Reinstall Windows 10..

[chiangrai]

I bought a laptop about 6 months ago.It had windows 10 all ready installed.

I also bought a SDD and had the Thai Guy install it before I brought the machine home.

I didn't think he could <deleted> it up...

 

When I brought it home I found it had the following problems.

 

It played Disk E(my external Drive) badly.The media player would change movie half way through

and play the next file in the playlist.

File Explore was really slow on Disk E as well.

 

I put in Samsung magician for the SSD and it said "rapid mode not supported:.

 

It had KMSpico installed on it ....is that bad.

 

Big sites like Thaivisa,Ebay and the like were slow on all browsers.

 

I put up with these for a while but they've just gotten worse. I now want to fix these problems 

but I think a Thai Guy would <deleted> it up.

 

I'm not a computer person but I think i will have to try and learn how to install Windows on The SSD

myself.I thought a Thai Guy could do it when I bought the SSD.

 

I have some packages he gave me.I think it's the old hard drive and the CD for the SSd.

 

Can any body walk me through this.I've never done it before and am not looking forward to it.

 

[chrisinth]

3 hours ago, chiangrai said:

I bought a laptop about 6 months ago.It had windows 10 all ready installed.

I also bought a SDD and had the Thai Guy install it before I brought the machine home.

I didn't think he could <deleted> it up...

If as you say, you have KMSpico installed I would say that you do not have your official W10 installed on your SSD. What other software was installed for you, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop? Do you have licenses for the 'other' software?

 

Or did he clone your original HDD to the SSD? If that is the case, then you were already running pirate software, or at least, an activated version of W10 by KMSpico.

[chiangrai]

All that is beyond me I'm afraid.

He was complaining that it took ages and that Accer wouldn't let him do it the

quick way.He had to let it run over night.

 

I haven't used the software that you asked about but I'm not getting the usual messages that you do with a fake windows.

"Internet Download Manager" for which I have the paid version will not install on a fake copy of Windows but it did on this.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Lot's of Thai guys are not too bad with computers - at least with installing Windows and applications.

Just go to a computer center and ask for a specialist. And be prepared to pay him.

It is unlikely that you will learn yourself how to do it better compared to Thai guys who do this for years...

 

[JamJar]

Some strange advice here....

 

What is the full model number of the laptop?

 

You can download and install the OS directly from Microsoft servers and then buy a licence online for perhaps 300 to 400 baht.

 

I would never have one of those cowboys install an OS for me. So easy for you to do it for yourself and to be sure of what is installed.

You'll be paying the same for a genuinely activated version as you would pay them to install their downloaded cracked software.

[OneMoreFarang]

57 minutes ago, JamJar said:

You can download and install the OS directly from Microsoft servers and then buy a licence online for perhaps 300 to 400 baht.

Where can you buy an official legal Windows 10 license for 300 - 400B?

As far as I know depending on the version (home, pro) it cost at least 3,000B.

[Techno Viking]

10 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Where can you buy an official legal Windows 10 license for 300 - 400B?

As far as I know depending on the version (home, pro) it cost at least 3,000B.

I bought mine on ebay, was 350b.

 

[banjoe]

I bought a 100 baht copy of windows 7, installed that onto the new ssd id bought, then upgraded it online to windows 10 myself which you can still get for free until December.
Google 'still get windows 10 for free assistive technologies'
Its easy to do.

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[Peterw42]

OP,  the problems you describe (problems with an external drive and slow internet browsing) dont really have anything to do with windows being legit or not, or having the op system on an SSD.

An SSD will improve boot up speed and large file copies etc, but will not improve anything external to the computer, networks, external drives , internet speed.

Reinstalling windows (legal or not) will not necessarily rectify any of your problems. An SSD (or not) will improve some aspects of performance, but not the cause of your problems.

Scan, chkdsk, reformat your external drive, look into slow browsing problems, wifi speeds etc. Check some programs are not using all the ram (or maybe get more ram), shutdown all the startup programs etc.

 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2017 by Peterw42

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, banjoe said:

I bought a 100 baht copy of windows 7, installed that onto the new ssd id bought, then upgraded it online to windows 10 myself which you can still get for free until December.
Google 'still get windows 10 for free assistive technologies'
Its easy to do.

