One way you can boost laptop performance for free is to simply reformat that hard disk. This is a troublesome step and for the inexperienced, it can be extremely tedious. If you're a seasoned computer buff and would like to try this out, check out this article on reformatting your hard disk.

One of the biggest culprits in laptop slowdown is the presence of bloatware. This is the software that is usually pre-installed in your laptop system. What I do is to ensure that such programs are uninstalled from my laptop upfront. This will definitely help to boost your laptop performance for free.
 

Some bloatware you might find in a laptop

One of the most popular anti-virus software programs around is Norton Anti-Virus. I don't know if people use it because of the brand name or something, but I personally find it to be one of the biggest causes of laptop underperformance. This thing has a background process that consumes so much CPU computing power it's atrocious. Do yourself a favor and go for a freeware anti-virus program that is tremendously efficient like AVG Anti-Virus.

Another culprit that you must replace to boost laptop performance for free? Simple - anti-spyware programs. These programs are also another laptop resource hog - replace them with (you guessed it) - AVG Anti-Spyware. I recommend AVG so much because I use it a lot - on my personal laptop and also desktop. It really works and is a thousand times more efficient than Norton products.