Posted: 12/3/2014 11:36:53 PM EDT
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And first off. I already did the power cycle thing that I commonly see in IT threads.
My laptop has been running like shit for a good while now. So I did the whole reset to factory default thing per MS 8 guidelines. Anyways. It's not any better than before. I finally figured out how to pull up the Task Manager even. And i'm finding that the main CPU/Memory drain is due to Windows Modules Installer Wor.., with a close race between Google Crome running. What are my options here? The only programs I've downloaded since the reset are Avast and Google Chrome. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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This will take care of 90% of most common issues related to a dogging laptop.
Pull up the cmd screen and run these things. chkdsk /f it will ask to reboot, say yes, will take 10-15 min. when windows is back up pull up the cmd screen again and run sfc /scannow if it cant fix everything, run it again. Usually 2-3 times is the most you will have to run it. once those are done run a drive cleanup using the one built into windows and then defragment the hard drive. If it is still dogging do a chkdsk /r this will take about 1-2hrs but will physically check the hdd and map out any bad sectors. You can also download a SMART test program from your hdd's manufacuter and run that, it will test the hdd and see if it is going bad. I am not a fan of any registry cleaners.. I use those as a last ditch effort before I reimage or re-install/repair install windows. |
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How did you do the reset? Is it an option within Windows or did you actually format the drive and reinstall the OS?
I don't care for the rollback/system reset options. Only real way to be sure is to format the drive, install OS on a clean drive then run your updates and reinstall all your programs. |
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This will take care of 90% of most common issues related to a dogging laptop. Pull up the cmd screen and run these things. chkdsk /f it will ask to reboot, say yes, will take 10-15 min. when windows is back up pull up the cmd screen again and run sfc /scannow if it cant fix everything, run it again. Usually 2-3 times is the most you will have to run it. once those are done run a drive cleanup using the one built into windows and then defragment the hard drive. If it is still dogging do a chkdsk /r this will take about 1-2hrs but will physically check the hdd and map out any bad sectors. You can also download a SMART test program from your hdd's manufacuter and run that, it will test the hdd and see if it is going bad. I am not a fan of any registry cleaners.. I use those as a last ditch effort before I reimage or re-install/repair install windows. Okay. I have no idea of you just said means. But, thanks! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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How did you do the reset? Is it an option within Windows or did you actually format the drive and reinstall the OS? I don't care for the rollback/system reset options. Only real way to be sure is to format the drive, install OS on a clean drive then run your updates and reinstall all your programs. YouTube vid showing me how to reset it to default. Never got a copy of the OS, which I think is common with current stuff sold. Dunno really. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Okay. I have no idea of you just said means. But, thanks! Do this but just type in chkdsk /f do the same thing after that and type in sfc /scannow. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quoted:
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This will take care of 90% of most common issues related to a dogging laptop. Pull up the cmd screen and run these things. chkdsk /f it will ask to reboot, say yes, will take 10-15 min. when windows is back up pull up the cmd screen again and run sfc /scannow if it cant fix everything, run it again. Usually 2-3 times is the most you will have to run it. once those are done run a drive cleanup using the one built into windows and then defragment the hard drive. If it is still dogging do a chkdsk /r this will take about 1-2hrs but will physically check the hdd and map out any bad sectors. You can also download a SMART test program from your hdd's manufacuter and run that, it will test the hdd and see if it is going bad. I am not a fan of any registry cleaners.. I use those as a last ditch effort before I reimage or re-install/repair install windows. Okay. I have no idea of you just said means. But, thanks! Do this but just type in chkdsk /f do the same thing after that and type in sfc /scannow. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile 
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first off im going to say that without me there to look at it my self all i can do is guess.
from a quick bing search i found this. http://www.bing.com/search?q=Windows+Module+Ins&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR try some of the things in the first 2 microsoft forum threads. |
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Between Windows Module Ins... and Google Crome is was pegging the GPU and Memory at 100% use. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quoted:
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Memory drain? What does task manager show your memory usage at? Between Windows Module Ins... and Google Crome is was pegging the GPU and Memory at 100% use. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Okay how much memory do you have? |