Jpeters4067 :
I have a Toshiba Satellite model E45W-C4200X that is very slow. It Has an Intel Core i3 processor. My question is can I up grade the processor to i5 or i7?
Hi there, it´s very unlikelly to perform such an operation, specially on Home user Laptops, I guess your cpu is actually soldered to the Motherboard giving is an i3-5015U. Sorry pal
Edit: I searched a bit for your Motherboard
and it´s clear your cpu is actually soldered to the board, its for you Impossible.
but giving we are here to try to help if the specs from Toshiba Match your Laptop:
http://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=4007761&isFromTOCLink=false
it means it came with a stock HDD!!! Meaning to speed a shit toons your pc you have the SOLUTION of buying an SSD.
Buy an Samsung 850 evo minimum 250Gb and replace the base HDD. it should make your pc feel like a Milion bucks. Startup times will increase everything will be faster
Found a funny video how to change a HDD seems to be your Laptop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-jzfJkCGzA