[SOLVED] Laptop is freezing

[MarePC]

My Acer laptop is freezing, and once it does that, I can't even move cursor. It restart time is also too long. I was planning to upgrade to Windows 10. Can that be a solution?
Specs are:
Intel Pentium N3540@ 2.16GHz CPU
4GB DDR3 RAM
500 GB HDD
Windows 8.1 OS

 

[rgd1101]

upgrade to a ssd.
get more ram