How To Speed Up Your Slow Computer! ~ Fix A Slow Pc With Free Tools | Ask Your Computer Guy
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If you want to get maximum performance from your PC, you've found the right place! In this video, I take you through my entire troubleshooting and repair process for a computer that has popups and has just gotten slower over time. I walk you through my initial diagnosis, as well as show you the tools I use to clean computers, how to use them, and you see step by step the machine speeding back up again. Whether you just want to learn how to clean up your own computer, or learn troubleshooting basics to start your own computer repair business, this video will help you learn the art of cleaning slow and infected computers. Please make sure to leave comments, questions, and criticisms in the comments below!
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Im so chuffed ive found you!!! Ive seen LOADS of different "PC guyz etc." now, but tbh u come across the best!!! YOU genuinely deserve 10X plus the current amount of subs!!
Wow! Thank you SO much! That really means more than you can know ;). Cheers! 🍺
Thanks for putting up these types of videos. I know my way around a computer all the way back to the DOS days, but even I am learning new things by viewing your channel. These videos are a true service for anyone who devotes a bit of attention to them. Thanks for a great resource!
You have no idea how much your comment means to me. I have been grinding out video after video for 3 years with relatively no traction. It's so nice to hear someone who IS my target audience actually say that. Just wow. Thanks!!!
@@AskYourComputerGuy i'm new to your channel and, like docchocobo am old school, self taught on dos (ibm-dos and ms-dos days). i became a contractor installing and configuring both hardware and software as well providing desktop publishing services (ventura was the bees knees then) i have an old asus notebook that ran so slow i bought a new tower-pc. this was 'replaced' to another notebook due to travelling (o'seas). i'm looking forward to unpacking the asus, copying tron and rkill, see if there are issues with it or not powerful enough to run the programs on it. the objective is to use the asus for my extensive music collection and 'hope' it will perform as it used to. many, many, thanks!
you’re very welcome. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Let me know how it goes after you run the scans. I have found tremendous results on machines that I did not think had a chance.
@@AskYourComputerGuy AVast is computer learning and artificial intelligence, I do not trust that one (ai is a vehicle for demons to enter our world and that is exactly what they are doing through these devices). I did not see Tron script download link anywhere and I cannot find it on the web either. However, I did download the other ones. So thank you.
Really liking the channel! I have been a tech since 1998 and I love fixing problems! One suggestion I have though is try your best to get people to ditch the old, slow, unreliable buckets of rust and get a solid state drive! THE SINGLE BEST purchase to make a system run faster than new! SSDs are getting to be dirt cheap and some even have 5 year warranties! Just a suggestion
I ran across your you tube channel and so glad that I did. Such great information for any computer user. Thanks for sharing this information for everyone.
Thank you! Glad to have you in the community! ;)
You are my GUY! I appreciate you taking the time to explain, speaking slowly enough so the people up front can understand. I keep getting the BSOD that started on 9/10/2023. I purchased a program, and my PC wasn't working correctly. I am hoping I fixed it. Thank you very much!
My pleasure! Glad you found value in my work 💪👍❤️
@@AskYourComputerGuy I have a PC that will not boot up at all; What should I do?
Depends on what you've done to troubleshoot so far 🤷♂️
@@AskYourComputerGuyI am not able to do anything with it. How do I troubleshoot it?
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Thank you very much! This video really helped me with my laptop, which was veeeery slowwwww as your client mentioned. I followed all your steps in detail, and it seems to be working better! I will do the same with my mother's pc and she will define toy thank me 😂
Fantastic! Let me know how it goes with her PC!
Thank you for a great video. I will be following some of your clear info to try to speed up my sometimes very slow laptop. Don't know why it should vary so much, although it is getting on in years, but hopefully, Tron etc will improve its speed.
Fingers crossed! 🙏
Hi Computer Guy! You are fantastic! Thanks for sharing so useful and valuable information with us.
Thank you, much appreciated my friend 💪
I use to know how to do everything like this really well. but when they shuffled everything around in windows 8, I sort of lost track where everything was. Thank you. Horray for youtube I no longer have to ask my tech family members to maintain this stuff for me.
Thank you so much. Bless u my man
My pleasure! Glad it helped 👍
I always run a full chkdsk first, as some hard drives run slow because they trying and failing to load certain files in the background.
hello, I appreciate the time and effort you've taken to create this clip. I'd add, that a defrag on an older platter style disc is the last thing you should do in the workflow process, after apps, including the helpful ones have been removed for optimization. Moreover there are defragment programs that will allow the most commonly used programs to be placed on the outer edge of the platter disc, speeding up the seek and access times. Giving a faster performance on enterprise used pc, where time is money. One free version example used to be provided by 0&0 Defrag. My understanding is that there is a newer edition for SSD but the use for cell ware, on a modern hard drives, is questionable. Thank you for free advice helping to protect and teach others.
Actually it is recommended to not defrag SSD drives. The seek Time to get to the next chunk of data in a file is not dependent on how "far apart" the chunks of data are, as is the case with a spinning drive. Also writing data to an ssd is what eventually causes the drive to fail
Correct. But to be fair, when I made this video, very few PC'S or laptops came with SSD drives
I heartily agree that defrag should be done as the final step after everything else is finished.
Thank you for confirming what I've always understood about SSD drives-Not to defrag. I have an SSD and was starting to wonder if I had the wrong idea, so thanks again for keeping me out of trouble. @@AlDunbar
Thank you so much, my computer was 34% fragmented.
To summarize, do not defrag an SSD The answer is short and simple - do not defrag a solid state drive. At best it won't do anything, at worst it does nothing for your performance and you will use up write cycles. If you have done it a few times, it isn't going to cause you much trouble or harm your SSD
1000% agreed. It will degrade the life span significantly, and you only get so many reads and writes
@@AskYourComputerGuy Why are you to doing this in your video? Again your advice is questionable and you don't explain what type of drive this person has and come out with blanket advice to defrag your drive.
