Laptop hangs - this is the reason and here's how to proceed

If you notice that your laptop reacts slower and slower over time or hangs completely, this can have various causes. Usually, such long loading times are related to an overfilled hard drive. Also, particularly old devices often can no longer keep up with current software and cause dropouts.

Laptop hangs: This may be the reason

If your laptop hangs frequently during use, it is probably due to outdated hardware or an overcrowded hard drive.

1. Check your hard drive and make sure that there is still free space on the disk.
2. You can also look via the Task Manager, whether and why certain apps significantly claim the resources of your laptop.
3. About the Task Manager, you can even quit the corresponding applications and thus give your laptop a helping hand.
4. Also too old hardware can be a reason why the laptop hangs now and then.

Is it due to a software problem?

1. Also various programs are so demanding that they completely prevent the use of your laptop.
2. Commonly, this problem is also due to outdated or too weak hardware.
3. Auch bestimmte Viren können dafür sorgen, dass Ihr Laptop hängen bleibt.
4. In diesem Fall sollten Sie mit Ihrem Antiviren-Programm einen Check durchführen und gefundene Bedrohungen in Quarantäne verschieben.
5. Die erneute Installation Ihres Betriebssystems kann in vielen Situationen Abhilfe schaffen. Beachten Sie jedoch, dass dadurch alle Ihre gespeicherten Daten verloren gehen.