boot I dont know why , but my laptop takes more than 7 mins from power button press to a usable browser window (sorry if shouldn' ask questions (new here))

[Extorc_Admin]

My laptop is hp14q , it has 4 gb of ram , Windows 10 , integrated graphics .

It has a 1 TB HDD

Its about 1 year old (3 days short xD)

But it is massive slow.

It takes about 4 minutes to load the desktop screen after button press .

Another minute to bring up icons.

Another 150 seconds before bringing a stable browser window.

Total , about 7 minutes.
I have disabled Majority of startup processes.

Its about 50% free in storage.
Many people i know tell that's not how much a laptop should take to boot , if its an year old.

Can software's like Blender and Unity slow down laptops which are not graphics intense? (at least that's what my dad suggest)

Is switching to a SSD a solution here?

But y has my HDD slowed down in an year itself..........

 

[Devryd]

you might want to look at your autostart programs 
and yes, switching to and ssd will help a lot, but 7 mins seems like a lot

[Extorc_Admin]

5 minutes ago, Devryd said:

autostart programs 

You mean the startup programs?

I have looked at them , they are very few , i have previously disabled them

[Devryd]

yes sorry, I didnt know the correct english word

5 minutes ago, Extorc_Admin said:

You mean the startup programs?

I have looked at them , they are very few , i have previously disabled them

Then maybe try to switch to an SSD
If that is not an option, reinstall windows. 7 Mins without a lot of startup programs is to long even for an HDD

[LateLesley]

Empty your temp folder. Windows for some reason, as the temp folder fills up, slows down file searches on the drive.

 

Go to your search box, type %TEMP% and press enter, that should (after a min) open the temp folder. Just select all the files/folders in that folder (CTRL + A) then Shift + Del to delete them. That should gain you back some speed. 

 

Defragging the drive is always a good thing to do to an HDD once a year (NOT an SSD as it wastes writes and wears it prematurely). I like UltimateDefrag for doing that, and you can put your most frequently used files at the start of the drive (the fastest part). 

 

I used to use CCleaner, it was a good tool for cleaning crap, but no idea how good it is nowadays, since Piriform was aquired by Avast. 

 

 

[Devryd]

windows has an internal tool to defragment the HDD and it also doesnt work, if you have an SSD installed, to not wear it unnecessarily

[Extorc_Admin]

4 minutes ago, LateLesley said:

Go to your search box, type %TEMP% and press enter, that should (after a min) open the temp folder. Just select all the files/folders in that folder (CTRL + A) then Shift + Del to delete them

Yup , i am trying this rn , although it has retained some files which are related my my browser.

 

[leclod]

How can a 1 year old laptop only have 4GB Ram ?

You probably can add Ram and should

[LateLesley]

It should delete files if they are in use with a program that is open. SO just leave your browser open, and if it's using the files, it won't delete them, and give you the RETRY/SKIP dialog box.

 

[Devryd]

41 minutes ago, Extorc_Admin said:

My laptop is hp14q , it has 4 gb of ram , Windows 10 , integrated graphics .

It has a 1 TB HDD

Its about 1 year old (3 days short xD)

what CPU is installed?

[Extorc_Admin]

2 minutes ago, leclod said:

How can a 1 year old laptop only have 4GB Ram ?

You probably can add Ram and should

Yup , that is something......my dad doesn't really want me to do xD

[Extorc_Admin]

1 minute ago, Devryd said:

what CPU is installed?

i5 8gen 8250u integrated graphics

[Devryd]

1 minute ago, Extorc_Admin said:

i5 8gen 8250u integrated graphics

That seems to be enough for normal browsing and light office work.
But 4 GB of RAM is really not a lot, especially if running windows
It might be enough for Linux mint or something

[leclod]

1 minute ago, Extorc_Admin said:

Yup , that is something......my dad doesn't really want me to do xD

To me it's no wonder, with an igpu 4GB is way too low.

Don't even bother, buy a book

 

[Extorc_Admin]

Just now, leclod said:

Don't even bother, buy a book

Actually when i bought this last year , i bought this in hurry for online classes hence couldn't do any research , and now i regret that i could've got a much butter one for just a lil more money

[Devryd]

If you are upgrading, I would go straight to 16GB
even 8 isn't a whole lot today

also, 16GB of ram doesn't cost a lot today
get a 1TB ssd too and you will have a pretty fast machine

[leclod]

2 minutes ago, Devryd said:

If you are upgrading, I would go straight to 16GB
even 8 isn't a whole lot today

also, 16GB of ram doesn't cost a lot today
get a 1TB ssd too and you will have a pretty fasat machine

it's a laptop, probably soldered, if lucky one slot free...

 

But do it !

[Extorc_Admin]

1 minute ago, Devryd said:

If you are upgrading, I would go straight to 16GB
even 8 isn't a whole lot today

also, 16GB of ram doesn't cost a lot today
get a 1TB ssd too and you will have a pretty fasat machine

Yup , thats on my

.....

todolist 

[Devryd]

that would be really annoying
producing a laptop in 2020 with only 4GB of ram is practically producing e-waste

[LateLesley]

Yeah, 4GB will be a struggle when some is nicked for the IGPU. Apparently the laptop can take up to 32GB of RAM, it has two slots which is good. It also has an M.2 Slot, so you could add an M.2 SSD into it, and install your OS there. 

 

But it means taking it apart, and it's a pain of a laptop to get into.

 

 

[Extorc_Admin]

Just now, leclod said:

it's a laptop, probably soldered, if lucky one slot free...

 

But do it !

U talking about ram?

I know i have one out of 2 slots occupied 

its there in the task manager

[AMD A10-9600P]

4 minutes ago, Devryd said:

That seems to be enough for normal browsing and light office work.
But 4 GB of RAM is really not a lot, especially if running windows
It might be enough for Linux mint or something

4GB isn't a lot, but it will do for Windows. Lighter Linux distros are good options with less than 4GB, but I was able to multitask on an old HP laptop with SolidWorks (3D CAD), Word, PowerPoint and Edge with just 4GB RAM. The RAM isn't the issue here, but the hard drive.

 

[Devryd]

1 minute ago, leclod said:

it's a laptop, probably soldered, if lucky one slot free...

but its easy enough to find out, just open it up and  look inside

[Devryd]

1 minute ago, LateLesley said:

Yeah, 4GB will be a struggle when some is nicked for the IGPU. Apparently the laptop can take up to 32GB of RAM, it has two slots which is good. It also has an M.2 Slot, so you could add an M.2 SSD into it, and install your OS there. 

if you have an m.2 slot, you can even install an eGPU 
I would keep that slot free, just in case, you need it later

[Extorc_Admin]

1 minute ago, LateLesley said:

Yeah, 4GB will be a struggle when some is nicked for the IGPU. Apparently the laptop can take up to 32GB of RAM, it has two slots which is good. It also has an M.2 Slot, so you could add an M.2 SSD into it, and install your OS there. 

 

But it means taking it apart, and it's a pain of a laptop to get into.

 

 

Okay , if i know right , this m.2 should be occupied by the wifi card?