@@pvtjohntowle4081 its not a SSD
Probably because it wasn't an SSD, so that was natural for me after 30 years of doing it. I should have made a point to address that, but I didn't. Good point though
It's HDD it shows on the defraggler, but even so if it was an SSD defrag programs recognise & only do Trim command unless forced to defrag..
Son of a… *tears up script* Good job Scott. Sharing this on my channel.
34:10 :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy HAH! You didn't have to do that. Appreciate. Throwing the love right back at ya. You know your stuff.
Hey, you taught an old dog a new trick. Gotta give props where they're due, brother!
Adding some of your vids to my playlist for future reference. I just joined your Discord.
Thank you and welcome to the community! 💪
Just a few things to mention remind people that defragging ssds is not recommended also I have found turning off the Xbox game bar and turning off all background apps really speeds up the computers
Agreed
I like to verify the drive either in terminal or with crystal disk info or hdd sentinel first before stressing it out. Often they are failing and it happened to me where it just craps out while I’m trying to fix the computer.
Love the Brave browser. Basically using that unless having loading issues on certain websites
Haven't worked my way around to trying it out. Heard a lot of good things. Will have to give it the old pros and cons one day!
Great videos! Your presentation is easy to follow. I have two desktops, and old laptop (all Win10) and just got an Acer laptop Windows 11. I will go through the Windows10 following your advice and free downloads. I'm running Norton 360, but it's so darn expensive, around $275/yr. A free program I run about once a month is a hard drive cloning program called Macrium Reflect. It works like a charm duplicating with a USB cable direct into the external SSD. If my system goes down the main system is on SSD waiting to be plugged in or simply open up the computer and switch cables from the C:drive. If my system goes down the main system is on SSD waiting to be plugged in. Thanks again, I will make a follow up report on how my cleanup turns out!
Please do!
2:01 - SSDs don't need defrags, only TRIM. Run it through (MS) Defrag command, or SSD optimization software.
Correct. But this was an HDD not SSD
Great tutorial, thank you for sharing your expertise. I ran defraggler said 33% but I have SSD so I clicked on optimize. What else can you do for an SSD?
Don't run defrag on an SSD, it will shorten it's life span. Not much you can do for am SSD, out your energy into squeezing out as much performance from Windows, that will make the difference. Adding RAM never a bad idea either
SSD's don't have any moving parts, it's all electronic. No real need to do anything to them except disable Trim to help prolong the life of your SSD
@Bertminator correct. This video was made specifically for a HDD years ago. Got another video coming out soon about defrag ONLY on HDD
Great info keep up the good work. Do you still recommend this programs now in 2024 to better protect your pc or laptop.
For the most part, yes. I'd never recommend anything I haven't used myself for years. Got an updated version coming soon - stay tuned 👍
Thank you
Fragmentation is NOT number of files fragmented. A few large files likely have many fragments while many more smaller ones likely have none. % fragmentation is ((number of fragments/number of files) -1) *100. The steps should not be run simultaneously on a SLOW PC. Installing a program while defragging the disc will install that program into the sectors freed by CCleaner. Defraggler is a single pass defragger that can't move some files in use. Running multiple disc access programs simultaneously will slow all of them . Manually clean, malware sweep, then defragment, then install. btw, AYCG should explain why he did this all manually and then recommend TRON which will do all but the manual cleaning and anti-malware installation automatically.
Glad you said it - I didn't want to be "That" guy!!! Also... if you have an active internet link... plenty of Live scans for free available from the likes of Kaspersky etc. Use them to establish a bass line, a build from there. If the problem persists pop the drive out and slave it to another PC - now run your scans. And I'm sorry but I am a "Nuke it, its quicker" tech. Yes, I have all the knowledge and experience to do the job properly... but usually... I just wipe and reinstall. Yes, lazy - but 40 years of watching a blue line move will do that to you. Linux for disaster recovery, Fresh install of Windoze for pretty much everything else. Couple of comments below banging on about AVG.... I have used AVG on and off for over 20 years... Honestly - and I'm serious - I don't trust them. Maybe they've changed (I think I read somewhere they were bought out?) But... nah - I've only had problems with them. The only reason I use Avast is because its so easy to switch off (I use lots of... erm... self-sourced.... software that AV systems tend not to like....) Honestly if Windows Defender had a simple "off" switch I use that. I did try programming one... erm... yeah, that was a re-install. I ain't a programmer. Nuh-uh.
@@damightyshabba439 I've been a musician for 30+ years and I've never once heard of anyone using a virus scanner to establish a bass line!
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I like Revo Uninstaller Pro portable version. Cheap, professional and have not failed me yet. Good to use on stubborn software. Things that love to implement itself in the startup sequence for instance. Free stuff is great, but Revo is awesome 😎
Revo is great...IF you install it before installing anything else on the PC. As with most uninstaller programs, it's not always great at retroactively removing programs
@@AskYourComputerGuyI personally ONLY use Revo Uninstaller portable (portable apps are best because they don't leave any remnants) but I do love Revo!
yup i use revo for any software
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Thank you for your content. I subscribed the channel. I read somewhere that it is not recommended to use a defragmenter on modern ssd. Is that true? I use Norton 360 and have used Kaspersky before. In your opinion how does such a paid subscription software compare to the free software like Avast that you recommend in your videos? Last I used ccleaner for many years and it was a great tool to clean the pc. I heard that with modern windows systems (I use Win11) it is not required. What is your opinion on that?
