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Performance
Windows laptop is painfully slow
Minutes to reach the desktop, freezes with a few apps open, disk pinned at 100%. Work through the causes in order of likelihood.
Moderate30–45 min
Performance
Computer takes minutes to start up
A machine that used to boot in seconds and now takes minutes is almost always loading too much at sign-in, or doing it from a failing or nearly full drive.
Easy20–30 min