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    win 8/64 optimise no drive listed

    Many thanks for yr help. I wasn't aware of this change - I can see both defrag & dfrgui in the system32 folder. Unfortunately trying to run dfrgui, does what defrag does, ie nothing. Doing a search as you suggested, did not come up with the options as per yr post, all I got was defraggler...
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    win 8/64 optimise no drive listed

    I have a slow win 8/64 system (not 8.1) with one 500gb GPT hdd. When I went to optimise it, no drive was listed, further when I tried the cmd prompt (as admin) defrag c: /a /u /v - it just said optimise and went straight to the basic c:\ prompt, ie didn't do anything. I am using defrag now...
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    F9 recovery gives error 225

    Reading other posts, my learning curve is moving albeit at a low trajectory; I have done a reagentc /info of both drives, they appear identical, both the one that works and the one that doesn't (see below). As I did a sector by sector clone, might the error imply that the recovery partition is...
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    F9 recovery gives error 225

    i have an 18 month old Asus desktop with Win 8/64. Blank screen on booting, was able to do a F9 repair so the system boots. However chkdsk shows 4 bad sectors. Also sytem is not stable (eg upgrade to 8.1 failed) So decided to replace the hdd with an identical model. Note the Asus...
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    Lenovo z580 very slow (15 minutes to boot)

    Many thanks for yr suggestion (I forgot to mention that I had run memtest which reported no errors over 2 passes). However trying with different ram cards removed is something I will try - the set up ddr3 4GB + 2GB. 2GB removed, running 4GB in bottom slot, then top slot - still as slow. 4GB...
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    Lenovo z580 very slow (15 minutes to boot)

    Lenovo z580 I5 6gb ram, 1tb GFT hdd win 8/64 - 18 months old. System is excruciatingly slow, all works but not in a manner that is usable. I have exhausted my knowledge as to what the issue is. What I have tried: Usual safe boot, remove AV, Java, combofix, rootkit checks, chkdsk, sfc...
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    8 & 8.1 very very slow

    Thanks... No, I went to 8.1 to try and fix problem, but the problem was the same on both 8 & 8.1. Yes I did do a couple of passes with Memtest - clean. I can temporarily fix, but just reverts, not clear what can trigger the problem. I am now attempting a clean install, having reformatted the...
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    8 & 8.1 very very slow

    Thanks, but as I said in the original post sfc was run and reported no errors
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    8 & 8.1 very very slow

    Many thanks again for yr reply. As I inititially said all start up items had been removed. Since I last posted, I have done an in-place rebuild. However the problem continued. I have found, notwithstanding Seatools said all was well, that if I remove the hibernation and pagefile files and...
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    8 & 8.1 very very slow

    very very slow qin 8 & 8.1 Thank you. I agree but not 15 minutes to boot!!! Also I did uninstall and re-install Avast - the difference as negligible, and is certainly not the cause. Further test, I ran the long version of Seatools, confirms the drive has no probs. Any other ideas before I...
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    8 & 8.1 very very slow

    Hi, I am one of many experiencing very slow speeds on booting, opening programs (word) etc. Boot time can take 15 minutes. I have a standard Lenovo z580 (i5, 6gb ram, partitioned gpd 1tb hdd). No odd programs just standard AVast, office 2007, internet via ie11, all updates upto date What we...
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    Local Account Password - Change or Remove in Windows 8

    Thank you. The fact that he can't remember the password (there is no hint) means that even if there was a MS account, we are in no position to provide any details that would satisfy resetting via MS. Thats the reason why we tried the external reset. Are you implying that the external reset...
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    Local Account Password - Change or Remove in Windows 8

    Unable to reset password on Acer E1-572 The first 5 options assume that you are in WIndows 8/8.1 (or you have a MS ID) which in all probability will not be the problem. The last solution didn't work for me as the utility could not find the system. I have a problem in that my uncle has...
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    bluetooth disconnects after 3 seconds

    I have an asus t100ta transformer with win 8.1 bog standard, all updates current, no device manager errors, using windows firewall. I have tried changing the registry fix (6.3 to 6.2). Bluetooth Support Service set to automatic. I have also tried updating the drivers, but it says current...
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    importing contacts from WLM in win XP to win 8

    Importing CSV files into WLM in win8 problem The issue of restoring the dbstore for WLM (especially when dealing with a system rebuild) remains; specifically when dealing with email other than hotmail/livemail etc. However I have found the error in the CSV export/import. The export from XP...
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