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Geoff,
How old is your computer? I had an old work laptop that showed the same signs. I bought a (is it) Lanix chip and it soldiered on for a while. Then I bit the bullet and bought a new HP laptop and I have never looked back. When daughter No.2 came home for the birth of grandson number 1, I took one look (cracked screen, SLOW to fire up, broken hinge, keyboard didn't work) and I bought her a new one, same as mine. She is over the moon too. Checking, her old laptop was TEN years old!
My advice - Buy a new one! I wasn't too fussy and mine (Hewlett Packard, Pentium Silver, 256 GB solid state drive, 8GB memory, Windows 12) cost about USD325. BTW, W12 comes with a free Cloud drive for backup, etc., as part of the licence. I paid about USD17 for the Office 365 packet, well worth it.
Rgds.
Dave
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