Diagnose slow PC windows 10

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The PC has always been slow . I have reduced start up programs Start up & changing programs still slow . I look at task manager but do not know how to set up a logging action that will show program use etc over time What makes sense & how to do it please
 
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Hi Davee3,

your computer specs might also help determine why it is slow. Doo you have an old HDD or SSD, CPU and RAM amount too!. ;)
 
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It is an acePC T11 fanless "brick" limited rom 4 gb limited ram 8gb I have an SSD installed as D drive cpu is 1.44 Gb/sec Spec are pretty low but system used to run better I have run disc clean up but will try again
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I have an SSD installed as D drive
Hi,

if you save all your files to an external media source (USB storage device), I would swap the drives around and use the SSD as it will be up to 4 X faster than an older HDD!.

When you re-install and where it asks for your licence key, simply click on "I don't have a product key" (Your copy of W10 has a digital signature and the key is not necessary when doing a fresh re-install unless you are using a different version of W10!). :)

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If I understand correctly I need to make my SSD the boot drive in place of the emmc C drive where windows is stored now ? Also move all files to the SSD of course This I think helps when the emmc drive is overwhelmed?
 
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If I understand correctly I need to make my SSD the boot drive in place of the emmc C drive where windows is stored now ?
Yes as the SSD is faster than the EMMC storage device so you will get a speed bump by doing so!. Also, the fact that you have an Atom CPU doesn't help even though it has 4 cores and 4 threads!. I have a very old laptop with a 1.74 CPU with only 2 cores and 2 threads using an SSD over an old SATA HDD which makes all the difference!. :)
 

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