My mother’s laptop has been running as fast as a turtle on a snail going uphill for a long time now. Everything has been done to it, including formatting it and installing another, less cumbersome OS, but nothing improves. I have an HHD available, I have done some tests and it does work.
Would changing the hard drive do any good?
I hate to be “anti-environment and pro-capitalism”, but… just buy a new one. The worst thing about HDDs (in my opinion) is that it’s hard to tell when they’ll fail. You don’t have this problem. Clone the drive, spend $20-$50 on the same storage size, and you’re done!
Or double the budget, and upgrade to an SSD. I know it’s easy to suggest someone else spend their money, but that’s really the only option here…
Where I live (Venezuela) computer components are not very cheap or easy to obtain, and I don’t have the money to afford an SSD (at least not now nor a near future)…
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