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    is mine broke?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by mrbloo, Nov 25, 2011.

  1. mrbloo

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    i held power to turn off and it blue screened everytime i turned it on again
    i installed windows again
    now everything sux
    chrome lags
    minecraft lags on lowest
    steam crashes everytime
    help
     
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    Did you install all the drivers?
     
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    all the ones on the resource disc

    its so bad it runs minecraft at 12 fps
     
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    Did you ran Windows update.

    You did a fresh install right?

    Look at devicemanager if there is something missing.
     
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    windows update?
     
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    Well I'm not sure what you did but fresh install should be something like this:

    -boot from Win. 7 disc.
    -choose new install.
    -remove all partitions and format C: drive.
    -install Windows.
    -install Dell drivers from resource cd except CC.
    -run Windows update.
    -Install CC.

    Everything should work fine after this.
     
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    what is cc?
    also how do I do this without losing my minecraft and skyrim saves
    also i dont think i can remove the recovery and unnamed partitions
     
    mrbloo, Nov 25, 2011
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    CC is command centre. Just save the save files on a usb stick I guess.

    Are you sure you arent missing any drivers?
     
    Brabostaan, Nov 25, 2011
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    yes im sure
    also how long will this take
    do i need to delete recovery and oem partitions?
     
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    Dunno how long it will take, installing Windows about 20 min. or so. Installing all the drivers and update's another 1.5 hours or so.

    Fresh install means you loose all the Dell/Alienware stuff, the disc contains a Windows 7 version without all the Dell/Alienware stuff.

    Do you need those partitions? I myself deleted them immidiatly after receiving a Dell/Alienware system.

    You cannot use system recovery once you formated the entire drive. So if you have some blank dvd's burn your rescue disks first just in case.
     
    Brabostaan, Nov 25, 2011
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