New Posts For Thread: Repairing a laptop and saving my music on therehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-thereMy laptop is so slow, it's impossible to use. Added to that, it won't recognise my new iPod. I got an iPad recently, so I only need to use my laptop for iTunes. How can I make my laptop quicker without losing all my music?apple in news today - they have been rebuked for just providing enough memory to house their operating systems on all their devices. leaving very little space for your own files.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942861#542942861apple in news today - they have been rebuked for just providing enough memory to house their operating systems on all their devices. leaving very little space for your own files.Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:43:32 -0600Cheers, mate. Really appreciate your help.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942505#542942505Cheers, mate. Really appreciate your help.Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:12:32 -0600Try thesehttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/6610010http://support.apple.com/en-gb/TS1538https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942477#542942477Try thesehttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/6610010http://support.apple.com/en-gb/TS1538Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:09:47 -0600Cheers, mate. I've got something called "Windows CleanUp!" which deletes files, but I'll check out what you suggested.Any idea why the iTunes on my laptop would refuse to recognise my brand new iPod?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942309#542942309Cheers, mate. I've got something called "Windows CleanUp!" which deletes files, but I'll check out what you suggested.Any idea why the iTunes on my laptop would refuse to recognise my brand new iPod?Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:55:21 -0600Download & install spybot(free) and it will probably help also. It does take a while to run, but it will locate stuff to remove and remove it for you. http://www.safer-networking.org/https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942051#542942051Download & install spybot(free) and it will probably help also. It does take a while to run, but it will locate stuff to remove and remove it for you. http://www.safer-networking.org/Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:35:13 -0600I would not format it and start again after backing up your music. I'd say clearing temp files and cookies, stopping some processes in msconfig and maybe defragmenting your hard drive should improve things a lot. If you do the msconfig thing, be carehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542942013#542942013I would not format it and start again after backing up your music. I'd say clearing temp files and cookies, stopping some processes in msconfig and maybe defragmenting your hard drive should improve things a lot. If you do the msconfig thing, be careMon, 05 Jan 2015 11:31:30 -0600Local disk: 191GB free of 285GB.Recovery: 2.08GB free of 12.4GB.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542941607#542941607Local disk: 191GB free of 285GB.Recovery: 2.08GB free of 12.4GB.Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:56:48 -0600If you click on start and computer or my computer in windows explorer, it's should tell you how much of your hard drive (c: disk) is freehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542941577#542941577If you click on start and computer or my computer in windows explorer, it's should tell you how much of your hard drive (c: disk) is freeMon, 05 Jan 2015 10:54:46 -0600Thanks. It's gonna take a while for AVG to do its thing, so I'm going to the gym and I'll be back in about an hourto try a few of these things. Thanks again.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542941559#542941559Thanks. It's gonna take a while for AVG to do its thing, so I'm going to the gym and I'll be back in about an hourto try a few of these things. Thanks again.Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:53:36 -0600Another thing to do is msconfig. You can stop various things starting on startup and this would help your laptop run quickerhttp://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize/msconfig.htmlhttp://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30412681/repairing-a-laptop-and-saving-my-music-on-there?post_id=542941535#542941535Another thing to do is msconfig. You can stop various things starting on startup and this would help your laptop run quickerhttp://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize/msconfig.htmlhttp://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:52:07 -0600