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    Windows 10 HELP

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by LinkinForcer, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. LinkinForcer

    LinkinForcer Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    So I'm doing a clean install of Windows 10 on my Alienware 17 2013 model. With the way Windows 10 is it looks like it already gets the wireless going for you. Then when I got in and started to install drivers I noticed that windows update installed ever driver I needed except for the chipset drivers and I think the USB driver.

    Has anyone done a clean install yet and if so how did you install the drivers?

    My machine came with windows 7 so should I use those drivers or the windows 8 drivers?

    I'm kind of confused because dell hasn't released drivers for Windows 10 yet for my machine.

    Any advice would be great!
     
    LinkinForcer, Jul 30, 2015
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    Klk450 Notebook Evangelist

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    Install the windows 8 drivers, I haven't had problem so far with them.
     
    Klk450, Jul 30, 2015
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  3. LinkinForcer

    LinkinForcer Notebook Consultant

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    OK one other question. Since windows 10 updates automatically how can I prevent the updates from happening until I get all the drivers installed? Especially because it finds almost every driver I need but then 90% of them end up failing through windows update.
     
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    there should be a tool that stops updates from downloading.
     
    thegh0sts, Jul 31, 2015
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    Yeah I know of that tool but during the clean install of windows 10 it wants you to connect to the Internet to install critical updates. Can I jus skip over that and install the drivers and then turn WiFi on afterwards?
     
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    Also should I be using the windows 8 or 8.1 drivers. My computer came with windows 7. I'd think I'd need to use the 8.1 drivers from Dell but I can also select drivers for 8.
     
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    i can tell you that you can skip connecting to wifi to update critical things while installing, i did it and im on an m17x R4 which dell apparently wont support windows 10 on at all (according to the drivers page). i installed windows 10 and then started installing drivers from windows 8.1 (i was coming from a windows 7 install, only retaining personal files but no apps) and then seeing what drivers i could update with windows update.
     
    icey_kitsune, Jul 31, 2015
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    OK awesome! That's what I'll do then. Once I get the drivers installed I'll let it connect to the net afterwards and do updates.

    Reason I want to clean install 10 is because I keep getting BSOD during instalation due to the Nvidia drivers. This way I'll know that everything is in working order and I won't have to pick my way through all my applications to see if they still work or need to be reinstalled.
     
    LinkinForcer, Jul 31, 2015
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    Can you help me with a question!? i have my new Samsung 850 with 256 gb coming! now don´t want to migrate my old hdd with the upgrade of windows 10, but to make clean install with the windows 10 in the new SSD. I need help to resize partition for install the Windows 10! i need to make a 100 mb partino like windows 7, or more space?
     
    ruijadomingues, Aug 1, 2015
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    why would you need to make a partition for?
     
    thegh0sts, Aug 1, 2015
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