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Very slow win 10 system

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Almost Nearly Sociable, Oct 30, 2021.

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  1. Tony D

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    Installing driver has become a lot easier than back in the Window 9x days. You may find that most of the drivers will install once Windows is loaded and gets on the Internet to find them. So after Windows is installed, do all the updates. You may have to go to the Acer site only for a card reader or some other piece of hardware that you probably don't even use.

    Most of the time the drivers will be in an .exe format. Just double click to run. If they're in a zip format, right click to extract the files. You'll probably find a Setup.exe as one of the files that got extracted. Run it. It'll do the rest.
     
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    Will do and thanks again.
     
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    The missing drivers will be in Windows update but you'll have to click on "Optional Updates" to get them.
     
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    Yes you just unzip them in the downloads folder,most of the time after unzipping they will start to install. They may ask some questions along the way just go ahead and answer yes. Also watch where they are being installed it will give you the location. This just in case you have to follow that path if it doesn't self install. They will all install on C: most likely in C: program files or C: program files (x86). The exe files just double click and install that is correct.
     
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    Another question if you don't mind. I want to be sure I order the correct ssd hard drive. Now I am very short on RAM and I want a bigger hard drive. Right now I have a 1000 g hard drive, I think! So what should I order in terms of size of hard drive and ram, or do I just not know what I am doing? Good question.
     

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    See I am very confused as to size, I don't mean dimensions but the actual byte size. I have 1000 mb now, I assume that is 1 terrabyte? So my next size would be 2 terrabytes? And what has this to do with RAM? Ram is what I am short on so how do I fix that? Thanks
     
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    From looking at your hard drive size and amount free the same size would b fine, yes that is 1 TB. You have 677 GB free that is over a half a TB. Unless you have a lot of videos you store there you would be fine. As for memory when you are using your computer after it boots up you are running in memory. So I would put your memory up to at least 8 GB. Check to see if you have 1 stick of 4 GB or if there are two 2 GB sticks. It is best to run memory in pairs if there is just one 4GB stick you can buy one more 4GB stick of the same kind in there.
     
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    Minus Windows 10 size, you have stored around 250GB of personal files in all the time you have the laptop. Much of that may be video / movies that don't need to be stored. As such, if price is an issue, then go for a 500GB SSD. You don't need an expensive SSD. Something like a Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD is an excellent SSD and it's low cost. Going beyond 500GB in an SSD makes them much more expensive.

    Given that you'll be getting an SSD, then I also suggest you hold off on the ram, or don't get it at all. The SSD will make your laptop much faster than it was brand new, because SSDs are much faster than the mechanical hard drive you have. I believe you'll be so impressed at the laptop's speed when you install the SSD, that you'll forget about the ram. The other issue is your difficulty in getting parts, and no matter how much due diligence you do, the ram you buy may not work in your laptop.
     
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    Some further clarification on SSD cost for Western digital Blue SSD in U.S. dollars:

    250 GB / $43

    500 GB / $55

    1000 GB / $90

    It's only $12 more to go from a 250 GB to a 500GB, but $35 more to go from a 500 GB to a 1000 GB.

    Samsung often has really good deals Amazon deals as well. $65 for a 500GB, but going to a 1000 GB the price is $135.

    It's up to you.
     
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    OK then, the 500Gig ssd is on the way. Thanks for all the info.
     
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    OK, this is the final update on this situation. What was thought to be a hardware problem was not. Apparently an app, I do not know which one, was allergic to Windows or vice versa or I had a bad Windows 10 install, to begin with. One morning when I turned on the PC I got to the sign-in page and clicked on sign-in. Nothing happened so I had only one choice and that was to do a hard boot. After the boot, the same thing happened. I did the hard boot twice more with the same results. I then called a friend of ours who runs an internet cafe. He came over with a USB. First, he tried to boot up like I did, no results. After that, he booted from the USB and went into bios then the command prompt and after that, he lost me. All I know is that Windows 10 was reinstated and I have had no problems since. Of course, all my apps were gone and I had to reinstate what I needed but this time I selected only the minimum apps I could not do without. Actually, I do not know if the problem was software or a bad install of Windows 10, to begin with. Anyway, I will wait until my hard drive goes out for good then install a one or two terabyte SSD. Thanks for the help.
     
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    Interesting update. So your friend reinstalled Windows. We thought you had done that earlier. Somewhere along the way we missed something. What did you friend do different?

    The SSD will speed up your computer. However, it won't speed up your Internet connection.
     
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    I had installed Windows earlier. Booted from my USB. But it was either a bad install or there was a program that didn't agree with windows. If you remember I did get an error, incompatibility, but it never said what the incompatibility was. Or it could have been a program that was incompatible. I don't know.
    When the PC got to the point I could no longer log in, my friend rebooted and went into bios. From there he went into the command prompt and rebooted Windows from his USB stick. After that, all was well.
    I plan to get an SSD one day when the hard drive goes out for good. Right now I have all the speed I need. I also have plenty of space, my C drive is 500 GB and my partition D is 1.34 TB. My PC starts in the AM quickly not like before. Perhaps fewer un-needed apps made a big difference. Thanks
     
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