Increase performance W10 without hardware upgrade

AndyPix

uninstall Avast - you will probly find that speeds things up a bit.
W10 build in defender is fine

poppellerant

This is what I'd do - much of which has been said above, but I will add my two pennies worth.

• Backup your data - such as pictures, Chrome / Firefox, documents.
• Update your BIOS to the current version.
• Create Windows 10 installation media - either to a USB stick or a DVD.
• Boot up from your installation media and do a clean installation of Windows - in other words, delete your old Windows installation and start fresh.
• With Windows 10 installed, run Windows Update.
• Download, update and then run Snappy Driver Installer Origin to update your drivers.
• Install any needed software - ie: Office, Chrome / Firefox.
• Restore your files.
• Enjoy!

EveryWhere

poppellerant wrote: »

This is what I'd do - much of which has been said above, but I will add my two pennies worth.

• Backup your data - such as pictures, Chrome / Firefox, documents.
• Update your BIOS to the current version.
• Create Windows 10 installation media - either to a USB stick or a DVD.
• Boot up from your installation media and do a clean installation of Windows - in other words, delete your old Windows installation and start fresh.
• With Windows 10 installed, run Windows Update.
• Download, update and then run Snappy Driver Installer Origin to update your drivers.
• Install any needed software - ie: Office, Chrome / Firefox.
• Restore your files.
• Enjoy!

Where is the SSD in your scenario?

The backing up of data seems an unnecessary step if fitting an SSD.
I don't understand the need for Snappy Drivers if this is a device supplied with Windows 10.
Drivers should be on the HP website.

Whilst a clean install to the current HDD will speed things up, the device will perform optimally with SSD. Since they are going to run a clean install anyway, it makes sense to do so to SSD in the first instance.

wongataa

poppellerant wrote: »

This is what I'd do - much of which has been said above, but I will add my two pennies worth.

• Backup your data - such as pictures, Chrome / Firefox, documents.
• Update your BIOS to the current version.
• Create Windows 10 installation media - either to a USB stick or a DVD.
• Boot up from your installation media and do a clean installation of Windows - in other words, delete your old Windows installation and start fresh.
• With Windows 10 installed, run Windows Update.
• Download, update and then run Snappy Driver Installer Origin to update your drivers.
• Install any needed software - ie: Office, Chrome / Firefox.
• Restore your files.
• Enjoy!

Why rely on 3rd party driver installers? Just download all the relevant drivers onto a USB stick before reinstalling Windows.

poppellerant

EveryWhere wrote: »

Where is the SSD in your scenario?

The backing up of data seems an unnecessary step if fitting an SSD.
I don't understand the need for Snappy Drivers if this is a device supplied with Windows 10.
Drivers should be on the HP website.

Whilst a clean install to the current HDD will speed things up, the device will perform optimally with SSD. Since they are going to run a clean install anyway, it makes sense to do so to SSD in the first instance.

The thread title very clearly says "performance W10 without hardware upgrade". To me this indicates that the OP does not wish to upgrade their hardware, but perhaps you have your own translation that you'd like to offer?

wongataa wrote: »

Why rely on 3rd party driver installers? Just download all the relevant drivers onto a USB stick before reinstalling Windows.

SDIO makes life a lot less complicated than it needs to be in my experience, by having all the driver packs in one location and already downloaded. I just routinely update SDIO every few weeks.

There is seldom anything bad about keeping drivers updated.

EveryWhere

poppellerant wrote: »

The thread title very clearly says "performance W10 without hardware upgrade". To me this indicates that the OP does not wish to upgrade their hardware, but perhaps you have your own translation that you'd like to offer?SDIO makes life a lot less complicated than it needs to be in my experience, by having all the driver packs in one location and already downloaded. I just routinely update SDIO every few weeks.

There is seldom anything bad about keeping drivers updated.

Perhaps you should have read the OP rather than simply relying on a title.

I realise more RAM and SSD would have the biggest effect, but I haven't had time to sort that out (I realise the tech wizards here could upgrade quickly, but it would take me a weekend!)

I wondered if there was anything that can help speed up a W10 machine in the meantime?

Your solution would take just as long as simply swapping the drives and clean installing Windows 10.

I imagine the OP had a few program scans in mind, until they had the opportunity to do the job properly.

But really, they should just get on with swapping the drive and clean installing 10 to it. Which would take an hour. Two at the most if they need to install Office etc
The moving back of data from the old drive can take place when they have more time.

poppellerant

EveryWhere wrote: »

Perhaps you should have read the OP rather than simply relying on a title.

Your solution would take just as long as simply swapping the drives and clean installing Windows 10.

I imagine the OP had a few program scans in mind, until they had the opportunity to do the job properly.

But really, they should just get on with swapping the drive and clean installing 10 to it. Which would take an hour. Two at the most if they need to install Office etc
The moving back of data from the old drive can take place when they have more time.

I had read the thread and it's title before replying. While I do agree with what you say, it is for us to advise the OP while respecting their wishes. Perhaps they want to divert their attention to other things that we need not know about.

There is no denying that replacing a hard drive with an SSD makes more sense in the long run. Therefore my suggestion could act as a stop-gap until the OP wants to install an SSD.

EveryWhere

poppellerant wrote: »

I had read the thread and it's title before replying. While I do agree with what you say, it is for us to advise the OP while respecting their wishes. Perhaps they want to divert their attention to other things that we need not know about.

There is no denying that replacing a hard drive with an SSD makes more sense in the long run. Therefore my suggestion could act as a stop-gap until the OP wants to install an SSD.

That's my point. That it isn't a stop-gap. It's just as time consuming as replacing the drive and clean installing.
The OP states that his issue is one of time.
Since the actual swapping of the drive would take less than 30 minutes, even for a relative novice, the actual bulk of the time would be the restoration of programs/data etc
I'm guessing that is what they OP wants to avoid, until they find the time.

So that is why I suggest that they actually just replace the drive, as that will be a lot easier than they suspect.
It's the other steps that take more time, including the ones that you suggest.

So really it's best that they replace the drive in the first place, rather than going through all of those steps and then having to do it all again when they get the SSD.

debitcardmayhem

If the drivers are already OK then no need to look for them again read https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/68426-backup-restore-device-drivers-windows-10-a.html and puit them on a stick/ext drive. Also it is good idea just in case

stphnstevey

AndyPix wrote: »

uninstall Avast - you will probly find that speeds things up a bit.
W10 build in defender is fine

Done - do you need to setup a regular scan with WD or does it do it itself? I have gone into Task Scheduler and under WD scans it says it has done one yesterday, but I didnt ask it too, so assume regular Quick Scans are built in?

Same question with Malwarebytes?