ASUS UX32VD Zenbook Being Slow?

I need help if anyone can help me. I have an ASUS UX32VD and when I had a 128GB Samsung 830 SSD in it, it was lightning fast, with opening programs, and scrolling on google chrome and everything.

But recently I have installed a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro, and everything has been some what slower, and I am not sure why. It's still fast but not as fast as the previous SSD. I did a clean install and I am not sure why. Like upon scrolling on Google chrome the scrolling would be laggy, and when I open the computer folders there is a laggy second, and when I try to drag programs and move them, there's a lag response.

I took a picture of my folder I think I messed something up when I did a clean install on the ASUS UX32VD, isn't there supposed to be a recovery drive or something when I do a clean install. Maybe that's the problem?




I even updated all of the drivers on the laptop for everything from the BIOS, Intel Chip Set, Wifi card.

The internet is a bit slower than usual too, and it was lightning fast before when I open websites. I am using the same internet and with my other laptop it's lightning fast when I open websites. Not sure if I did something wrong on this clean install if anyone can help me.

I even did a virus scan to check it out and it kind of made it faster but it came back, not sure if it's a virus but it shouldn't be.

 

Bump. Anyone?

 

You only retain the recovery partition if you don't format it. It sounds like you formatted the entire drive when you reinstalled your copy of Windows.

How did you go about OS and driver installation? And how did you contract a virus so soon after reinstalling the OS (you may still be infected if you found malware of any kind)?

 

I ended up formatting the entire drive and re-installing a new copy of windows. I got the driver installations by installing the drivers from another computer and putting it onto a USB. I did the OS clean install with a new code provided from my college.

Did I do the clean install wrong? Isn't there supposed to be another folder there known as the recovery drive. Or does it have to do something with a partition I did not make. Just seems like my computer is slower than usual with the new SSD everything else before was lightning fast.

Maybe it isn't a virus, cause it's only been like a month old.

 

If you formatted the entire drive, then you deleted the recovery partition. You can't get that back unless it's backed up to a USB drive or to DVDs.

I'm guessing the drivers may not have been installed correctly if you pulled them from another system (whether it was identical or not). The best order/procedure to install things in after a clean install of Windows is:

Chipset driver
Intel HD graphics driver (in Optimus systems)
All other drivers and associated utilities
Windows updates

Then you can begin loading programs of your choosing. If you're having problems, the best place to get drivers from is the Asus website for your model. Once you have those, you can update them as updates are available.

 

I pulled all the drivers from the ASUS website and downloaded them on to a USB then installed them off of that on the clean install.

Should I try reformatting a clean install again?

 

Sure, give it another try and keep in mind the order I listed installing things in.

If you continue to have performance issues, then it could be that you'll need to exchange or return the drive you got. The 840 Pro is definitely a faster drive.

 

On the website for drivers there is drivers for windows 8 and windows 8.1.

Which one do I use? there is some drivers for Windows 8 that aren't available for windows 8.1. I have windows 8.1 updated