By Hally | Last Updated
"Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop with Windows 10 and it is running very slow all the time. It usually suddenly becomes slow, unresponsive, and bogged down while being used. Is the slow performance the result of any laptop hardware or operating system issues? I'm not very clear about that. What can I do to make my Toshiba Satellite laptop run faster? Can someone help me diagnose my PC? Thanks in advance!"
Plenty of users have negative feedback on Toshiba Satellite with Windows 10. They said that their Toshiba laptops are running extremely slow and often become unresponsive in many cases, such as when starting a program, while surfing the web, during the process of booting up and shutting down… Does your Toshiba Satellite laptop have the same slow performance issue? Do you want to know how to make your Toshiba Satellite laptop run faster? What could you do to alleviate this question? Now forget all the problems and take it easy! This article will discuss how to troubleshoot the issue of Toshiba Satellite laptop running slow in Windows 10.
There is no doubt that a computer with slow performance is very annoying. However, the good news is that you can do several things to improve the poor performance of your computer. So if you have a Toshiba laptop that runs very slowly, don't be panic. The problem can be resolved. But before we start to talk about how to speed up your Toshiba Satellite laptop, let's get started to study the possible reasons that cause your Toshiba Satellite running slow first of all so that you can find specific ways to solve the problems.
Reason 1: Insufficient Hard Disk Space
There are a lot of possible reasons to cause the Toshiba Satellite slow performance issue. However, among these reasons, the most common reason can be not enough free disk space on your hard drive. As we all know, too many applications, files, documents, photos as well as other data can take up a large of disk space on your hard drive, which will slow down the speed of your computer and easily make your PC become sluggish when you are using it.
Reason 2: Virus or Malware Infection
The second common reason to cause your Toshiba Satellite running slow is virus or malware infection. If your PC is infected with a virus or malware, it is put in an unsafe and unstable status. Thus it can easily be freezing or crashing while working. Virus or malware infection usually occurs when you download a program from the Internet, especially from an unreliable or untrusted source.
Reason 3: Too Many Programs Running at Once
If you have too many programs running at the same time, your Toshiba Satellite may intend to go on strike. Just like a human-being, if you have a lot of thing to do simultaneously, you may feel so stressed out that you want to do nothing at all. This is the same with your computer. Running plenty of programs at the same time will eat up a lot of your computer memory. Once your computer reaches the limit, it will start to run slowly.
Now that we have talked about the most potential reasons to cause the slow performance of your Toshiba Satellite laptop, now it's time to research the solutions to address these problems. If you don't know how to make Toshiba Satellite laptop run faster, below are several feasible tips:
If the hard disk space is going to be run out of in your Toshiba Satellite computer, the running speed of your computer will be slowed down. Therefore, you should try to free up more disk space on your hard drive in order to make your computer run faster. You can do a lot of things to free up more disk space, such as removing unnecessary programs or applications, deleting temporary files, deleting duplicate files, cleaning up junks files, running Disk Cleanup, clearing cache and cookies in browsers, moving large files from C drive to another drive, emptying the Recycle Bin and so on.
By the way, you can go to Settings > System > Storage to check for low disk space. All the drives will be listed in the Storage area and will illustrate how much space are used out of the total size for each drive. You can choose a drive to see what's taking up space in detail.
How to speed up your Toshiba Satellite laptop that runs very slowly? Actually there are so many things to do that some of you may don't know how to start. Don't worry. iSunshare System Genius is a professional PC cleaner with multiple functions integrated. You can use it to speed up and optimize your PC with no problems. Now download it and have a try right away!
You can use iSunshare System Genius to clean all the junk files and invalid registries in your Toshiba Satellite laptop. Run the software and tap on the Scan button at the Home page to scan all junk files and invalid registries in your PC.
After scan completed, click the Clean button to clean all the scan results in order to free up more space on your hard drive and speed up your slow Toshiba Satellite computer.
