Laptop Slowing Down

[Nufilth]

My Alienware 14, that is about 1 year old, has recently slowed down dramatically. I was wondering if there are any tips to help speed it up. Just pointing out that there are no viruses.

 

Thanks

[Lolzious]

Try re-installing your OS.

How full are your HDDs? Maybe try just getting rid of some stuff you rarely use.

[-MOBIUS-]

Defrag maybe?

[D2ultima]

Slowed down "how"?

[Nufilth]

Slowed down "how"

The games that it used to be able to run on fairly high specs, it can barely run now. For example I used to be able to run Crysis 1 on mid graphics settings, now I can barely run it at all.

[Nufilth]

Try re-installing your OS.

How full are your HDDs? Maybe try just getting rid of some stuff you rarely use.

I have already tried both of those. My hard drive was recently replaced for failing.

[Nufilth]

Defrag maybe?

Been there. Done that.

[D2ultima]

The games that it used to be able to run on fairly high specs, it can barely run now. For example I used to be able to run Crysis 1 on mid graphics settings, now I can barely run it at all.

Is your CPU and GPU keeping their clocks under load?

[Nufilth]

Is your CPU and GPU keeping their clocks under load?

They are not, so I will look into external cooling. Thanks.

[D2ultima]

They are not, so I will look into external cooling. Thanks.

Well first, clean out your laptop and second, repaste the parts.

[Nufilth]

Well first, clean out your laptop and second, repaste the parts.

How would I go about cleaning it out?

[D2ultima]

How would I go about cleaning it out?

Look up a guide online about disassembling the machine and use canned air to blow out the heatsinks and fans, and reapply thermal paste to it.

[z0ne]

Did you already clean out your startup menu in msconfig? Because that usually gets cluttered after a few years of use...