Need help getting programs to run faster?

[Grizwald200]

When I originally got my laptop I was surprised to notice that the games I played on it where running surprisingly well for a laptop however, the stats on this laptop are above some of my friends yet runs programs like Visual Studio, Solidworks, and Photoshop really slow and I experience crashes in Solidworks doing the simplest of things. I was wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing and what I can do to fix this. I've tried solutions such as turning off startup programs not needed and cleaning my disk and have not have had as large of a impact. Let me know whats worked and how to fix it. Thanks ahead of time.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, Grizwald200 said:

When I originally got my laptop I was surprised to notice that the games I played on it where running surprisingly well for a laptop however, the stats on this laptop are above some of my friends yet runs programs like Visual Studio, Solidworks, and Photoshop really slow and I experience crashes in Solidworks doing the simplest of things. I was wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing and what I can do to fix this. I've tried solutions such as turning off startup programs not needed and cleaning my disk and have not have had as large of a impact. Let me know whats worked and how to fix it. Thanks ahead of time.

Get a SSD. It makes a world of difference, trust me. My laptop was literally brought back to life after a SSD upgrade.

[Grizwald200]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Get a SSD. It makes a world of difference, trust me. My laptop was literally brought back to life after a SSD upgrade.

I would except I plan to build a desktop after May and I'm looking for a quick solution. But thanks for the advice.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Grizwald200 said:

I would except I plan to build a desktop after May and I'm looking for a quick solution. But thanks for the advice.

laptop specs?

 

There is no quick software solution. Get a ssd. Its worth it.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, Grizwald200 said:

I would except I plan to build a desktop after May and I'm looking for a quick solution. But thanks for the advice.

Well unless you're up to reinstalling Windows and all of your programs (won't be as effective as getting a SSD, but would make it at least somewhat more stable than it is now)... there isn't a easy solution.

[MisterMuffin]

What are the specs of the laptop? That could be as simple as needing more ram for those large programs, or it could be that you're being limited by your hard disk read/write speeds.

[Guest]

22 minutes ago, Grizwald200 said:

and I experience crashes in Solidworks doing the simplest of things.

Being very slow is no reason for crashing... I wonder if you have other issues.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Being very slow is no reason for crashing... I wonder if you have other issues.

It's very possible for the two symptoms to appear together when the issue is hardware bound. Bad HDD could lead to slow read/writes and lots of errors.

[Grizwald200]

Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
With 16gb ram on the laptop

2 tb hdd

[Grizwald200]

5 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

It's very possible for the two symptoms to appear together when the issue is hardware bound. Bad HDD could lead to slow read/writes and lots of errors.

That makes sense. However would it just make more sense to wait till May for a desktop since the memory on my hard-drive is almost full at 2 Tb and its more per gigabyte for SSD?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

6 minutes ago, Grizwald200 said:

That makes sense. However would it just make more sense to wait till May for a desktop since the memory on my hard-drive is almost full at 2 Tb and its more per gigabyte for SSD?

If you could wait that long. Alternatively you could reinstall Windows which would restore some stability. But it's a temporary fix, the symptoms will return after another year or so once files start getting degraded again. For your desktop, would recommend a SSD for boot, and a HDD for storage and overflow for programs. So only have Windows and your commonly used programs on your SSD as space is limited.

[Biggerboot]

I know first hand Visual Studio (with addons especially) is slow on a mechanical drive.  There's just so much stuff it needs to call on so the load time for it is awful.  I agree with everyone else - SSD will do wonders.