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‎01-21-2025 12:57 PM

HP Recommended
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

I've tried all the standard solutions (defrag, chkdsk, startup programs, etc.) with no increase in speed. Is upgrading the ram from 8 to 16 going to make this thing faster than molasses?

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‎01-21-2025 02:17 PM

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The best thing you can do if you haven't done so already would be to replace the 1 TB 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a better performing 1 TB 2.5" SATA solid state drive (SSD).

 

Amazon.com: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s,...

 

Then if you feel you want to install 2 x 8 GB of DDR3L-1600 memory, that will help too.

 

Below is the link to the service manual:

 

HP Notebook PC (Intel)Models: HP 17-x000 – 17-x099Models: HP 17-x100 – 17-x199 Maintenance and Servi...

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