Sent from my SM-G950F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

I know this possibility but it's not really legal for most people. Who cares is another question...

 

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, Techno Viking said:

I bought mine on ebay, was 350b.

 

How do you think it should be possible to sell a legal version of Windows 10 for less than 10% of the official price? It's like buying a "rolex" for 500B on Sukhumvit. Just because the buyer tells you it's original doesn't mean it is.

[Techno Viking]

9 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How do you think it should be possible to sell a legal version of Windows 10 for less than 10% of the official price? It's like buying a "rolex" for 500B on Sukhumvit. Just because the buyer tells you it's original doesn't mean it is.

I bought a licence key and downloaded windows 10 from microsoft.

[JSixpack]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How do you think it should be possible to sell a legal version of Windows 10 for less than 10% of the official price?

 

 

Oh, Google around and find out so that you'll have more than hot air.

 

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It's like buying a " rolex " for 500B on Sukhumvit.

 

Absurd comparison.

 

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 Just because the buyer tells you it's original doesn't mean it is.

 

As part of your confusion you've confused "vendor" with "buyer." We don't seem to have much business experience around here.  

 

As with everything else, buy from reputable vendors. You can easily find lots of testimonials for particular vendors, for example

 

https://hardforum.com/threads/office-2016-pro-plus-windows-10-pro-17-office-2013.1935737/

 

Go find them in all the pages of this thread on reddit.

 

[Meljames]

On 11/3/2017 at 1:13 PM, chiangrai said:

Can any body walk me through this.I've never done it before and am not looking forward to it.

 

It's not hard. You can download a fully legal version to a USB stick here for $120 and then install it.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/windows-10-home/D76QX4BZNWK4/1NT3?icid=Cat_Windows_mosaic_linknav_Home_090117_en_US

 

Or you can go on Ebay and buy an activation code for $10 or $20 and then download from here.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

 

Once it's downloaded  to the USB stick you'll need to install it.

This is a pretty good step by step tutorial:

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/clean-install-windows-10

 

It's not difficult but if it's your first time installing an OS it might take a little patience. Basically once you get it on the USB and initiate the installation the program walks you through the process.

Edited November 5, 2017 by Meljames

[chiangrai]

PeterW42....I would love what you said to be true.

I could manage to do these things myself.

Should I restore everything to factory settings

 

Would doing what you said solve the problem of Potplayer(media player jumping 

on to the next video in the playlist with out finishing the  previous.

 

Should I have "rapid mode supported on my SSD

 

What do you mean by "scan".Is it doing a disk cleanup.

What is "chkdsk".

 

I will start doing what you said once I decide whether or not to restore to

factory settings first 

[JSixpack]

47 minutes ago, chiangrai said:

Would doing what you said solve the problem of Potplayer(media player jumping 

on to the next video in the playlist with out finishing the  previous.

 

 

 

Maybe it's just a problem w/ your Potplayer. If you're not married to it, why don't you try some other player?

 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

http://www.smplayer.info/

http://www.kmplayer.com/

 

Potplayer is derived from KMplayer, which fell moribund for a while but now seems revived. However, it may have ads. I suggest trying the first two first. I've used MPC-BE for years. Videolan is classic, revered, and ongoing.

Edited November 5, 2017 by JSixpack

[chiangrai]

Pot player is the only one I know that will play a file when you click on it but also

put all the files in the folder on a playlist and play them consecutively.Handy when you're video is in small parts.

 

 

I'm thinking of going for the "Fresh Start" opyion on settings.

The thing is that I don't have any of the i.d numbers from my origonal

copy of windows 10 which is on the old hard drive.

 

Does anybody know if "Fresh Start" requires these numbers.

[OneMoreFarang]

16 minutes ago, chiangrai said:

Pot player is the only one I know that will play a file when you click on it but also

put all the files in the folder on a playlist and play them consecutively.Handy when you're video is in small parts.

 

 

I'm thinking of going for the "Fresh Start" opyion on settings.

The thing is that I don't have any of the i.d numbers from my origonal

copy of windows 10 which is on the old hard drive.

 

Does anybody know if "Fresh Start" requires these numbers.