Correct. Never defrag an SSD. I use Avast free and MalwareBytes Pro and have zero issues. MalwareBytes is definitely worth the money IMO. CCleaner is a useful tool to regularly clean out temp files, but Windows cleanup just a fair job as well, so CCleaner isn't necessary 👍
Great stuff. I believe it was the case to require running Defrag for HDD because of the heads seeking all over the place, and making the files more contiguous on the drive. Since SSD drives are solid state, is running Defrag as critical, necessary, or recommended?
No, never run defrag on an SSD. It will dramatically shorten it's life span. HDD only
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thank you .... much appreciated. I appreciate your work and sharing your knowledge, tips, and tricks. Cheers
Thanks for the support! ;)
@@AskYourComputerGuy Don''t run it manually, but don't disable it either. It's what handles the system call for trim.
Agreed. When it comes to SSD, you should absolutely let Windows (or your SSD control software) handle the TRIM settings. 100% 💪
Hi there. Greetings from Germany! Thank you so much for putting your time and effort into helping others who sometime have their struggles with Windows 10 & More so 11. I have had so many different issues over the past months, it drives me crazy at times when the bloody thing doesn´t work as it should. I have different problems with my NV-whatsumecallit SSD which won´t boot anymore, and my normal SSDs are also acting up - Windows can´t be found or it isn’t a bootable disk, no administrator rights are there etc. The list is endless!!! I hope one day that I can solve those problems.
Wm, definitely make sure to post specific problems - I and my loyal viewers are very helpful at finding solutions :)
Thank you so much. I wil try to gather info for you later on. Bye for now!@@AskYourComputerGuy
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Hey! Can I just ask if you have made a video on the files on the USB you have installed? I think its really cool!
Meaning the utilities that I keep on my flash drive? Never thought of that, great idea! 👍
This guy is now my No.1 "Go To" source for all things computer tech. However, it's a shame that you didn't follow through with adding the links in the description. There is no Tron link.
Sorry about that. The link is in the video description here: Clean ANY malware or virus off ANY Windows computer with one FREE and SIMPLE program! kzhead.info/sun/bMyQp71wg6FqlJ8/bejne.html
I always replace the hard drive with an SSD. I've been doing this for years and it makes a huge difference in performance.
Actually about to release a video showing exactly that, mechanical vs SSD vs m.2 :)
Hasn't both CCleaner and avast had major privacy concerns with selling user data? Sorry just going off of memory. Maybe also go with a speed test and see what kind of temps you get under load that things pretty old so some cheap ram might help a bit but that processor is probably tired, alot of systems that got free windows upgrades should've opted out cause they're just not built for it.
Yes on all accounts. Couldn't agree more on the opt-out too
Why in God's name would you uninstall Webroot and deliberately install Avast?????? Your logic is ill!!!
Because a) Webroot is crap and b) I've used and trusted Avast for years. It protects my personal system daily, and I have terabytes of customer data (many times infected files) and it stops them every single time. You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think Webroot/Walmart special Webroot is NOT a quality antivirus
@@woolymittens I mean you eat ketchup on your fish sticks
That is true. Avast has become an up sell nightmare with pop ups and serious privacy concerns. CCleaner is unnecessary junkware as Windows does defragmentation on standard spinning drives just fine without 3rd party software, and is harmful to SSDs. In addition, "registry cleaning" is not only useless when it comes to performance, it is also dangerous. As much as the professional side of our industry has generally panned CCleaner I am surprised this guy is recommending this.
I was told that CCleaner was taken over by another company, and not to use it because it can hurt the computer by erasing important registry entries, and to use Disk Cleanup instead; but I'm considering reinstalling CCleaner and use it again. Any advice is appreciated, and thanks for the upload!
CCleaner was purchased by Avast Antivirus. Chris Titus says that it can "hurt" the registry, but I disagree. I've used it 10,000+ times, never once has it prevented a PC from booting. Ideally, it's best to use for temp cleanup, and yes, disk cleanup does the job just as well
@@AskYourComputerGuy First of all, Avast is a **** company. Worst antivirus out there. Can't tell you how many pc's I've found completely compromised by a host of viruses/malware - and about 88% - had Avast pre-installed, telling them their pc was "safe." Malwarebytes is the way to go - just pay for their pro version/antivirus. Small price to pay to be safe. And...Um.....you seem to be completely unaware of the great Ccleaner scandal. Pro's don't use it anymore. It's lost the trust of the general public. Ccleaner's name = mud. From the wiki: "After Piriform was acquired by Avast, in September 2017, CCleaner 5.33 was compromised by the incorporation into the distributed program of the Floxif trojan horse that could install a backdoor, enabling remote access to 2.27 million[30] machines which had installed CCleaner to be infected.[31][32] Avast insisted that the malware was already in CCleaner version 5.33, prior to the purchase of Piriform. Forty of the infected machines received a second-stage payload that appears to have targeted technology companies Samsung, Sony, Asus, Intel, VMWare, O2, Singtel, Gauselmann, Dyn, Chunghwa and Fujitsu.[33][34] On 13 September, Piriform released CCleaner 5.34 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191, without the malicious code.[35] On 21 October 2019, Avast disclosed a second security breach during which attackers tried again to insert malware inside CCleaner releases. That attempt was unsuccessful.[36] " In a nutshell - they took Ccleaner, turned it into spyware/malware - and blamed it on others. (And tried to do it again!)
That's a good start. The link for the defraggler program is a bad gateway.
They were bought out by CCleaner. You can get it at CCleaner.com now
@@AskYourComputerGuy That worked, thanks.
maybe this was mentioned in a comment below but was this computer using Hard Disc Drives and not ssd's? because you don't want to defrag a PC with SSD's. I just found your channel today thanks for the info!
