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‎03-23-2020 11:59 AM

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Product: g70
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello.  I just purchased an older used laptop and I think it originally had windows 7 and the seller put in windows 10.   This thing is really slow and I wonder if I put Win 8.1 in it would that help.  I have the recovery thumb drive from my current pavillion which I never used.   I realize it's older but I think 10 slows it down.

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‎03-23-2020 12:17 PM

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@tia_tonita 

 

Put it to Windows 8.1 you may make the situation is nothing better. Do you know how old is it ? Perform a fresh install Windows 10 may help.

 

I don't thing your recovery thumb drive would work. Is it from same series of the G70 ?

 

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‎03-23-2020 01:44 PM

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@tia_tonita 

I also have an OLD laptop and it runs both Win7 and Win10, and it is not only NOT slower in Win10, it is actually a bit faster.

 

So, Win10 is likely NOT the issue.  Thus, while replacing that with Win8x is an approach, do not be surprised if it does not increase performance -- as I suspect, with an older laptop, that there are underlying hardware issues that are degrading its performance.



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‎03-26-2020 06:13 AM

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Hi.  I'm not sure how old this is.  It was originally running Vista so.  

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‎03-26-2020 06:16 AM

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The only reason I bought this was for the larger screen so I can watch live tv on it.  Nothing else.  It was cheap enough so not really much of a loss if I can't use it for what I want.

 

I was able to load win 8.1 pro and I'll use it today and see if the playback is better.  It was quite "choppy".  Would play great and the "buffer" a little.

 

 

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