Can somebody help me? My laptop is insanely slow, and it’s frustrating because it takes about 2 minutes to start up. Despite that, the login screen where I put my PIN gets bugged, so I can only see my lockscreen wallpaper. It takes about 3 more minutes to get the prompt to put in the PIN. Then, to open my browser, it takes like 3 more minutes. And when it finally opens, I click to navigate, and it gets laggy, with the window appearing like it’s not responding. When I click the Windows logo to search for an app, it takes like 1 minute to open. I’m mad at this. I have Windows 11 updated, I have about 600 GB of free disk space, I’ve disabled all Windows animations, and I’ve disabled all non-essential apps from opening at startup. I’ve already reinstalled Windows, and this worked for like a month.

I have a Lenovo laptop with these specs:

  • Intel i5-1035G4 CPU @ 1.10GHz 1.50 GHz
  • 8 GB of RAM
  • 1 TB of HDD

I’m looking to change my HDD to an SSD, but I don’t know if that is going to solve all this. I’m thinking about adding an M.2 SSD to get all my files and Windows there, and keeping the HDD to save some pics and videos only.

Any suggestions?

  • joeljaeggli@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Which model is this? I would expect some from 2019 or later to be booting off an ssd already and this a 4core 8 thread 10 series cpu, ram is a bit low but laptops built on this chipset should be decently fast. If it’s reinstalling all the Lenovo shovelware that could be a consideration.

  • A-Delonix-Regia@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Definitely get an SSD. But don’t keep the HDD in the laptop (if you want you can get an external HDD enclosure to use that HDD for backups). You can get a 1TB SATA SSD like the Samsung 870 Evo for just $60, you would only save $30 from keeping the HDD in the laptop and getting a 250GB SSD.

    Plus, are you sure the laptop can support an M.2 SSD? If it doesn’t support that, you can only use a SATA SSD.

    • alexkm174@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I was thinking about getting a 1 TB M.2 so I could get 2TB total. Are there any problems putting together the HDD with the M.2?

      Yes, the laptop supports M.2 I’ve already checked the spec sheet and did the crucial system scan.

      • A-Delonix-Regia@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        No, there is no problem. I thought the laptop wouldn’t support M.2 because it is a lower-end old model, but if it has M.2, then you should be good to go.

  • xKabrrr@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    An ssd would most likely help but Imo depending on what you use it for id consider upgrading the whole laptop slightly.