Not mentioned in the video because (at the time) most of the computers I worked on had HDD (SSD was still pricey). But yes mentioned in the comments...and good catch 💪
G620...2011 to 2013 so 10 years old. Odds are, drive is a rusticle and not an SSD. It is maybe 10 years old as well. With anything that old, I open Computer Management, can check hardware installed, and check logs, especially hardware errors. A 10 year old motherboard may also have bad caps... dried or leaking, a quick look inside for either puffed up capacitors or that whitish sandy stuff on the top of them is a dead giveaway. You may hear the fans going full tilt with the computer just sitting there at the desktop, if the caps are bad, because Intel Speed Step won't work with bad caps not able to regulate the power on the rails so the processor is going full tilt doing nothing. Then you try and run a program and there is no more go juice left because the processor is already full tilt at idle... You can improve the software side, for sure, as it has only 4 gigs ram anything you can stop that doesn't need to be running is a plus, but it's an uphill battle on old hardware.
Agreed
I had a computer instructor who seemed to spend the whole time in class trying to fix the computer and only creating more issues. I concluded that he was teaching me what NOT to do. Definitely not worth the $8,000 they charged me.
Ouch!!!
I know computers have riotously evolved, but seeing that many programs run at once scares me 🙂 You may want to run the registry in CCleaner twice because it showed more for me.
I only run as many programs at once as necessary to make progress. It's just evaluating each machine based on performance. Many times I can run multiple programs at once and just come back hours later so the time doesn't make a difference
@@AskYourComputerGuy It's all good! I have learned a lot from you so thank you and keep at it!
Thanks! I appreciate that 🍺
Great video! The fact that CCleaner is taking that long indicates that Junk files are likely the biggest cause of the slow down. Also, I never let CCleaner have at my Registry. I did that once and paid $150 for an IT guy to hunt down the one critical file CCleaner deleted from my Registry. I should have created a Registry backup first. My dumb!! Should you be running programs while a defrag is going on?
It won't hurt it to run programs during a defrag. May just slow it down a bit
Hey guy, good stuff..thanks. I have a RAM issue - when the browser has 1 tab, RAM is about 33%, 2nd tabs, 38%, 3rd tabs, 44%, 5th tab, more than 50%. Then it slows down the machine. Sometimes, when the Disk and CPU go up to more than 70%, the PC doesn't respond. Can you advise what seems to be the problem?? I have scanned the PC and also did defragment. Thank you
Another gr8 video, but can I ask a question? I know not to try to run a debugger on an SSD, but you said in this video "Tron runs its own debugger", so if I only have an SSD on my PC or laptop does that mean I cant run Tron on my systems or is there something with Tron where you can run it but tell it not to debug the system? Thank you
Great question! TronScript will detect an SSD and automatically skip the defrag portion. Thx for the question!
I assume you meant "defrag" vs "debug". Two totally different things ;)
@@AskYourComputerGuy Im so sorry defrag" LOL And from you say this Tron is clever
I knew what you meant ;)
Wouldnt it mainly be the 4gb and the hdd that is making it slow? Did you notice a big difference from before and after? What was the main reason if you did see a difference?
The 4GB and HDD definitely are the biggest contributors to system speed, no doubt. You can't make a Pinto into a Ferrari, so you have to have realistic expectations. The machine will only go so fast, even with a fresh Windows install on it. Knowing what the end user "used to have" vs what it's currently doing is the biggest difference. Sometimes, even a 10-20% increase is enough for them to be happy. Always helps to know and set realistic expectations
I heard that the more modern/upto date machines with M.2 SSDs don't need Defragmenting T/F?
Correct. Same as SSD, all digital, no defrag needed
I used Ccleaner for years but a few months ago, I may have fallen into the trap of listening to too many "Amexperts" (amateur experts) who were disparaging the program (often in the typical Troll-like and haughty manner). Some said it was outright harmful. I stopped using it, through maybe being over-cautious. Should I go back to using it again (it never seemed to do me any harm, in the past)?
It has its purpose. I use it to clean cached files (the way TronScript does) but don't use it for anything else
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thanks for replying. I formerly used it for that but also to dig out PUPs for me (many being covertly installed along with other applications and manifesting, at best, as Bloatware but, at worst, heaven only knows. Never had an issue but, as I said, I saw so many shrilly hysterical comments from folk saying to get it off my computer. Thing is, we never know the agendas those commentators may have and we see exactly the same attacks made upon pretty much every application or program ever produced. A world of deception, bias and vested interests perpetually hammers away at our senses and can sometimes undermine confidence where such is not necessarily due. Thanks, again.
I meant to add, my photos, videos, files, Quicken etc are backed up on two internal drives, 4 external hard drives, various thumb drives some of which are in a fireproof safe. If something goes wrong I don't have to panic. My passwords are in the safe too, I don't trust external sources (cloud, norton etc) to keep things safe. I have a second desktop as a basic backup in case our main pc has issues. The desktops are NOT networked just in case of unwanted bugs. Norton VPN is always on!
Would you give us a link in the description for Tron?
www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/wiki/downloads/
Thanks
My pleasure!
I have an old system that runs as well as it ever did (well, if it isn't one of the 3-4 times per day that Avast decides to thrash the C drive for 2-3 minutes, and assuming that Opera hasn't eaten up every single last byte of available memory, causing a 5-10 minute disk thrashing session), except for the fact that it's now relative slow to boot, and slow to shutdown. When booting, it loads to the Windows logon screen, but continues to thrash the system drive for an additional 3-4 minutes. When the activity light finally stops flashing, I logon, it loads the desktop and there's an additional 2-3 minutes of disk activity. When shutting down, there's a minute or so of disk activity, then the drive goes silent, although the disk activity light is still lit, but not flashing. It doesn't appear to actually be doing anything. After 30-60 seconds of nothing, there's another flurry of disk activity, and then the power shuts off. Scans don't show any infections, Ccleaner mostly only found outdated references to programs I've run on an external drive, which are no longer there (it missed all the left over registry entries for the 2-3 dozen small Unity games that I ran years ago though). I've tried killing all tasks before shutting down, but it doesn't make any difference. As far as I can tell from Task Manager and Process Explorer, there's nothing strange running in the background. It just goes off into limbo while shutting down. I hate installing anything that requires a reboot because it takes so damn long.
