My HP Pavilion a1120n is running very slow I re formated it a few time over the years. Recently I added more ram and ran great till i clean it with air may , then ran very slow, so I remove some ram then re formated it It got slower so I put back in the rest off the ram and still very slow I was told to replace my hard drive and that might be the problem I had this computer for over 5 years now with all the stuff i added and deleted over the year would that make a diference

Did you replace the hard drive? It is quite possible there is an issue with the drive at that age. YOu could try an application called "SpeedFan" or "HD Tune" and run a S.M.A.R.T test on it. This will help you determine the drive status. You can run a benchmark with "Hd Tune" and determine the speed of the drive. If you want to post your results, I will certainly help out further.

First check your total hard drive free space. The little memory space can cause for slow system. You can perform 'Disk Cleanup' utility to delete temp files & allocate free hard disk space. For perform 'Disk Cleanup' utility, go to 'Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools ->Disk Cleanup'.

Perform disk defragmentation in your HP system to manage saved file memory location in a single place so that it can access faster.

You can perform 'Error Checking' utility to check for any issue in your Dell Inspiron hard disk. These hard disk errors are generally not noticeable but it can cause for slow hard disk or slow computer.

It is recommended to perform virus removal program to scan your system at daily basis to check for any virus and malware in your HP system.

You can also increase your RAM if you are not satisfied by the general performance of your Dell Inspiron.


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