HP Laptop even laggier after reformat

samle977 said:

hello sorry for bumping this thread again but I finally got the chance to run the RAM test last night...I ran 4 passes with memtest86+ but it said no errors. The second, third, and fourth test took like 50 minutes each while the first was like 25 minutes...if that matters.
is it possible that memtest86+ sometimes fails to pick up an error?

also I ran the speccy program and it says I have a toshiba harddrive...what would be the appropriate program or thing to do to run a test on toshiba harddrives? or can i use the tests from WD or seagate?

Best to run memtest86+ for a minimum of 7 full passes, run overnight.

What do you mean the test ran for 50 and 25 minutes?

The second, third, and fourth test took like 50 minutes each while the first was like 25 minutes...if that matters.

Memtest86+ will run until you stop it, if it stopped on it's own that means a failure.