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    Alienware 17 Windows 8 Slowdown Fix

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by tchig0zette, Sep 2, 2013.

  1. tchig0zette

    tchig0zette Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everybody,

    I just want to give you a tips if someonehere got this problem a day.

    Windows 8 is installed on my msata hdd.

    Today, my stsem was really slow, firefox was unreponding, windows explorer took ages to start, even after a restart.

    No updates or softwares were installed.

    I think that the problem were coming from the msata sdd drive, the datas was a bit fragmented, and i guess that the trim didn't worked, or something similar.

    Here's the solution to fix it (Be sure to have a full backup system, with acronis true image for example) :

    1. Burn Parted Magic iso and boot the laptop with this CD http://partedmagic.com
    2. Run the partition tool icon on the desktop, and choose "Internal secure erase"
    3. Select the msata ssd drive and confirm.
    4. Restore your system backup and reboot

    No lags after this.
     
    tchig0zette, Sep 2, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    thanks for sharing! +1Rep.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 4, 2013
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