Solve Laptop and Notebook Problems

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How to solve Laptop / Notebook Performance Problems

Laptop and Notebook Problems are a very annoying, especially once it is broken and has to be send in! After having to deal with several problems and searching for solutions all over the web this collection of information, links and resources evolved, hopefully this will help you as well.

Everyone who ever experienced the loss of crucial data due to sending in a latop without being able to backup the data knows that it's time to fix problems before they turn into disasters. The two weeks not knowing if you get your laptop and data back, or just your laptop are pretty bad, especially when you have just created loads of stuff the last week and don't have backed it up yet.

The most common latop fix you can get is simply some sort of heat reduction. This can improve your overall performance and reduce problems greatly. A latop cooler is a cheap way to increase the lifespan and performance of your laptop.

Common Notebook Problems 

There are several Problems that can be considered an evergreen within the notebook world. The three main problems every Notebook user can run into are:

Overheating
Overheating is a very common Problem due to the small space and the bad air supply a latop can have. In case the laptop has some very high end Hardware build in this can lead to some serious overheating, furthermore resulting in performance problems / lagging and in some worst case scenarios emergency shut-downs and/or battery damage due to overheating leading to a shorter uptime.
Bad Performance
Bad performance may have several reasons, on the one side it can be due to a cheap laptop and bad components, too much heat or a misconfiguration in the OS. In case you have serious trouble with your OS you should try to use a program to clean your registry & hard disk. Otherwise you should be a bit picky about which laptop you get.
Short Energy Supply
After a while every laptop battery loses some of it's inital power. This may be up to 50% with cheap models, and 10-25% in more expensive products. In case you are a big traveler, or spend plenty of time outside without external power supply there are additional notebook batteries that can server anywhere between 6-20 additonal hours.

The page Laptop Repair 101 seems to be a great site with lots of help once your laptop does not only have problems and is broken and you want to have some "do it yourself" help.

A Laptop Cooler against Overheating 

A laptop cooler can bring instant help in case your laptop has heat problems. Most of the high performance laptops lack a solid air supply and overheap very easy once they have to perform certain tasks. The investment of 20-60$ can seriously improve performance and increase the longevity of your Notebook.

Antec USB-Powered Notebook Cooler

Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Zalman ZM-NC2000Black Notebook Cooler (Black)

Amazon Price: $59.49 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Antec Unbeatable Notebook Cooler 200

Amazon Price: $54.74 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Notebook Cooler in Action 

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Extend your notebook Power Supply 

Notebook Power Supply can be very limited with a standart battery, improve your working time on the road with external power supply batteries.

Tekkeon MP3450 myPower ALL Rechargeable Battery

Amazon Price: $119.99 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Tekkeon myPower Extended Laptop Battery ( MP3450-10)

Amazon Price: $84.62 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Programs for your PC Maintenance 

Maintaining your Computer and having tools to help you improve your performance is crucial. Never let your laptop slow down due to being either to lazy or too cheap to get some good programs that will fix your troubles before they even start.

PC Tools Registry Mechanic Version 7.0

Amazon Price: $27.99 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

TuneUp Utilities 2009 (Up to 3 Users)

Amazon Price: $45.49 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

WinCleaner One-Click (Up to 3 Users)

Amazon Price: $27.99 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Maintenance PC Tune Up

Amazon Price: $44.49 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

Pc Tools Registry Mechanic 9.0 3 Pc Mm 1U

Amazon Price: $25.00 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

How to NOT solve notebook problems 

This is what might happen in case you don't fix the laptop problems and get more and more irritated.

What Your Not Suppost To Do To A LapTop

Sorry The Quility Of The Vid Is REALLY Bad. 4 thoughs who r watchign this vid and r saying 'oh u shouldnt of done that' the laptop was already broke. and could not b used. so instead of throwing it away. we smashed it!!

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Protect your Notebook against evil Software 

The latest tests have shown one clear winner when it comes to maleware detection. Norton-anti bot. Right now, besides Komodo the free firewall, this is the program recommended to protect your computer.

Norton Internet Security 2009 [OLD VERSION]

Amazon Price: $36.99 (as of 12/26/2009) Buy Now

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    Subeesh kv Subeesh kv Jul 6, 2009 @ 4:33 am | in reply to arjay
    just check ur system property and sure that all system pro[pery are work properly
    then go to BIOS set up and check ur laptop memmory and harddisk test
    then check ur installing files are work properly work
    all r ok
    just scan ur system with avast or avg anti virus
    may some vrus effected ur system
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    Subeesh kv Subeesh kv Jul 6, 2009 @ 4:27 am | in reply to hafizah,brunei
    hai, i think ur problem is causing the low memory (RAM)
    or ur hard disk is low disk space
    or ur C drive may no space
    just check it and sure that ur C drive free space below 5 GB
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    hafizah,brunei hafizah,brunei Jun 20, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
    hello....my laptop aspire 4736z acer....everytime i switch on my laptop, the opening window lately display....and the sound of opening welcome screen was sound when the wallpaper appear out...then the menu of computer lately appear after we click some of error notice said that the application has generated an exception that could not handled.say ok if terminate the application or cancel for continue.
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    arjay arjay Apr 23, 2009 @ 2:02 am
    every time i open my laptop, a disk error comes out... what should i do?

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