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#189361 26-Dec-2015 09:57
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My dad's PC laptop is grinding to a halt - it's quite old, but I think I should try and eek more life out of it before I suggest a new one.  He seems to have enough space on the hard drive.  Can anyone recommend some free tools to clean it up.  I read on another thread about Malware-bytes.  Any other suggestions?  I'm going round tomorrow to have a go at speeding it up.




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  #1457304 26-Dec-2015 10:02
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Does be have windows 7? Might pay to upgrade to 10 if he does. Otherwise might be an idea to get an ssd.

Lastly a fresh install always livens up an old pc for a while.

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