Latop running very slow
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I have following HP laptop bought in 2017 but not much used and using it for browsing and documents editing only
This is running extremely slow. Even explorer running slow with no other app open. Upgraded to windows 11 and still same issue.
Already tried all options available on internet to make it fast but nothing helped. Also reset it yesterday but still no improvement.
Should i go for RAM increase or change the laptop all together?
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How much it will cost? And RAM? Currently it’s 4 gb
@LIMBO
SSD is an absolute must for housing the OS and apps. If running memory hungry apps like web browsers and esp. in Windows 10, 8GB is the bare minimum.
Edit: The old Bulldozer derived AMD APUs are a bit slow nowadays.
Buy a new one. 
New seems costly. A good one should be around 50k
You have a slow processor and less ram too, if you just have very light use, upgrade the ram and hard disk to an SSD of low storage capacity 128GB/256GB (both together may be costing you around 7-8 thousand), if you are looking for very resource intensive usage, buy a new one. Otherwise remove windows and install Ubuntu OS. it may work better.
I have very less usage. Browing, notepad and zoom app. Thats all
After upgrade can i use current HDD as a external device or it will be total waste?
RAM should be upgraded to 4+4 or 4+8 as current is 4Gb. Or current one will be wasted completely?
Both will depend on the number of slots built in your motherboard.
Upgrade to SSD first, i bet it’ll solve the sluggish problem.
You should also have a view on Task Manager and see memory graphs, Disk usage charts.
If you don’t want to spend a single buck, install Zorin OS 
Install 128 GB SSD, I am sure your problems will be solved
Yes 100% mostly. With only task manager open and no other active app
@AtulAggarwal can you check CPU clock speed in Task manager and post a screenshot.
Also install CPU-Z and again take a screenshot while bench pressing the CPU.
If it’s what I am thinking; you may not have to install any new HW.
What is bench processing the CPU means?
bro linux mint daal lo
Put SSD and see the magic
if you don’t want to spend a penny, try Linux like Ubuntu, Mint etc which ever you like after trying. The greatest advantage of Linux is they are not resource hungry, your computer will run fast and also there is least fear of any virus attack.
There are lot of YouTube videos which will help you to install.
For that , you can partition you hdd/add and install Linux [(prefer ubuntu for first time users ,deepin(Chinese ) is also good alternative.] in other partition(drive ) than your windows drive.. it will automatically make your system dual boot..
But if you are installing Linux for the first time be very cautious ,you may end up wiping all data (using whole disk ).
And also for dual boot to be successful , drive (hdd /sdd ) should be same…
I have a similar one.. A8 proc but with 8GB from Lenovo.. G50-40 or some similar model number..
It was horrible when it was with HDD. But after replacing it with an SDD, the laptop got a second lease of life. It is working perfectly fine with both windows 10 and Ubuntu. It indeed is a bit slow when it comes to any compute intense tasks, but adequate for normal work, including web application development (php, MySQL, wampserver etc – just highlight the load) along with multiple chrome tabs, VS code etc.
Facing same problem in my laptop.
Get an SSD installed. It will give your laptop a new life.