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07-28-2018 06:10 AM
Well I have a pavilion 15 au191sa notebook for awhile, and it started to get slower in the past few months then eventually today as I was updating the windows with the latest updates it froze. And I tried to force shut down and got it back up and then after a few minutes it froze again. And it happened a few times until I gave up.
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07-28-2018 12:58 PM
Hi,
In that case, you may be best reinstalling the operating system and see if this restores the original performance. There are two main options for this.
1. You could try to reset the notebook to its 'Factory Condition' – if you don’t have your Recovery Media, the notebook will have shipped with a Recovery Partition which can be accessed at boot - ie shutdown the notebook, then start tapping away at f11 as soon as you power on.
A full guide on this can be found on the following link.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00006110#!&AbT1%3Fjumpid=hpr_r1002_usen_link1
2. You can just perform a clean installation as detailed in the guide on the following link. Note: At the activation screen, select 'I don't have a Product key' - Windows will activate automatically once the installation has completed.
http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/
Regards,
DP-K
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07-28-2018 06:18 AM
Hi,
Shutdown the notebook.
Tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu. Select the Diagnostic Menu option ( f2 ) and run the tests on the Hard Drive.
Post back with the results, including any failure codes that may be generated.
Regards,
DP-K
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07-28-2018 12:58 PM
Hi,
In that case, you may be best reinstalling the operating system and see if this restores the original performance. There are two main options for this.
1. You could try to reset the notebook to its 'Factory Condition' – if you don’t have your Recovery Media, the notebook will have shipped with a Recovery Partition which can be accessed at boot - ie shutdown the notebook, then start tapping away at f11 as soon as you power on.
A full guide on this can be found on the following link.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00006110#!&AbT1%3Fjumpid=hpr_r1002_usen_link1
2. You can just perform a clean installation as detailed in the guide on the following link. Note: At the activation screen, select 'I don't have a Product key' - Windows will activate automatically once the installation has completed.
http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/
Regards,
DP-K
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07-29-2018 01:20 PM
07-29-2018 02:17 PM
Hi,
You're welcome
Regarding the Z drive, it will be a partition created and used by Windows 10 during the reinstallation process and will normally disappear within a week.
Regards,
DP-K
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07-29-2018 02:25 PM
You're more than welcome
All the best,
DP-K
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