Inspiron running extremely slow

Question

Hi,

I have an old Dell Inspiron i7-3630QM@2.4ghz that I've had for probably around 7 or 8 years now and was working perfectly albeit starting to slow last few years until 6 months ago where I got stuck in a blue screen loop and had to put it in for repair, since then it is running unbearably slow unlike ever before and takes 15-20 mins to start up and from then takes a significant time to do anything.

What could be a possible issue and I unfortunately don't have funds to buy another laptop at the moment. Could replacing the processor maybe help?

Thanks

lan1991008 · Answer

You can try to reinstall the system and uninstall unnecessary applications.

Craigiedunk94 · Answer

Thats what the repair shop done as in the blue screen loop it wouldn't let me perform this myself. Since the reinstall im currently running at around 30% of the applications I had previously and its slower than it ever was before, I used to use the laptop to run some video games and that when I was younger now I struggle to even load word.

ejn63 · Answer

Run an extended diagnostic on the hard drive (F12 at powerup -- let the quick tests run and then run the surface test on the drive;  allow several hours).

AdrianG001 · Answer

Kindly follow the steps below :

1- Disable startup programs

2- Run virus scan to check for malware

3-uninstall all unwanted programs

4-Run animation on minimum settings.

5- Back up the data on the system and reset to factory defaults.

LSUFAN51 · Answer

I'm assuming windows 10 is on the computer....... How to Troubleshoot Slow Performance Issues | Dell US EDIT:

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