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satellite l15w-b1302 will turn in but will not open apps or runs very slow

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Run a virus scan, Malwarebytes is a good program for that. If it finds nothing you may have a failing hard drive, either Toshiba or the laptop drive vendor should have a utility to run a scan on the disk to check it. If it comes up as bad, replace it and install Windows clean on the new drive.
Run a virus scan, Malwarebytes is a good program for that. If it finds nothing you may have a failing hard drive, either Toshiba or the laptop drive vendor should have a utility to run a scan on the disk to check it. If it comes up as bad, replace it and install Windows clean on the new drive.
 
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