Excellent explanation. If you handed it to me with this problem (assuming we can take the age of the PC out of the equation), I would first run SFC /scannow to check for file system corruption, then run chkdsk /R to repair damaged files and verify disc integrity. You've done everything else relevant to fixing PC performance
@@AskYourComputerGuy Unfortunately, I can't run SFC because it almost immediately asks me to insert my Windows CD, which I don't have. I bought this computer refurbished and I never got a Windows CD with it. And since every version of Windows has about 50 different editions, I have no idea what one it's looking for. It has Windows XP, Pro, SP3 installed, patched up to the last update that MS put out, and I've tried putting in an XP Pro disc, but it didn't accept that. Granted, it was a modified one, since I've never been able to find anywhere to download a 100% original, unmodified copy, and attempting to buy a copy online is like flipping a coin whether you'll get a legitimate copy or a bootleg. Even then, I'd be buying a copy without even knowing if that one would satisfy SFC. I haven't run chkdsk fully, because I'm somewhat lazy and haven't devoted the time to letting it finish. After running in just check mode, it's at about 3% after like 10-15 minutes. I can be one of those people who will deal with a small inconvenience rather than spending time to try and fix the problem. I'll run it in the near future though.
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@@AskYourComputerGuy I ran chkdsk /r today. The first time I tried was right before I went out. It said it would schedule it for next boot, I rebooted, it came up, I took my eyes off it for a couple seconds and the next thing I know, it booted normally. I had to go, so I just shut it down. When I got home, I booted up, ran it, it said it needed to schedule it for next boot, so I rebooted. It took about two hours and when it finished, it said that Windows had made corrections to the drive. Not much has changed though. I restarted just to see if it would shut down any quicker. I guess it was marginally faster. There was a flurry of disk activity, then it went silent with no audible activity, but the light was on solid for 45-60 seconds, then it instantly rebooted without a second flurry of activity, so I guess that's a sort of progress. I noticed that while it was verifying file data (step 4), it would do the same thing: All disk activity seemed to stop for fairly long periods of time, although the activity light would stay on. Note that I'm judging this by the sounds that I can hear the drive making. When I load a program or copy something to/from the drive, I can hear it working. Also, sometimes I'll be doing something like watching a video, or typing a message, and I'll hear the drive start to chatter. 99% of this this is due to Avast. I know this because I'll run Process Monitor and it will just be hundreds of entries of programs from the Avast suite running and accessing various files.
I've had muliple systems do exactly this. It seems to be that Avast works fine for 1-3 years, then goes crazy just thrashing disk drives to 100% usage for long periods of time. I tried every remedy. Only thing that worked - every time - has been to delete Avast. This requires going into Safe Mode upon restart, something once easy but now quite hard to do, then you can delete it. I don't like deleting good programs, but Avast seems to have an installation time limit and this fixes the problem.
Question I have is with the defrag. I was told never to defrag a solid state hard drive. So in a situation like this, how would you be able to do all the steps you are using to speed up the computer?
You see correct, you don't want to defrag an SSD. However, all of the other steps still apply. Removing startup items, uninstalling unneeded programs, browser extensions, installing and running quality AV and malware scans, and observing best practices are the best way to keep a PC running at best performance
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thank you!
@@AskYourComputerGuy You need to make this clearer your video tutorial, people will get the wrong information about defragging a SSD when it is not necessary.
I agree.
Windows handles SSD optimization all by itself automatically, you rarely have to manually use disk optimization tool manually. Also any methods shown here doesn't notably speed up system that isn't filled with junk and such (and also older than 10 years or so). Nowadays, you are more likely forced to uninstall programs you don't want to from your SSD to speed things up (lack of space :D) rather than having to start doing all this.
All what you need to do is back up what files you want, and format the thing, it is a lot faster and cleaner than thinking that tools actually work. You have a lot of very clever hackers that can work around most tools, so a format is really the safest option. Job done no need to watch a video.
Agreed, except this video, as all my videos are, is made for people who either don't have the knowledge or ability to format their computer, don't have a way to back up (not everyone lives near a Walmart or uses Amazon), and frankly is either scared of doing anything that they think would cause them to lose their files, or they have so much stuff they just freeze up at the thought. People like you and me would throw everything on a backup drive, use our Windows installer, wipe and reload, replace files, use Ninite to auto install our favorite programs, re-sync our browsers to get our bookmarks and passwords back, and be done. But we're not the "average" user. That's who these videos are designed for. You're not wrong, but your answer is meant for a different crowd of people ;)
4:31 it’s okay to run all those overlapping programs at once? Sorry if you covered that already, I’m new here.
As long as the machine can run them, yes
Since I haven't run Tron yet, does it have command line switches to disable programs you don't want to run; since one could screw-up an SSD drive?
Yes, but you don't need them for the SSD. It will detect it is a digital drive and skip the defrag 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy - Great!
All that I can say is that I tripled my computer speed by UPGRADING it to Windows 7. I also have AVG antivirus and use "SPYBOT search and destroy" on the computer. I have now had the computer running like this for a few years and no problems. I love that my computer is much much faster than when Windows 10 was on it. I case you don't know I am an A+ certified computer tech.
