Laptop disk drive running slow

I personally don't put much faith in them. I'm quite happy to go hunt them up myself.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink and fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I used DriverMax not with a view to updating my drivers but as a means to back them up and restore them with some sort of order and it does appear to make that function easy enough. A bit like using Acronis, you save them and then you restore them. I then thought, OK, I'll see what the Update thing showed, and it did give me chapter and verse of what my driver versions were and what the latest ones are, and where to find them. It is a free program, so no money changed hands, nor will it!

Its all part of my planning for when I rebuild the notebook.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Envy 15
OS
Windows 8.1.1
CPU
AMD A10-5750M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory
8gb
Hard Drives
1TB Serial ATA 16mb buffer
Hey, thats cool, if it works for you, go for it. Free is nice too. Everybody has there own way of doing things. Thats all part of the computer scene. :geek:
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink and fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I just used it to update the AMD SATA controller. It all seems OK thus far.

The free version only allows you two updates a day, but who wants to do them all at the same time?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Envy 15
OS
Windows 8.1.1
CPU
AMD A10-5750M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory
8gb
Hard Drives
1TB Serial ATA 16mb buffer
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