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    Process to Start Fresh Install

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Cryzer, Nov 6, 2015.

  1. Cryzer

    Cryzer Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop has started to fell a bit buggy atm, and I believe that the changes that I've made over some time (update to win10, new GPU) without any clean install is the culprit for that. I know how to fresh install and everything, but that was when I was only running one HDD. Now I am using a SSD for OS Install and programs, and a HDD for music,videos,etc., so I am not sure if the procedure is the same. I have read that you need to wipe the HDD in order to do the OS install on the SDD, is that true? Cant I just remove the HDD, format the SSD, and put the HDD back to the laptop? I do not have a place to save all the data from the HDD, that is why I am asking if there is another way.

    I am also looking to reset the bios to default (running latest moded bios) in order to start fresh, however, last time I reset the bios, it set the SATA Operation from AHCI to ATA which, even though I changed it back to AHCI before starting Windows, made the HDD unreadable until it was wiped clean.

    What would be a nice order to do all that plus resetting the bios.

    Thanks!
     
    Cryzer, Nov 6, 2015
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  3. Cryzer

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    Thank you that helped with most of the issued that I was having.
     
    Cryzer, Nov 8, 2015
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