Spybot is great! Not what it used to be back in the day, but still a great tool to have in your arsenal
Well then, you ought to know that going from Win 10 to Win 7 is technically a DOWNGRADE and your performance issues are probably hardware limitations.
Malwarebytes is a lot more powerful than Spybot from my experience... Spybot seemed to basically do what adw cleaner does but adw doesn't take 3 hours to finish
@jasonwirick149 100% agree
2:00 to 3:00 shows the folder with antivirus tools used
I'm confused as to how this customer's disk got so fragmented, when Windows 7, 10, 11 by default run a defrag every Wed at 1:00am? Did someone disable the Wed defrag job on this system? I'd be very curious as to what it says... if one were to (on this customer system): 1) type "disk defrag" in the Search box 2) run the app which pops up and 3) see what is says under the "Current Status" column for the "Windows (C):" drive. The machines I've checked all say "OK (4% fragmented)". Also, do you ever run a benchmark program (to exercise the CPU or disk I/O) before and after speeding up a customer computer? If so, which benchmark program do you recommend? (I'm looking for one). Thanks in advance.
No idea why auto defrag didn't work. It certainly shouldn't have let it get this bad. I don't normally benchmark my local clients, I just know when it's fixed vs something is still "off". Sometimes I use Cinebench, but mostly when doing reviews, less on determining repair. Clients don't care about numbers, they just want it to work "like it used to" :)
With webroot barely taking up any processing power it seems a bit of a waste to remove it if the customer has paid for it. Avast is free but I have found it to not be trustworthy enough to leave on my pc vs a paid webroot AV. That being said. If you are on a tight budget then microsoft defender and avast together will be a good combo.
Agreed. And Webroot in my experience just doesn't find the malware 🤷♂️
@@AskYourComputerGuy What malware does it not detect? Also is it in cases where webroot is not connected to the web?
I don't know specific malwares by name, but I have run MalwareBytes on top of Webroot many times and it finds handfuls of infections. That makes me think it's not a quality product. Your results may vary 🤷♂️
I am building a new computer with windows 10. What software do you suggest I load?
Depends on your needs, and how much you like to "dabble" on the internet. For an average user that just uses a PC for the same 5-6 things and that's it, I would install Avast free AV (Windows Defender is decent as well, and included in Windows). I would also install MalwareBytes Pro (Free version is ok but has to be updated manually). I would probably go ahead and install open office to have a free office utility. Additionally, I would create a Windows USB flash drive for emergency recovery. And some type of cloud back up. I recommend Carbonite. I have a special link for my viewers to Carbonite, if you’re interested. Other than that, whatever else you put on there is really going to be dependent on the type of things that you need the PC for
This is the most frequent client [machine] issue, would it be possible to do an update? Thanks!
Working on an updated SSD version 👍
Many thanks!
@acebyfar605 anytime! 👍
I have to disagree about uninstalling or installing programs while running defraggler at the same time. I'd say that would be a conflict. What's your take on that? --- Also, there seems to be a problems as to which Registry Cleaner to use! Each author seems to decide what to remove, and most of the time, they actually HARM the registry. So it's a good idea to back up the registry before running one of these programs!
I would say I've done it for 30+ years with zero issues. As the files are deleted, the defrag will just skip to the next file 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy - Yes, but SSD's Haven't been around that long. ;-) This wasn't a problem with the old platter drives. As an addendum as of 2024, it is still not a good idea to de-frag an SSD. I haven't seen a program yet that is safe for them!
I wouldn't do anything with the registry. I have read a lot about reg cleaners and Microsoft even says it is not recommended to use a reg cleaner. But to each their own.
You lost me at "Microsoft says" 😂. Truth is, if you do it the right way, it's fine. Emphasis on "right way" 💪
@@AskYourComputerGuy Like I said to each their own =). No need really to clean the registry either. Cause it will only cause issues and not really solve any. But at least you made a backup first. Most people dont even do that hahahaha
Making changes without a backup is just...well, dumb. Because #Microsoft 😂
@@AskYourComputerGuy True
Did Tron verify all good Sectors and HDD health?
to my knowledge, TronScript does NOT check for bad sectors. It does run a chkdsk /f which can sometimes indicate hard drive failure, especially if that particular scan takes longer than normal. That would definitely be an indicator of a potential problem. If you suspect drive sector problems, I would run chkdsk /r *before* running TronScript, if possible.
Why do you use additional Defragmentation tool if there are built-in which should run by schedule? And use virus scan and defragmentation at the same time at the HDD it's not the best idea Do You have a list of all that apps from the folder? It would be nice for viewers
I don't care for Windows defrag, I just don't think it does a good job. Plus prefer the visual element instead of the "defragmenting" label. Running a scan and defragmenting at the same time is fine, won't affect anything. I just tend to throw everything at the pc at once, it all has to be done anyway, and also gives me a better idea of when the pc finally starts running better. Sorry, which apps? This video was a few years ago 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy At Win XP it was nice to sit and see all that running bricks during defragmentation. 😀 For HDD it's better consequence reading and writing. Defragmentation and virus scan doesn't damage enything but makes a lot random tasks so it slowing down a lot. But you can just run everything and leave it. By apps I mean all that apps from the folder You put at disk С and use. Your teck-apps you use
@user-gf8wd3hx7r I do miss the bricks 😂
@user-gf8wd3hx7r oh you mean the repair tools?
@@AskYourComputerGuy Yep
Whenever I try to run any game on my pc (ASUS TUF F15) my Wi-Fi option just disappears. Sometimes my Bluetooth shakes hand with the Wi-Fi and plays the same trick on me. The only thing that fixes it is a network reset which demands a restart. I have tried so many online guides and videos, but nothing seems to work. Please tell me if there is something that I can do to fix this issue.