If your current Windows 10 is official then Microsoft knows about your computer. Even if you wipe the hard disk when you reinstall it and connect to the internet Microsoft will recognize your PC (serial numbers of parts) and authorize your brand new installation.

I didn't read all the messages here, maybe that was already suggested: I would first try to copy a file from your external drive to your internal SSD and try to play that. If that works then you know that the external drive or your connection to that drive (cable, hardware, driver) has a problem and not your Windows installation.

You can also connect that external drive to another PC and check if you can play your files on that other PC without problems.

I would try that before reinstalling Windows.

[JSixpack]

34 minutes ago, chiangrai said:

Pot player is the only one I know that will play a file when you click on it but also

put all the files in the folder on a playlist and play them consecutively.Handy when you're video is in small parts.

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All the others will do that as well. Uninstall Potplayer to break the file associations to that player. Install the new player. During the install it may ask about making it the default player -> YES. Or you can set that in preferences. Just open the playlist on the player and drag a folder into it, or open a folder in the playlist.

 

If you don't believe that, then you could uninstall Potplayer and reinstall it. However it may leave your settings; if given a choice, ask it to delete the settings too. Or you may use an uninstaller such as  https://geekuninstaller.com/ which gets rid of all the traces.

 

If you think about it, you're going to reinstall Potplayer anyway, except that you just really want to reinstall Win 10 too.  I know what I'd try first!

 

 

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, chiangrai said:

PeterW42....I would love what you said to be true.

I could manage to do these things myself.

Should I restore everything to factory settings

 

Would doing what you said solve the problem of Potplayer(media player jumping 

on to the next video in the playlist with out finishing the  previous.

 

Should I have "rapid mode supported on my SSD

 

What do you mean by "scan".Is it doing a disk cleanup.

What is "chkdsk".

 

I will start doing what you said once I decide whether or not to restore to

factory settings first 

Forget about reinstalling windows, factory settings, ssd settings etc. Nothing you describe points to a windows operating system fault. An operating system fault would be not booting, rebooting, freezing, BSOD etc

A process of elimination. Try a new player, VLC, GOM, WMP etc. Try copying the movies to another device, a usb stick and see if they play. Copy files to your hard drive and see if they play ok. Try your external drive in another computer.

[JSixpack]

5 minutes ago, JSixpack said:

 

All the others will do that as well. Uninstall Potplayer to break the file associations to that player. Install the new player. During the install it may ask about making it the default player -> YES. Or you can set that in preferences. Just open the playlist on the player and drag a folder into it, or open a folder in the playlist.

 

If you don't believe that, then you could uninstall Potplayer and reinstall it. However it may leave your settings; if given a choice, ask it to delete the settings too. Or you may use an uninstaller such as  https://geekuninstaller.com/ which gets rid of all the traces.

 

If you think about it, you're going to reinstall Potplayer anyway, except that you just really want to reinstall Win 10 too.  I know what I'd try first!

 

 

 

So then if another player does the same thing then do take PeterW42's advice about copying the files elsewhere and trying to play them. Could be your external drive or its controller has an issue.

 

If you really wanna do the Windows reinstall thing, consider this: your tech didn't do a straight clone from your old HD to the new SSD. If so then everything should be the same except for faster loading. Hence a drivers question is raised among others. So you could find somebody who would do a proper clone for you, since you have the old HD.

 

[chiangrai]

O.k so this is getting easier and easier.

So don't "Refresh my O.S"

Is it not good to refresh your O.S once a year just for maintenance.

Any way whether I do it or not I will tackle each problem one by one.

 

Where in this country would I get someone to do a proper clone for me and would it increase the performance .

 

The only problem I don;t know how to tackle now is the fact that on Edge big sites where you do a lot of scrolling and changing pages freeze.

On Ebay or Thaivisa,when I'm moving around fast the page seizes and I have to wait

for it to recover.How would I tackle that.

 

I've just remembered that before Potplayer skips onto the next video I get a notification from file explorer that says."choose what to do with Toshiba disk E".

If that gives a clue to something.

 

 

[jenny2017]

A member could remotely control your machine and fix it, if you don't know how to do it by your own.

 

   It's pretty easy to clone a hard drive, but it's not working if there are too many corrupt files.

