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Question

Laptop very slow after wipe clean

Apr 17, 2015 1:48PM PDT

Dear all,
I have just wipe clean my fujitsu laptop with DBAN and reinstall window 7 64bit, it's become very slow from file loading to internet web loading ( everything SLOW ) .i have install all drivers needed , use ccleaner registry fix but still same.
Laptop details;
Fujitsu LH532
Intel pentium 2020M 2.4GHz
2GB RAM
4GB pendrive boost up speed
Anybody please help.
Thanks

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Did you use the Fujitsu recovery disks?
Apr 17, 2015 7:17PM PDT

Firstly, a new installation shouldn't include registry cleaning. Secondly, you should only use a manufacturer's installation set with laptop if you want the least amount of trouble. Thirdly, if the reason you did the wipe and reinstall was because the laptop was slow, it may have been so because of a hardware or overheating issue in the first place. You do that maintenance before messing with the OS re-installation. Maybe more details as to why this was needed would help.

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True.
Apr 17, 2015 10:25PM PDT

A clean install of the OS is not going to get you top speed. Installing Windows is easy. Getting all the drivers and now Apps (these turn on/off wifi, do what else?) seems to test folk's skills. This is why you use the restore media.

As to the 4GB pendrive boost speed, I found it to not work that well.
Bob

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a couple of things to consider
Apr 18, 2015 7:19AM PDT

a new install does not include updated driver, operating system updates and more. it will be doing it in the background for a few days. also your search indexing service will be running in the background until all your drives are indexed so searches could be faster. this will also take a few days depending on the amount of files you have on your computer.

one thing - why did you wipe your drive clean - was it having problems.