Extremely slow OS

After a few problems and get a new computer, I decided to try to revive my laptop old HP Compaq Presario V5101AU. I installed Windows Home Edition 32 Bit operating system and all the pilots involved, but the laptop is still pretty slow (the hard drive has been cleaned). I noticed my laptop has a sticker that says AMD 64 on that, but I only had a 32-bit recovery disc. I'm not sure which slows down the computer. I know that it worked better before reinstalling.

On the back, there is a product key for Windows XP Home Edition that has written about this, 2004 inside, my key and two bars of HP. The key worked for the 32-bit edition, but I can't think of another reason for the slow speeds. Even if the computer has an AMD 64 sticker on the front, I'm not sure what version of windows was installed before wiping.

Is the velocity due to a bad version of the operating system? If yes where can I get the right disk?
Otherwise if the slowness might be due to something else please help.

Generally, a computer is slow, because he expects something.  The three basic things that he must usually wait is: access time CPU, disk access and network.  Network access is quickly determined by disconnecting all network connections.  Disk access is usually determined by looking at the "disk access" light on your computer.  If this light is on constantly, then this is your problem.  CPU can be determined by bringing to the top (start-> Run-> 'taskmgr') Task Manager.  The percentage of time consumed processor is usually displayed on the icon in the status bar and in the window of 'process '.

The most common reason for a longer slow machine is the lack of RAM.  Check how much RAM you have in your machine (usually displayed if you right-click on 'My computer' and select 'Properties').  When you run out of physical RAM, then Windows starts using 'virtual memory' for the RAM, he needs.  Virtual memory exists on your hard drive, and RAM have access time microseconds, hard disks have the order of a millisecond access times (a difference of 1000: 1 speed).  The first clue that this is your problem is that your drive access light is turn on and will stay on for long periods, which indicates he's fighting to get on and off the drive data.

I had a machine with RAM 512MByte and he was running so slow that it literally took 30 minutes to start and connect to the machine.  I personally would consider not under Windows XP SP3 on a computer with less RAM 2GByte.  The only real cure for this is to install more RAM - RAM that works for older machines can be expensive.

(BTW: I took my machine [useless] 512MByte and Wiped windows and installed a Lite version of Linux (Lubuntu) on it and it works just great today.)

FWIW,

JW

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