Win.7 Laptop

aardvaak

My Laptop running Windows 7 is suddenly running very slowly.

It is only 6 months old and has very little hard drive used.

I have done a virus scan which is clear.

Does anyone have any ideas what is wrong and how to correct it?

closed

backup

factory restore

aardvaak

closed wrote: »

backup

factory restore

How do I do a factory restore?

closed

depends on the model, often by pressing F8 at boot.

Browntoa

its the normal thing , everything you install adds start items on boot

Printers
cameras
iphones/ipads etc
TomToms/Garmins

all fighting to update themselves as you boot and in the background

Lucero_2

closed wrote: »

depends on the model, often by pressinf F8 at boot.

F8 is usually reserved for Windows Safe Mode. It's more likely F11 or similar

closed

not since vista, but depends on the model

richard9991

Dell pc is f12

closed

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_362066&isLegacy=true

harleq1962

i was told ( dont know how true it is) windows has a half life of 6 months so every 6 months its half as fast as a fresh install,

Lucero_2

harleq1962 wrote: »

i was told ( dont know how true it is) windows has a half life of 6 months so every 6 months its half as fast as a fresh install,

I would say that is the biggest load of :money: I have ever heard