trubleshooting a laptop

[Amichai Rotman]

This is what I would do:

1. Check the memory. If it's 1Gb or less - find out if you can add memory,
at least 2Gb.
2. Check the hard drive. If it's small (less than 320Gb) try to replace it
with the bigest supported by the motherboard and BIOS.

Those two components are key to increasing the speed of the computer.

If you send us the exact model, we can help you check what are the
upgrading options.

The best way would be to install Xubuntu directly on the hard drive.
Partitioning is important. Make sure the root (/) and swap partitions are
big enough. Swap should be twice the amount of RAM installed.

Good luck!

 Amichai.


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Sarunas Burdulis <
sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu> wrote:

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> On 03/27/2013 03:10 PM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> > [...]
> > I am aware that she can save her open office work be usable in Windows.
> What I am trying to find out
> > is If Xubuntu runs well from a Dvd can I make an asumption that there is
> > more of a problem in windows than usual. I have run the dvd on My
> > Xubuntu computer so I know about how fast it should run. It is one heck
> > of a lot faster than windows on her computer is and I mean a lot.lot
> > faster.   If it runs faster on her laptop does that indicate the problem
> > is windows?        Doug
>
> Yes, though a fresh install of Windows might run faster, for a while. If
> the memory is low, Xubuntu can grind to a halt as well, i.e. when the OS
> starts swapping memory to disk.
>
> Sarunas Burdulis
> http://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas
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