slow laptop help

elegy

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my laptop is running really slowly lately and i was wondering if anybody had anything i could try to speed it up before i chuck it and buy a new one that i can't really afford.

the hd is a little less than half full. i've run a full virus scan (avast), malwarebyte's anti-malware, and spybot search and destroy. i've also defragged it. none of it made any difference.

it's probably five years old, so getting on in years. it's making me nuts. i don't know what else to try.

thanks!
 

scob89

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What processor, RAM, and OS do you have?

I would ditch avast and go with AVG.

What do you use the laptop for? If you use it just for internet browsing, try running Puppy Linux on it. You can download a Live CD and run off just the CD and it won't even touch your HD.
 

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