In addition, iSunshare System Genius supports one click to free up system disk space. Open the software and switch to System Disk, you will come to the System Disk Cleanup interface. You can click the Release button to quickly clear caches in browsers and temp files produced before this boot. It is very convenient and easy to do.
If you have a lot of files stored in the Downloads folder of the system drive, they will take up large of disk space and slow down your PC performance. With iSunshare System Genius, you can transfer download directory to other drives and migrate these files from the previous Downloads folder to the new location at the same time. To do this, launch the software and go to System Disk > Downloads Transfer, click Select to choose a new download directory in another drive, and then tap on the Move button to proceed.
If your Toshiba Satellite laptop has slow startup issues, you can use the software to stop unwanted programs from launching automatically at computer startup in order to shorten the boot time of your computer. After you open the software, choose the function of Startup on the left pane, look for the unwanted startup app and click the Disable button to prevent it from opening when computer boots.
Last but not least, with the function of System Service of iSunshare System Genius, you are able to use an intuitive interface to disable unnecessary system services so as to make the system running speed faster. After you select System Service on the left side menu, all the system services will be displayed on the right interface. You can click the Disable button to turn off the unnecessary service in your computer.
A virus, malware, or malicious software could cause your PC to run slowly. If your Toshiba Satellite running very slow is resulted from viruses or malware, you should run antimalware and antivirus software to try to scan and get rid of these viruses or malware. Alternatively, if you don't have other antivirus programs, you can use the Windows 10 built-in utility like Windows Defender (in earlier versions of Windows 10) or Windows Security (in the latest version of Windows 10) to protect your computer against malware (malicious software), viruses, and security threats.
As what we have analyzed before, too many programs running at the same time is one of the most common reason that causes slow PC performance. If your Toshiba Satellite is running very slow when you are using it, you should check whether you have too many apps, programs, web browsers opened at once. In addition, having a lot of browser tabs open at the same time can also slow down your computer to some extent. If this situation does happen, you should close any unnecessary apps, programs, browser tabs, and other processes that you don't need and see if that helps speed up your Toshiba Satellite PC. Of course it will take effect to some extent. But if it doesn't seem to help, maybe you need to restart your computer and then open just the apps, programs and browser windows that you need. Say goodbye to redundant apps!
You can also defragment and optimize your hard drive in order to make your Toshiba Satellite laptop run faster. How to defragment and optimize your hard drive? First of all, type defrag into the Windows search bar and click the result of Defragment and Optimize Drives in order to launch it. Select your system drive (usually the C drive) or other drives that you want to optimize, and then click the tab of Optimize to help your computer run more efficiently.
System File Checker tool can help repair missing or corrupted system files. If your Toshiba Satellite laptop usually freezes or crashes, you can run an SFC Scan to scan Windows and restore your files. How to run an SFC Scan in your computer? First, run Command Prompt as administrator, enter the command of sfc /scannow and press the key of Enter to run it. Then wait for the command to complete and reboot your computer.
If all the above tips don't work effectively, the last tip for you to resolve Toshiba Satellite laptop running slow in Windows 10 is to use a larger SSD to take the place of your old hard drive. A larger SSD can make your PC run faster. You can choose to migrate the whole Windows system disk to a faster SSD with iSunshare CloneGo quickly and safely so as to improve computer performance.
To sum up, we have talked about several common reasons to cause Toshiba Satellite running slow in Windows 10 and delved into how to speed up a slow Toshiba Satellite computer in this article. Even through the slow performance of Toshiba Satellite is an annoying and frustrating issue, it can be improved by the tips discussed above. In general, all these tips can be applied to solve common Toshiba Satellite slow performance issues. If you have tried all the steps but they are all useless to you, maybe you need turn to professional personnel for technical helps.
Related Articles:
How to Reset Windows 10 Forgotten Password
How to Bypass Windows 10 Password Login with/without Password
Easy Guide to Reset Windows 10 Admin Password Like an Expert
4 Tips to Change Windows 10 Password without Knowing Current Password
Can't Sign into Microsoft Account Windows 10 | Account Locked/Blocked
