On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:28:59 +0800 kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: > *So, how long does it take to load the second time?* > About 4 seconds. > > After doing this: > > > *kaye@laptop:~$ sudo suroot@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* > Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then? Should I replace it soon? >
Slow disk? Probably. I wouldn't put another spinning drive in it though. Will it take a SATA SSD? You can buy 128GB to 256GB ones for under $40 new. Less on sale. Does the notebook even have SATA? > > *Drives? Presumably Patrick's fancy system uses SSD, maybe the OP has real > hard drives.* > It's still the original hard drive that came with the laptop. Bought the > laptop nine years ago. Maybe, it's time to consider getting a newer, but not necessarily new machine. You can only do so much to improve performance of an old machine. Even less for a notebook. And at some point, it's just no longer cost effective to do so. B