I have a very strange problem with my fresh install of Windows 7 Profesional, 64bits on my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 :
The overal performance is very slow, the disk is constantly spinning, even without any program running (after boot, no other programs installed).
The boot process is very slow itself (4-5 minutes).
I mention that the laptop was fine on XP until the upgrade.
Thanks !
Additional info (as requested by the comments) :
- 2GB RAM
- Yes, I added all the manufacturer (Lenovo) drivers and updates (using the utility provided by Lenovo)
- Tried with both 32 and 64 bits editions. The 32 bits one is performing a little better, but not very usable either.
- The hdd has enough space (20 GB or so)
- The problem is still present on a fresh install, so no recycle bin emptying or unistall programs (there aren't any except plain 7) would help. I'm not a newbie, so no obvious causes are left unchecked
Best Answer
Try to run defragmentation. I have seen this helping a lot in some cases. Windows 7 supposedly runs this regularly by itself, but maybe someone disabled it or something.
Empty your Recycle Bin. (They used to call it trash can, why not any more?)
Go to your control panel, 'add and remove programs' and get rid of as much stuff as possible. Especially if you have some adware, demos or plain unused programs. If it is your own computer and you kind of know your way around, you can usually get rid of almost everything you don't know.
If this still does not help, you might want to try TuneUp Utilities. There is a 'one-click' option that should do it. There is a free trial and I have seen some cases where it helped.
If these software tricks don't help, you should try to update your hardware. On a laptop, you can usually update your hard drive and memory. I would go for the hard drive first, but more memory won't hurt, either.