I am thinking about doing a system repair...But, never did such without disc's(Operating system is on separate partition) So, is reinstalling or repairing the operating system (win XP) fairly easy to do using the separate partition function?

 

[IlllI]

make sure to back up all the important stuff before you do a system restore

 

[corkyg]

System Restore is not the same as reinstalling the system from the hidden partition. S/R is simply a shift back to an earler Registry. The Reinstall options effectively is a clean install of your system back to what it was when you got it from HP.

 

[alexruiz]

Clean install if you ask me....
Also, if money is avalable replace the hard drive with a 7200 rpm one

These 2 together will feel like steroids

 

[Sandan]

replace harddrive and clean install makes sense. Thanks....I know system restore and install are different. Just looking for opinions on if install off partition is easy because I have no experience with such. I build my own systems and always have had disc's...

 

[mpilchfamily]

Yep sounds like the same old win XP trash buildup slowing things down.

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: corkyg
System Restore is not the same as reinstalling the system from the hidden partition. S/R is simply a shift back to an earler Registry. The Reinstall options effectively is a clean install of your system back to what it was when you got it from HP.

i think he knew what i meant. but maybe you could tell me what is the proper terminology then, for having it as it was originally from the factory?

 

[corkyg]

That may vary by OEM. Lenovo calls it System Recovery.

 

[crown711]

CCLEANER run it ,love it

 

[IlllI]

i'm thinking theres more issues at hand than ccleaner could solve