I'm running Windows 8.1 (64 bit) on my Lenovo G500 laptop. It has AMD RadeonHD 8570 (2GB) graphics card, Intel integrated HD graphics, i5 processor, 500 GB SATA Hard disk and 8GB DDR3 RAM.
I'm having slowdown issues, slow startup, slow shutdown issues in this laptop.
I have scanned it throughly once with Kaspersky and second time with Avira to find any malware but found nothing.
I have also disabled some non Microsoft services during startup ( I didn’t fiddle with my graphics card Driver startup at all) so that I don't face issues of slowdowns. But the trouble wasn't fixed at all.
I ran sfc/scannow command using admin privileges in command prompt and found nothing, I also ran it in safe mode just to double check and found no errors.
I didn’t install any new software before I started facing this issue of slowdowns.
I have 500 GB SATA hard drive with 2 partitions.
C drive is of 180 GB and D drive was allocated the remaining space that Windows allowed me in the beginning.
C drive has 64 GB vcant space and D drive has 40 GB vacant space. All my drivers are upto date. My Windows is also updated.
Therefore, out of sheer frustration I've decided to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1.
To get a second opinion, I've posted here.
Shall I go ahead with my clean install or is there something I can do?
I won't update to Windows 10 as my laptop doesn't have support for it.
I'm having slowdown issues, slow startup, slow shutdown issues in this laptop.
I have scanned it throughly once with Kaspersky and second time with Avira to find any malware but found nothing.
I have also disabled some non Microsoft services during startup ( I didn’t fiddle with my graphics card Driver startup at all) so that I don't face issues of slowdowns. But the trouble wasn't fixed at all.
I ran sfc/scannow command using admin privileges in command prompt and found nothing, I also ran it in safe mode just to double check and found no errors.
I didn’t install any new software before I started facing this issue of slowdowns.
I have 500 GB SATA hard drive with 2 partitions.
C drive is of 180 GB and D drive was allocated the remaining space that Windows allowed me in the beginning.
C drive has 64 GB vcant space and D drive has 40 GB vacant space. All my drivers are upto date. My Windows is also updated.
Therefore, out of sheer frustration I've decided to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1.
To get a second opinion, I've posted here.
Shall I go ahead with my clean install or is there something I can do?
I won't update to Windows 10 as my laptop doesn't have support for it.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo G500
- CPU
- intel i5 processor- 3230 CPU @ 2.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon HD 8570
- Antivirus
- Avira Internet Security