My over spec Dell M4800 Laptop is unbearable to work with - Help me diagnose!

[samcramphorn]

Good Evening all (I'm based in the UK),

I am having some horrendous problems lately with my laptop when using it at work & at home.

For example from the entering my password correctly to opening notepad / web browser takes on avg 7 minutes.

Using a Virtual machine VM Ware & Oracle is a no go - if I boot it off my HDD it takes 15 / 20 minutes to load it up fully (even when allocating memory & processing correctly). If I boot it off my external HDD it's about 5 minutes quicker, but even when I am using it, it is just a nightmare to install programs on. Typical time for a roll back of an image / snapshot is 10 - 15 minutes or so.

From clicking Visual Studio 2015 to opening up the main menu (not even loading a project) is about 3 minutes (5 in total when I create my first C# class).

From clicking SQL Management Studio (SSMS) takes about 4 minutes (2008 / 2012 / 2014)

And even simple browsing (yes, in Chrome) is very slow. My missus Asus K53e with an Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core B800/B815 Processor runs quicker. I have to wait near enough for the whole webpage to load and some more before I can even scroll.

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My first set of trouble shooting was as follows:

Dell System Health Check from the boot screen - all OK
Disable the majority of my Start up items (I am left with the very bare minimum)
Delete Temp / Recycle Bin
Uninstalled Unused programs
Even disabled AV temporarily (Sophos)
Win Updates
Chk Disk
Put the performance settings to max in the power saving mode.
Heck, I even changed my background to plain black!
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I mean for a PC of the below spec, I shouldn't have any trouble having VS2015 & SSMS open at the same time whilst browsing, but unfortunately it grinds to a halt.

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My Current PC Specs:

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  Time of this report: 3/20/2017, 21:36:34
  Machine name: WorkLaptop
  Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_ldr.161011-0600)
  Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
  System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
  System Model: Precision M4800
  HardDrive: Seagate 1TB 2.5inch 9.5mm SSHD (500gb still free!)
  BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/19/15 02:54:03 Ver: A14.00
  Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4910MQ CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
  Memory: 16384MB RAM
  Available OS Memory: 16290MB RAM
  Page File: 7833MB used, 12453MB available
  Windows Dir: C:\windows
  DirectX Version: DirectX 11
  NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
  DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
  System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
  DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
  DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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When I look @ task manager I have ~130 processes running but even they aren't resource heavy.

I just don't know what else to suggest. I'm thinking of getting a new laptop from Work because I just cannot continue like this.

Could someone advised on whatelse I can look out for?

 

[samcramphorn]

Bump

 

[LucoTF]

High disk usage perhaps? You can check this in task manager > performance > resource monitor > disk

 

[samcramphorn]

High disk usage perhaps? You can check this in task manager > performance > resource monitor > disk

Afraid not:

http://i.imgur.com/o6UPumD.png

 

[drsantafe]

Could be you are loaded with malware adds and etc. My wife picks up tons of malware from playing card games and shopping on line. When she gets to over 1000 things do get mighty slow. Head over to bleepingcomputer.com and get some programs to clean out your computer.

I've been using an M6800 for a couple of years now. It chews through most everything very fast.

 

[tomlewho]

Pretty late to the party but i think it could be your charger. My 4800 had the same problems, i just had to get a 180 watt charger and its fine. check the speed when you are unplugged