Hello all, I have a serious issue with my new laptop computer which I purchased on the 21st of December 2013. I say it's new because it's somewhat true. I've had it for less than six months. However i used it a lot and the other day I had problems with the machine slowing down and not performing as it should or how I had it when i just got it, even though several months have passed.
So I tried Glary Utilities and CCleaner but they just cleared up junk files and didn't speed up the computer. A friend of mine suggested installing and using combofix which I tried but it made things 50 times worse.
My machine takes about three minutes to start up instead of forty seconds which it did before I installed the Combofix software. It asked me to run the program in a certain mode, administrator i think which I followed as there was just one mode and that's there by default. After I installed it that's when my machine slowed down in terms of boot time instead of speeding it up and my computer overall.
I want my PC to boot up fast again. I think I need to defrag boot up settings or something like that, I don't know. I'm just grasping at straws but I have tried in the past on older machines to speed up boot times on PCs I had years ago but was unsuccessful each time. Granted, I wasn't as knowledgeable as i am now but I believe boot times can be improved without formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows as technology has advanced.
I am using Windows 8.1 now and I believe i have the update one along with it.
How can I speed up the boot time without formatting. By the way I tried de-selecting certain start-up programs but that didn't work. The issue is not with start-up programs. Combofix messed up my system and it didn't even open a program after I installed it so I could tweak any settings. There was no launching of an interface, it just installed and there isn't even an uninstall entry in the uninstall programs section of Windows programs in the control panel.
How do I uninstall Combofix and speed up my boot time again. I am willing to purchase any software that can speed up my boot time again and remove combofix. I need my laptop which is still relatively new to boot up fast and run fast again.
I really need help with my issues. I even tried defragging the hard drive but with no success. Please someone read this and respond. i am begging you for assistance with my Windows 8.1 computer and increase in boot time.
So I tried Glary Utilities and CCleaner but they just cleared up junk files and didn't speed up the computer. A friend of mine suggested installing and using combofix which I tried but it made things 50 times worse.
My machine takes about three minutes to start up instead of forty seconds which it did before I installed the Combofix software. It asked me to run the program in a certain mode, administrator i think which I followed as there was just one mode and that's there by default. After I installed it that's when my machine slowed down in terms of boot time instead of speeding it up and my computer overall.
I want my PC to boot up fast again. I think I need to defrag boot up settings or something like that, I don't know. I'm just grasping at straws but I have tried in the past on older machines to speed up boot times on PCs I had years ago but was unsuccessful each time. Granted, I wasn't as knowledgeable as i am now but I believe boot times can be improved without formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows as technology has advanced.
I am using Windows 8.1 now and I believe i have the update one along with it.
How can I speed up the boot time without formatting. By the way I tried de-selecting certain start-up programs but that didn't work. The issue is not with start-up programs. Combofix messed up my system and it didn't even open a program after I installed it so I could tweak any settings. There was no launching of an interface, it just installed and there isn't even an uninstall entry in the uninstall programs section of Windows programs in the control panel.
How do I uninstall Combofix and speed up my boot time again. I am willing to purchase any software that can speed up my boot time again and remove combofix. I need my laptop which is still relatively new to boot up fast and run fast again.
I really need help with my issues. I even tried defragging the hard drive but with no success. Please someone read this and respond. i am begging you for assistance with my Windows 8.1 computer and increase in boot time.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop