computer randomly running slowly?

[Cheezr]

this week my computer's been running really slowly, it was fine last week.
it mainly just freezes for about 2-4 seconds and then starts running again, or runs VERY slowly for about 3 seconds

since sunday i've removed a bunch of useless stuff (about 20-30 gigs actually [games i don't play anymore and other stuff]) and run virus scans but my computer is still running slow.
is it just because my computer is getting older or what?

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[LizzyRascal]

What kind of computer is it?

[Cheezr]

What kind of computer is it?

dxdiag refers to it as the "hp g60 notebook pc"

[Cheezr]

now most games i try playing stop responding and crash :(

[Max4344]

Close Unneeded Apps

[Cheezr]

Close Unneeded Apps

this doesn't help much :/ it still runs slow

[LordCutlerBeckett]

this doesn't help much :/ it still runs slow

Disk Defragmentation?

[Cheezr]

Disk Defragmentation?

might try this. will reply later if i do.

[Cheezr]

so apparently it is all already 0% fragmented except the system which is 6%

is this what's slowing it down a lot?
anyone have any other suggestions?
(also was too lazy to upload picture)

[kakashi11]

ignore me, i don't know what i'm talking about

[KoopaScooper]

Clean the registry (you can find a tool to do this online,) remove any unneeded software, run Disk Cleanup, defragment the drive, and check for errors on the drive.
I do this every week and my startup time for everything is incredibly fast.