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    All of a sudden slow performance and black screen on boot up?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by pittsgutta, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. pittsgutta

    pittsgutta Notebook Consultant

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    A few days ago i started experiencing lags on my system. If i type, the text lags. It lags searching web site and its just really slow and sluggish. Also, i have noticed when I restart sometimes I get a black screen with blinking cursor on the top left and Windows never loads so i have to keep turning the power off until Windows loads finally. What could this issue be? Its a Studio XPS 1647.
     
    pittsgutta, Dec 1, 2010
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    help!!!!!!!!!
     
    pittsgutta, Dec 2, 2010
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    anyone?????
     
    pittsgutta, Dec 3, 2010
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    Sounds like something that loads at startup is causing a problem.

    Did you install anything before this problem came up?

    Have you checked your program manager to see if there is a process that is hogging the CPU?

    Those are the two reasons I can think of atm.
     
    RedlanceEQ, Dec 3, 2010
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    I uninstalled everything I have installed these past 2 weeks and no difference
     
    pittsgutta, Dec 5, 2010
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    And have you checked Task Manager to see if there was a process hogging the CPU?

    Try downloading and running CCleaner, making it clean your computer and also the registry (to get rid of any unneeded entries there).

    I would then advise to also download and run Spybot, to check for anything that should not be there.
     
    RedlanceEQ, Dec 5, 2010
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    Try what the others have said, also run the smart utility for your hard drive.
     
    dkwhite, Dec 5, 2010
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