That would drive me crazy. Besides a network reset, you could try Windows network troubleshooter. After that, Windows reinstall would definitely take care of it 🥲
Cheers
Hi, You said that you would put a link to Tron in the description, however, I do not see anything marker as Tron. I really want to down that program, especially for my wife's computer. Can you tell me what the link is, please? thank you very much!!!!
It's in there. It's the Major Geeks link ;)
*** updated safe download link: Here's the trusted source link: m.majorgeeks.com/mg/getmirror/tron,1.html
I am not a fan of ccleaner, it became very noisy on my phone. I use wise disk cleaner.
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There a tool that your can run to cut out 3 or 4 diagnostic tools, called Adware cleaner made Malwarebytes. Also I would to see if had it has SSD if it did not I would upgrade SSD with mirror image from original drive. With the price of SSD and the amount of hours you have to spend working with spinning hard drive. It always come out cheaper on labor and the bill will be lower. Tron would taken 1 or 2 hours to run instead of the 12 hours. The only reason I would keep the spinning drive in that is unit would being converted to Chromebook Flex and drive is less than 5 years old. Different techs do it different way coming up with the same results I like to finish this type of cleanup in less than 2 hours. Microsoft does not change their stance on the qualifications for windows 11 by the year 2025. Microsoft will consider this unit obsolete and unsupported so Chromebook flex will be the only way to keep running after that date, and from the looks of the system, this will be a very good option for that user.
Interesting 👍
Ok down loaded defraggler. Running and says 8% fragmented and will take greater than one day remaining time. Could this be right?
Yes, that's not abnormal, especially if the machine hasn't been cleaned or defragged recently. Just be patient
I have heard that SSD drive should not be defragmented. Is that true?
Correct 💪
It would be funny if someone's PC starts running slow and that little turtle from the still picture appears like that out of nowhere walking across your keyboard lol!
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What would you run for windows 7, 64 bit 8GB ram, 1tb HD
The same. These tools are pretty universal in Windows, definitely going back to Windows 7. You just might have to access the menus differently but the tools are there.
I have a question about defraggler it's showing my used disk space going up is that right supposed to happen
It might go up during the process, but as it gets near done, it should reallocate everything accordingly
Why didn't the Windows 10 general defrag program just keep it defraged? Personally I haven't needed to defrag anything in years because Windows just kind of stays on top of it.
It is supposed to. I don't think it does a very good job personally
I just analysed my new pc and says 16% fragmentation. As it's an ssd I'm getting the "lifetime may reduce warning" is it still OK to defragment? Idk if I wanna mess my ssd up if possible this way. Can anyone help please?
No. Never defrag an SSD. Windows has SSD optimization built-in
Do you have an upgrade video on this KZhead video?
Closest one I have is the TronScript video - it's a one click all encompassing solution that works VERY well to clean up old machines! Clean ANY malware or virus off ANY Windows computer with one FREE and SIMPLE program! kzhead.info/sun/bMyQp71wg6FqlJ8/bejne.html
CCleaner... in all my uses, considering i use in a normal way and not to advanced mode... ANY TIME I USE THIS SOFTWARE, ANY TIME... i find my Windows have problems... ANY SINGLE TIME.
That's unusual. I've used CCleaner on just about every machine I touch (to be fair, just to clean temo/cache files and tidy up the registry). I've never had any issues with it. Do I trust any of the "extra" features? Nope! But those two features seem to work well for me. Sorry you've had these issues
What about Blackbird dude? Whenever my system starts running slow I run it and it speeds up every time. Another FREE program and updated regularly. Removes BIG BROTHER :)
One of my best friends has been begging me to check it out and make a video about it! Guess I better get on it now :)
Do you still use ccleaner? I've been reading articles lately that it is not safe to install.
Safe to install. Safe to use for disc cleanup. Everything else I would probably avoid 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy in the video didn't you also use it to clean the registry?
A 500GB SSD would help, they're available for less than $30.
Agreed. However, I try to make these videos for average users who, frankly, might not be able to know how to purchase an SSD, backup data, download Windows and install it. You are 100% correct, but this is for people who just "want their computer to run like it used to". Thanks for the comment!
Unless there is no recovery partition. Or maybe they don't know how to download a Windows ISO. I always assume worst caee
Depends. Usually you can specify sector by sector or just image
Honestly, not sure enough about DISM backups to say yes or no. Sorry!
Stop up dates. They put malware in updates to slow your PC down to make to buy new ones with built-in malware to there advantage
Does Tron script auto defrag? Not good door ssd then right?
It skips defrag if SSD is detected
And agreed, that would be bad
Defrag after cleaner and uninstalls because you have removed files and need to reanalyse . Good tutorial though
That’s an excellent point. I would think the level of fragmentation after would be manageable, but you’re not wrong.
defragmenting shifts files & parts of files around to make room so the drive can become MORE DEFRAGMENTED DURING the process registry is the SETTINGS FILE not windows instructions
Yes, the drive usually ends up more defragmented, but only during the process of reallocating files to locations for faster, access, and closer proximity. When done, the drives are always less fragmented. sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Just depends on the types of files in the sizes and how much available storage space windows has to use
just a defrag comment. Before Hybrid (SSHD) and SSD drives . . . . I was running 4 windows VMs 24 hrs/day and doing lots of file create/delete and database fill and delete. I setup scripts to run on the weekends --- defrag INSIDE each VM and shutdown. then run smart defrag on the host drives (2 7200 RPM WD in RAID-0). And Boot-Time defrag on monthly schedule. Anyway... Monday mornings - everything was super smooth. By the end of each week, I could FEEL the sludge.... So I attest to the affects of fragmentation on mechanical HDDs. I've seen large files on never-defragged drives with over 60,000 fragments. **Especially** bad if that large file is your swap file. I wavered between "PerfectDisk", "DiskKeeper", and "AusLogics" (and Norton Tools WAY back in the day). They each have their strengths -- including Proactive and In-the-background modes that keep things squeaky clean and moving the most used files to the center of the drive for the fastest access times. grace and peace to alll
if were talking bout slowness - I first make sure all drivers are up to date ... then go on to the next steps.
