I have a 6-year-old laptop that I've barely used—only about 30-40 hours total, as it was mainly just sitting around while I used my primary device. I started it up today, and it feels extremely sluggish at everything I try to do. It doesn't have a solid-state drive; it just has a regular rotating hard drive, which probably isn't helping. I'm using Windows 10 Home. What could be causing the slowdown, and how can I improve its performance?
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Sounds like your laptop is just showing its age. The hardware specs aren't really geared for speed, especially considering you're running a version of Windows from 2019. If you plan to use it regularly, you might want to consider trimming down Windows or even switching to a lighter operating system like Linux.
Give it some time to go through updates. These old HP laptops often run maintenance tasks like disk clean-up and defrag, even without internet. But if you're really looking to use it daily, upgrading to an SSD will improve the speed significantly.
So, just to be clear, an SSD upgrade is really worth it for day-to-day use?
Great tips! I've heard Linux can breathe new life into older machines.