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Originally Posted by Venom  I have my Laptop and it is running really slow(browsing, applications, etc etc) , I tried many solutions to make it go back to normal, is there any efficient solution other than formatting?
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Hi Venom,
The first step is always to defragment the hard disk. You can do that by going to the System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter.
If the problem persists, you might want to delete some programs that you don't need and then defragment again.
If after all these efforts, things are still slow, you should try to disable programs that run automatically when you boot your machine. Usually it's stuff like anti-virus software and stuff like that (you may want to keep the anti-virus software though). Do a ctrl+alt+delete to see the list of programs running when you log in to windows and this could help identify the programs that use a lot of CPU and/or a lot of memory.
They key in making your machine fast again is to try to identify why it's slow. Is the hard drive led constantly blinking? This could indicate a memory trashing problem caused by using too much memory, causing some data to constantly move between the disk and the RAM (tons of applications running at the same time can cause this). If not, it might be a CPU problem (do you always hear the fan of your computer going crazy?). In either case, disabling apps can make thing a lot better.
Good luck.