Always a good idea to update drivers, but I've never found drivers to be the primary suspect for slow computers. Not noticeably anyway. My focus is to always figure out the thing that is causing the biggest speed hurdle and tackle that first, so the repair process doesn't take forever. Then whittle down all the other things (drivers, fragmentation, startup items, etc), until the machine is running right again. There's no set order, but it just makes sense to avoid the bus before avoiding the pedestrian ;)
I haven't defragged a drive in probably ten years, I literally forgot about it. If someone brings me a pc and says it's slow, I install a dirt cheap SSD to replace it.
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What about using system mechanic?
I've never trusted system mechanic. Use at your own risk, I've never found much value in it.
Where do I find these programs?
Which ones specifically, please?
Is Ccleaner safe? I heard something happened and it became spyware or sumn?
I trust it to perform disk cleanup, file deletion etc. I don't trust it much beyond that, not because it's spyware, but because it's an "all-in-one" cleaner. They usually aren't worth a hoot in that capacity
@@AskYourComputerGuy gotcha so just good for a couple specific uses :) also I see that link Tron something is that a link to your tools?
@BleakDeath yes, TronScript is 100% awesome and safe to use
Great work, but there are no links.
Just checked, you're right. This video was made over a year ago, I must have forgotten to add them. Which software exactly do you need a link to and I'll add it. Thanks
if your still defraging a hdd still your pc is old go buy a motherboard to suit an M2 stick sdd & watch the speed go fast as you dont defragg a M2 only optimise store all movies saved apps on a spare HDD never your window os drive
I agree never defrag an SSD, but not everyone wants (or can afford) a new PC. These are the people I make videos for. Sometimes it's just not in the budget 🥲
Ive watched several of your videos. And I have yet to find the “any” key on my keyboard. 😤
LOL good one 😂
😮 Old one. But it makes me giggle
Always makes me laugh 😂
I agree. But if all you did on your computer was Skyping, then maybe leave it running? 🥳
Absolutely. Assuming the pc was fast enough to support that extra startup process. But in that case, sure!
Hello, I am the guy who needs to get a wifi connection back, after telling windows to "forget" a particular one. Deletion of the wireless adapter didn't work. Windows installed again after reboot, but the wifi I want didn't come back as available.
Assuming you were able to connect to it before, sounds like perhaps some Windows corruption. Run sfc /scannow from a command prompt and see if there is any Windows corruption. After that, research the DISM command to further repair. If that doesn't work, I'd recommend a Windows reset to restore a complete and functional copy of Windows. That will take care of the network wifi issue 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thanks, if I do a reset will I lose my saved files and folders?
@davidsyrus3157 you'll have the option to keep or delete your files when doing a reset
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thank you, Sir. I will try the scanning first and use reset as a last resort.
@davidsyrus3157 excellent! 👍
How do I turn my clipboard back on?
So You remove crap ware and then install Avast , Ccleaner , etc So You remove and add crap ware
I've used Avast free for years and it also finds and removes malware and viruses off of client systems that run McAfee, Defender, Norton. If it didn't, I'd find a different solution. And CCleaner, regardless of what the other pros say, does do a good job of removing temporary files and folders...all the places that malware likes to hide. I remove it after the cleanup is done.
But there is an option in windows called disk defragments , why didn't you go for it ?
3:13 in the video
A dual core processor at 2.6 GHz and 4 GB of ram trying to run Win10 and you think that deleting a few junk files is going to speed things up? A faster quad core processor and two 8 GB sticks of ram would get you much farther than that fix did and could probably be bought for less than $130 at the time this video was made depending on the generation of ram required.
I don't disagree, but many people don't have that extra money in the budget. Or are just wanting to make it far enough to get through the next 6 months until they can upgrade to something faster. Also don't forget the labor cost if they can't do the CPU and RAM upgrade themselves. Each machine is different and each client has different needs. Not saying you're wrong, but the fixes I applied here did increase the performance that this client needed to make them happy :)
I was also scratching my head, running these free generic programes is pretty much pointless. Ccleaner needs to be ran every day, as what it wipes come back within a couple of hours anyway.
True
is Windows Security not good? does it not work?
For beginner, novice, average users, absolutely. Anyone who tends to click on a lot of emails, or does a lot of Google searches and tends to click on links without knowing exactly where they’re going, I would recommend at least a program like Avast. it really just depends on the user. If you are the type of person that generally does the same five or six things on your computer and that’s it, windows defender will be just fine for you.
Can't find the link to Tron?
Check the description for the updated link ;)
Well I installed Defraggler 222 and it identifies all my hdd as SSDs. It been a long time issue since 2018 and those that paid for the Pro version are getting zero help from the developers, so dont waste your time with it.
I've seen that before. It's odd. If you have standard mechanical hard drives, you can still run the program. Windows has a built-in defragmenter program, as well. Just not as visually appealing or informative
@@AskYourComputerGuy I have been running Auslogics Disk Defragmenter for years but thought I would try Defraggler which was mis-identifying my drives. Seems the paid users for Defraggler said the 2.21 version worked but not the upgrade, their forum showed no responses from their developers, oh well. Thanks just the same.
Can this work for a Tyos Virus
I have seen it remove a lot of viruses, so I don't see why it wouldn't.