Hp 2000

[Dave279]

Hi I am Dave, and I am using an older laptop at the moment, which is extremely slow. So I am asking about a hardware upgrade for the hp 2000 prosser. My prosser is currently an AMD E-300 with 8 GB of ram I recently updated to Windows 8.1 since it's the only other OS that this older computer can run. So please reply with a possibility of a prosser upgrade.

Thanks every so much

-Dave

[Dave279]

Ps: I went through a lot of steps to fix the speed issue

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Dave279 

Even though this is an old laptop with an old processor, you should have no problems using the laptop at typical performance level with Windows 8x.  If it is running SLOW, the processor is NOT the issue -- and I don't know all these steps are you went through, but really SLOW PC, especially an older model, is often due to a failing drive. So, let's check that first, because if it is failing, it would need to be replaced and there is no point then in doing anything else until we confirm that.

If your PC is new enough to support UEFI, you can use these steps to test the hard drive: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00439024

If not, to check the drive you have to follow these steps:
1) Press Esc key repeatedly, several times a second, while rebooting the laptop. Do NOT hold the key down, just press it over and over.
2) Eventually, you will see an HP Startup Menu
3) Press the Function key for testing the hard drive (usually F2) and let it run.

[Dave279]

Thank you so much. Now the computer is working faster than before