Slow New Laptop

[technoobie2001]

I recently bought an HP Pavilion gaming laptop (15-bc504TX) with 9th gen i5(2.4 GHz base processor speed,8MB cache,4 cores,Max boost clock up to 4.10GHz), 8GB RAM,1 TB HDD and 4 GB NVIDIA GTX 1050 Graphics.But since I bought it , it is not living up to its specs.Booting takes a lot of time (over 2 -3 min) when fast boot is off.After booting ,the shortcut icons on desktop takes time to load (Even when fast boot is on), and when I try to open any application it takes a lot of time.Opening or running applications some time after startup is comparitively better ,though not that fast.Games are running smoothly(only upside).Opening a browser or a video player most often takes a lot of time , more so than my old laptop.Is there any way to fix this and boost up my laptop?

 

[DelJo63]

Run CLEANMGR twice; once under your login, then again and clean Clean System Files.

Delete anything you are not going to use

Run defrag

 

[technoobie2001]

Run CLEANMGR twice; once under your login, then again and clean Clean System Files.

Delete anything you are not going to use

Run defrag

Can you please explain(what I should do and what all will happen)?

 

[DelJo63]

The windows cleanmgr is the tool to remove temp files and update residuals

Defrag will make all programs run more quickly, but run it after removing old files

 

[technoobie2001]

The windows cleanmgr is the tool to remove temp files and update residuals

Defrag will make all programs run more quickly, but run it after removing old files

I think this helped a little bit , but the lap still is slow.Will reinstalling windows help?

 

[DelJo63]

I think this helped a little bit , but the lap still is slow.Will reinstalling windows help?

Not really -- lots of effort only to arrive with same symptom.

 

[DelJo63]

Opening or running applications some time after startup is comparitively better ,though not that fast.Games are running smoothly(only upside).Opening a browser or a video player most often takes a lot of time , more so than my old laptop.

boot w/o any connection to the Internet and then run any non-internet application ...

 

[technoobie2001]

boot w/o any connection to the Internet and then run any non-internet application ...

No difference

 

[DelJo63]

Have you scanned the system for PUP and Malware? Which AV software are you running?

 

[DelJo63]

Take a NEW System Restore point BEFORE you begin

review this article:

How to speed up Windows 10

Learn which Windows 10 services to disable to boost performance, plus other top tips

www.itpro.co.uk

 

[technoobie2001]

Have you scanned the system for PUP and Malware? Which AV software are you running?

Yeah.I used McAfee and it did not report any malware.

 

[DelJo63]

See this the heading
"Disabling Startup Programs after Windows 10’s April"
in:

How to Disable Startup Programs in Windows

Not everything needs to run immediately.

www.howtogeek.com

Pick (disable) things you NEVER or rarely use

 

[technoobie2001]

Didn't make much of a difference.I think it's the hard disk's problem -Seagate-ST1000LM035-1RK172. I have seen others on the internet with the same hard disk face similar problems.

 

[DelJo63]

See https://www.geeksinphoenix.com/blog/post/2016/05/10/how-to-manage-windows-10-virtual-memory.aspx

but set both numbers equal and at least 2X the size of your install RAM

you need to reboot to make this effective