Solve : Acer Aspire One D260 Intel Atom N475 running very very slow!?

1.	Solve : Acer Aspire One D260 Intel Atom N475 running very very slow!?
Answer» Hello. I need help with my Acer Aspire One D260 Intel Atom N475, 2Gb DDR 3, with 320 GB HDD running on Windows 7 starter. It's been running so slow! Often times I have to restart it or run CCleaner every once in a while. I have TRIED running AVAST (Free) but it doesn't detect any virus. I have a few questions: 1) will reformatting do me good? (I haven't tried reformatting since I bought this 5 years AGO) 2) Can I still upgrade my RAM and should I expect any improvement if I do that? Thanks!I wouldn't expect miracles from an Atom-based machine but a reformat and fresh install will at least bring it back to as-new SPEED, assuming there are no hardware faults. Windows 7 starter is limited to 2GB of RAM so you won't be able to upgrade that unfortunately. You could CONSIDER changing the HDD for a small SSD which would IMPROVE bootup times, program load times, and so forth, but I'm not sure if it would be cost effective for a 5 year old netbook.

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