slow Laptop tune up programs?

[fossyant]

Unlikely as Microsoft is an ar$e.

Windows 7 for less than £20

https://www.g2play.net/software-games/

I use this site for Steam codes for games. It's genuine.

 

[Andrew_P]

Best things I ever did for my laptop was install a SSD drive and to store everything I wanted to keep locally and in the cloud and bizarrely install window 10. The latter as you can get it to do a cleanish reinstall from settings and just download your files again, the former because it makes most machines fly like a new one for normal tasks.

 

[Tommy2]

What about taking the memory from an old desktop?

 

[r04DiE]

If I had an old pc that was going to be thrown out, with a non oem product key could I use that to download and install Windows 7?

You can install any version of Win7 from disk, so long as you can match it to the product key type, i.e. OEM, retail, volume license, etc. You can get a disk with all versions from the good ole 'Bay.

What about taking the memory from an old desktop?

Memory needs to be matched to the motherboard so you need to install the correct type.

 

[fossyant]

SSD is the single best thing you can do. Just get the USB transfer kit/enclosure, and some free transfer software.

Memory on laptops comes in 4 different DDR's and the sockets are different, so you might not be able to transfer the memory.

 

[Andrew_P]

Doubt it would fit and no

What about taking the memory from an old desktop?

Everyone else was quicker, if you can afford it SSD hard drive, I would opt for a clean install of the £20 Win 7 or buy Win 10

 

[ColinJ]

Windows 7 for less than £20

https://www.g2play.net/software-games/

I use this site for Steam codes for games. It's genuine.

I would opt for a clean install of the £20 Win 7 or buy Win 10

I still recommend the £14.99 Win 7 deal I mentioned a few posts earlier, and then you could donate the extra £5.01 (if it is burning a hole in your pocket) to a worthwhile charity!

 

[ColinJ]

Actually £18.89 (not £20), so it would be a £3.90 saving at SG ...

 

[marknotgeorge]

Or try using a Windows 10 disc first.

 

[Tommy2]

The slow laptop now has the broken screen fitted , when I start it up it doesn't auto detect another monitor, at least until it boots up, which means I can't see anything to boot to bios, can I force another laptop to see what's on the broken screen via hdmi or vga cable or do I have to activate it through the broken screen one?

 

[r04DiE]

You should be able to access BIOS/CMOS by pressing Esc, or one of the function buttons during POST.

 

[Tommy2]

I can get into BIOS (i heard the beep) but the the external display doesn't boot until it's past POST and BIOS so will have to wait until the new screen arrives.
Apparently the CPU won't run win10 so it'll have to be win7.

 

[keithmac]

Google the laptop modle and it will tell you which key to tap to get into bios, but if your screens fubar then it won't help much as you can't see anything?.

Fresh Windows is great, until it bloats itself back up to 20+ gig of skitter and slows right back down again. The way it manages resources is atrocious imho.

 

[marknotgeorge]

Have you tried the key combination to switch it to the external screen? It's usually one of the function keys, and will be marked on the keyboard.

What processor is it that won't run Win 10? The only PC I've encountered that won't run 10 okay is an old Samsung Netbook with an Atom CPU and 1Gb RAM, and I think it's the RAM that's the issue.

 

[fossyant]

I can get into BIOS (i heard the beep) but the the external display doesn't boot until it's past POST and BIOS so will have to wait until the new screen arrives.
Apparently the CPU won't run win10 so it'll have to be win7.

Laptops don't post (BIOS) to an external screen, the screens only come on as Window's loads, not at boot.