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    Boosting Performance In Lenovo N100

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by o1d1e1d1, Mar 3, 2007.

  1. o1d1e1d1

    o1d1e1d1 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello dear friends.
    I just purchesed the Lenovo N100.
    It is for studant-use.
    Can I get some advices on how to boost the performance?
    I am willing to sacrefy every visialasition gimik or ANYTHING that slows down my laptop (I am an idiot, I know).
    I have done the following:
    1. In "My Computer" - "Properties" - "Advanced" - "Performance":
    I marked "set to best performance".
    2. In "Start" - "run" - "Msconfig" :
    Romoved what I think (i am no expert - far from it - just following advices) is unnaccery.
    Anything else you guys can help me with ?
    Thanks a lot, glad I could join you guys. :)
     
    o1d1e1d1, Mar 3, 2007
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  2. shaheenarshan

    shaheenarshan Notebook Deity

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    firstly congrats on your new purchase
    hope it serves you well for years to come
    check out this post here
    and also this
    hope this helps,
    cheers,
     
    shaheenarshan, Mar 3, 2007
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  3. paqtrick22

    paqtrick22 Notebook Evangelist

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    read first before following... just a warning :p

    my personal advice to you my friend:

    1. go to my computer - control panel - add/remove programs
    2. uninstall those pre-installed antivirus, you don't want that
    3. uninstall google desktop (i don't use it because i know where my files are, separate folders for each type or importance)
    4. my computer - properties - advance - performance - best performance (that's good you did this)
    4. restart :) it's like a refresh thingy
    5. after restart. defragment your harddrive. since your a lenovo user, maybe its diskeeper lite.
    6. restart again.
    7. download free antivirus, mine's avast!
    8. once in a while, like after you have remembered you just added some gigabytes of files in your harddrive, defrag your harddrive. i always defrag everyday.
    9. install programs you are going to use, not those programs that just fill your harddrive

    i just don't get the idea of having a clean install. it's like the harddrive's got mind of its own. the first time i defragmented my drive, i saw system files in the middle of the harddrive (i think it is green in disk keeper lite) and not in the start. i just have this stupid guess of the closer the files on the beginning of the disk, the faster you can access it. then one time, i erased maybe 15GB of music and 'videos', and it left a large gap in the harddrive. it made my laptop slow down a little. then i recovered just by defraging the HDD.

    don't follow me on this one. just my tips :)
     
    paqtrick22, Mar 3, 2007
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  4. o1d1e1d1

    o1d1e1d1 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey - That was very helpful !!!
    Thanks-a-million guys !!!
     
    o1d1e1d1, Mar 4, 2007
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