philiphodges

I've run through all the suggestions. Performance is still VERY bumpy. I swear at some points there is something excessive going on in the background. Attached is current status. Adjust for best performance makes teh screen very difficult to use. I will take another snap when I see a really bad time. (p.s. things like disk space is no issue)

Many thanks - will follow through on the recommendations.

I bought a Dell laptop a few years back and the performance has never been good. Now it is consitently appaling. I have restored the pc to factory settings and the amount of data is pretty small. I have snapped below the laptop details. and a snap of the task manager showing the terrible performance - 100% disk is usual. Any ideas welcomed...or should I just throw it out of the window?