System Slow

[user77777]

My laptop has been running slow lately . Tried Av , anti-malware , re-installing video card driver , msconfig for any suspicious entries . Nothing helps .
When I run Windows Experience Index from Control Panel , gives me error as in screen capture below .
Copy of specs from Speccy also below .
Thanks .

 

[wither 2]

Go to Accessories, System Tools and run the Disk Cleanup utility on the C: drive. When it says how much space it can recover, check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. When done, reboot. Does that help?

 

[user77777]

Thanks Wither 2 . I use CCleaner , and it deletes all of that stuff .

 

[Paul Black]

Hi user77777,

Under the heading Disk Cleanup - Extended . . ., please run Disk_Cleanup_Extended.bat, Option [2] from here => BATCH PROGRAMS [Standalone].

This allows you to free up HDD space by deleting temporary and not needed files etc from the HDD. It is an extension [advanced version] of the standard disk cleanup tool which allows hidden options to become available, allowing you to clean up even more HDD space.

Check the appropriate boxes for the items that you want cleaned and press [OK].

I hope this helps!

 

[user77777]

Thanks Paul Black - a lot of useful info there .
I'll give it a try .

 

[Paul Black]

Thanks Paul Black - a lot of useful info there .
I'll give it a try .

 

[user77777]

Hi Paul Black .
I ran the Disk Cleanup - Extended . It finished really quick , and did not prompt me for any boxes to check .
Does that sound right ?
Also ran chkdsk C: /R . It finished OK This appears to be same ( similar ) to error-checking under Disk Properties ( see screen shot )

Doesn't appear to be any improvement after those two .
Will try some other stuff from your BATCH PROGRAMS [Standalone] thread .
Thanks .

 

[user77777]

Ran sfc - also no problems .

 

[Paul Black]

Hi user77777,

I ran the Disk Cleanup - Extended. It finished really quick , and did not prompt me for any boxes to check.
Does that sound right?

No, If you had downloaded Disk Cleanup - Extended and clicked Option 2, you would definately have seen a Window with check boxes. I suggest you try it again.

 

[Paul Black]

Ran sfc - also no problems.

 

[user77777]

Hi Paul Black - you were right - I did somehow mess it up when I ran it .
Retried , and I got the check boxes - I just left the defaults , and no errors were detected .
Should I have checked all the boxes ? Was wary to do that .
One thing is that calculating the cleanup space for each item took at least 1/2 an hour , if not more ( see screenshot ).
Is that OK ?

After re-booting , still have the slowness .

 

[Paul Black]

Hi user77777,

Hi Paul Black - you were right - I did somehow mess it up when I ran it .
Retried , and I got the check boxes - I just left the defaults , and no errors were detected .
Should I have checked all the boxes ? Was wary to do that .
One thing is that calculating the cleanup space for each item took at least 1/2 an hour , if not more.
Is that OK ?
After re-booting , still have the slowness .

[1] My batch script doesn't check for any errors on anything in the code!
[2] If you have never run the Disk Cleanup - Extended before, it will take quite a while!
[3] Have you checked in msconfig to see exactly you have got running?
[4] Have you got WU set to automatic?

 

[user77777]

Hi Paul Black ,
1 and 2 - OK .
3 - yes have checked msconfig many times - seems OK .
4. What is WU ?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi user77777,

4. What is WU ?

Sorry, Windows Update.

 

[user77777]

Hi Paul - no , Windows Update is not automatic . Have it set to be notified , and then I download/update manually .

 

[Megahertz07]

Do a disk check. Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
chkdsk C: /f
It will say your disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next boot = Yes
Reboot.
Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks , bad clusters, bad sectors...

 

[user77777]

Thanks Megahertz07 . See post #7 . I did run chkdsk C: /R with no problems .
Does this not include chkdsk C: /F ?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi user77777,

I did run chkdsk C: /R with no problems .
Does this not include chkdsk C: /F ?

Yes, it implies /F.

 

[user77777]

It would appear that there is a disk problem , but chkdsk etc. show all as OK .
I do recall from years ago , that Windows Memory Diagnostic could show no problems , but a different stand alone test ( can't recall the name ) would reveal problems .
Is there some safe/reliable stand alone test here which may do the same ?

 

[user77777]

Just ran Seagate SeaTools - the disks are Seagate .
So far , no problems detected .
Mentioned earlier that sfc ran OK . Could there be any other corruption problems causing this ?