Hello..my laptop is dell inspiron n4010..well the problem with my laptop is that the fan doesn't work when the laptop is on..and due to excess overheating the laptop becomes extremely slow.the wor

Brian Sullivan

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• Posted on Aug 08, 2012

SOURCE: my dell inspiron n4010 laptop is very slow it get 30 minitue to start and hang after start while run any program

press windows button and in the search type msconfig go to startup tab and uncheck those you dont want to start.

scroll to the bottom toolbar bottom of screen right click you can select task manager applications also processes you will see whats running on your computer and ticking over you might have a virus

if you see something running that you does not need to be running select end now then you might you might uninstall that particular program

and some unnecessary programs

you should also check leads from motherboard to hard drive for secure dust free connections

click start control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now

click start tick in both boxes this will schedule to on restart
do not have any input while chkdsk utility is in progress any might damage your computer

also you might download and use this registry cleaner it is totally free to use
http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/

then defragment your hard drive

adding more ram is the best way of speeding up a computer
If you're not sure if a module is right for your system use the

Crucial Memory Advisor tool for a list of guaranteed compatible modules
you should always ask for a guarantee on compatability before purchasing any ram and buy working pairs if possible
you might have to many programs running at the same time putting to much strain on the CPU
try uninstalling a few unnecessary programs

this should speed up your computer


hope this helps