Why is my computer running slow?

First try cleaning up any files in your computer. Your computer's hard drive may be nearing its capacity, possibly having many unnecessary files. Having too many files clogging up your computer can easily cause it to run slowly or even crash. Try running the "Disk cleanup" tool from the start menu to remove unnecessary files (temporary files, items in the recycle bin).

Hard drives are usually the first thing to fail in computers and may need to be replaced. Your hard drive may have become corrupted. If there are corrupted sectors in the hard drive, and the computer tries to store data there, your computer may run slowly or even crash.

Alternatively, the memory in your computer may have become corrupted. If the computer tries to use memory to store information during normal tasks, it will almost certainly cause your computer to crash.

This laptop comes with 512MB of RAM. Many modern programs require more than 512MB of RAM to run, so you may not have enough memory to perform normal tasks with your laptop. If you use more RAM than your computer has, it can run slowly or even crash. You may want to consider upgrading to more memory, but be aware this computer can only use 2 GB of 333 MHz memory.