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    Alienware 14 Terribly Slow, time to Reset

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by frantona, Dec 29, 2016.

  1. frantona

    frantona Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi! I own a 3 years old Alienware 14, Ive updated to WIndows 10 and all the drivers update available, but now after a while is running terribly SLOW. So I want to format it and start it from scratch!

    Any advice where can I get all the necesary drivers and original stuff to re install everything? I would like to keep it in Windows 10.

    I didnt find the CD that came with the computer, is that going to be a big problem?

    Thanks a lot to everyone!

    Best regards,

    Fernando
     
    frantona, Dec 29, 2016
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  2. ThatOldGuy

    ThatOldGuy Notebook Virtuoso

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    When you are running slow, go into Task Manager and see if you have Either near 100% disk usage or 100% memory usage. Every computer I have had Windows 10 had either a memory leak, or ridiculous looping windows process that have to be disabled.
     
    ThatOldGuy, Dec 29, 2016
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    logo897 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try using the built in windows 10 reset

    http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/reset-windows-10-pc
     
    logo897, Jan 1, 2017
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