Slow Laptop

[twinbaby]

Hi there,

I have an slow laptop Dell XPS 15 9530, the specs is i7 processor with 16gb ram and 1TB Harddisk and 16gb msata ssd.
The last time I formatted it is 4 months ago.

I have already tried the following and the startup time is still around like 2mins.

1. Disk Defragment
2. Error Checking
3. Uninstalling Unnecessary program.

One thing to note is that the HD is encrypted so that I have to enter the password everytime I start.

 

[Aizenhart]

You could try disabling all unnecessary startup programs.

You can do this through windows task manager.

 

[86technie]

Did a clean format, did you enable Intel rapid start inside the Intel IRT software?
The MSATA is a cache meant for fast start/shutdown.

 

[yusoffb01]

buy a ssd.

 

[tungsten2]

1. Open Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or right-click the taskbar)

2.Click on more details.

3. On the Process tab, click on CPU to sort by the amout of cpu utilisation

You should be able to see which process is hogging your machine

4. Repeat for the the Memory

Sent from Samsung SM-G930F using GAGT

 

[joo koontz]

can try to download and install the IOBit Advance System Care. It helps to shorten the boot time to be below 2 mins for my 6 years old laptop.

 

[twinbaby]

This is my current laptop built

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model XPS 15 9530
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU XPS 15 9530
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4712HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A09, 30-Jul-15
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.206"
Time Zone Malay Peninsula Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 9.56 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 11.7 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[sendtolee]

This is my current laptop built

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model XPS 15 9530
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU XPS 15 9530
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4712HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A09, 30-Jul-15
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14393.206"
Time Zone Malay Peninsula Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 9.56 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 11.7 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Disable the encryption (bitlocker). Encryption slows down everything...
Turn off virtual memory or pagefile. The 16GB is more than enough for normal programs.
Turn off hibernation.

 

[hannnn]

2 mins really quite long.. If disabling the encrypting doesn't work, upgrade to a bigger SSD lo..

 

[something]

upgrade the msata and install windows on it... u will see a big big big different.