Pelador

Jul 31 2013, 07:32 PM

Using up hard drive space doesn't slow a computer down too much.

I would advise against downloading things to try and speed up your pc. They often contain viruses and Trojans. So you might want to scan your computer for those using a program called Malware bytes. The only things that can speed up your pc are: defragmenting the hard drive, removing malware/trojans and viruses or installing better hardware. E.g adding more ram, faster cpu or a better gpu.

Pelador

Jul 31 2013, 09:17 PM

Nah only if it has viruses on it.

Pelador

Jul 31 2013, 09:24 PM

You have to go into the quarantine tab and delete it.

Pelador

Jul 31 2013, 09:40 PM

If it's a program you know then just ignore it. malware bytes doesn't look for viruses but trojans and malware. They are different things. Malware in particular will slow down your pc. Trojans can destroy it.

Crashbreaka

Jul 31 2013, 10:16 PM

I'm just gonna list everything I know about bring your speed up to tolerable levels. You should be good as far as hard drive space goes, generally if you keep around 25% free space or more you'll be running at optimum levels (at minimum you should keep at least 15% at all times).

- Do what Pel said about viruses and malware etc.
- De-fragment your computer. If files are fragmented it takes a longer time to access them.
- Make sure you're installing updates. Some people just keep on putting them off until their computer is almost completely unresponsive.
- Change your power options to 'High Performance' (personally I don't but that's just because of my next point).
- Don't let your CPU get too hot. If it does it'll reach a stage called 'thermal throttling' which will slow down your processing speed.

Then you could also try this if you really wanted to:
- Use a program like Advanced System Case 6 which can delete unnecessary files on your computer, remove broken links, etc.

In the case that it's just too many programs starting up at the same time go to your start menu and search for 'msconfig'. There you can stop programs from starting up on start up. (I wouldn't stop a program if you don't know what it does though).

Pelador

Jul 31 2013, 10:54 PM

Your laptop shouldn't be able to run certain games at highest settings. It's just not good enough. Try medium to lowest settings instead and see how that works.

Defragmenting a disk is basically like if you were to put all the books on your bookshelf in alphabetical order instead of being random. It makes it much easier for your computer to find data.