 

   Here's a great tool, I've got the full version, all you've got to do is to buy a case and put your old hd in, connect it to your PC/notebook, run the program and wait.

 

 I've cloned my 500 GB hd of my notebook by using this software, because it seems to go down the drain in about 4 hours. It's easy and straightforward. You only have to press clone and follow easy instructions. 

 

   It can take many hours, even up to 24, depending on the size.

 

    https://www.backup-utility.com/disk-clone-software.html

Edited November 5, 2017 by jenny2017

[JSixpack]

35 minutes ago, chiangrai said:

Is it not good to refresh your O.S once a year just for maintenance.

 

 

Nah. That notion is a holdover from Win98 days. If it's properly maintained there's never any need to reinstall a modern Win installation. Often people just screw up their system and don't know how to fix it so they reinstall, that's it.

 

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Where in this country would I get someone to do a proper clone for me and would it increase the performance .

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That's a question. It's not difficult, though--if you insist, a Thai tech should be able to do it. Maybe a skilled farang living near you could handle it for you. It may or may not increase performance but sounds like your old installation did perform better so the bias is towards the positive. Your old installation probably contained all the OEM drivers, not just from Windows.

 

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The only problem I don;t know how to tackle now is the fact that on Edge big sites where you do a lot of scrolling and changing pages freeze.

On Ebay or Thaivisa,when I'm moving around fast the page seizes and I have to wait

for it to recover.How would I tackle that.

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Clean out the browser cache and cookies; restart. Download, install, and run Ccleaner. Try another browser. TV runs slow anyway, BTW. This problem doesn't imply need for reinstallation of Win 10.

 

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I've just remembered that before Potplayer skips onto the next video I get a notification from file explorer that says."choose what to do with Toshiba disk E".

If that gives a clue to something.

 

 

Sounds like connection being lost w/ that disk. Check the cable connections. I sometimes spray electrical contact cleaner into dirty ports.Try another USB port. Still no joy, then could be the external box controller (new box needed) or could be that your Win 10 is using its own USB drivers whereas more hardware-specific (as came with your original installation) are needed. Go to your laptop driver support page and look for USB drivers. You could also go into Windows device manager and right click on the USB (Universal Serial Bus) controllers and select Check for updates. Sometimes that works. After a new driver's installed it's best to reboot.

 

Edited November 5, 2017 by JSixpack

[JamJar]

Why has the very simple question that I posed ten hours ago not been answered?

 

A clean install could have been completed nine hours ago.

 

Yes you can faff around in every nook and cranny for hours and days looking for a solution.

I prefer to start from scratch. Check the spec to ascertain if there may be problems with an install and run a certified clean install.

However you look at it, you are running an OS about which you know nothing, activated with a KMS emulator.

 

Almost every single path taken by people asking advice on this forum is a short cut. They almost never choose to do the thing properly in the first place.

 

So here we are again. Half a day later and we know nothing about the machine itself.

 

[jenny2017]

1 minute ago, JamJar said:

Why has the very simple question that I posed ten hours ago not been answered?

 

A clean install could have been completed nine hours ago.

 

Yes you can faff around in every nook and cranny for hours and days looking for a solution.

I prefer to start from scratch. Check the spec to ascertain if there may be problems with an install and run a certified clean install.

However you look at it, you are running an OS about which you know nothing, activated with a KMS emulator.

 

Almost every single path taken by people asking advice on this forum is a short cut. They almost never choose to do the thing properly in the first place.

 

So here we are again. Half a day later and we know nothing about the machine itself.

 

OP, if I were you, I'd listen and FOLLOW this advice. He will walk you through until it works. Don't concentrate on any player bs that's irrelevant now. 

[maxpower]

40 minutes ago, JamJar said:

Why has the very simple question that I posed ten hours ago not been answered?

Because this is another comedy of errors where sensible questions are ignored and lost among a bunch of drivel.

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, chiangrai said:

I've just remembered that before Potplayer skips onto the next video I get a notification from file explorer that says."choose what to do with Toshiba disk E".

If that gives a clue to something.

That sound a lot like a faulty external drive or cable. a reinstall of windows wont fix the problem. 

[JSixpack]

31 minutes ago, JamJar said:

Why has the very simple question that I posed ten hours ago not been answered?

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Uh, because you didn't mention a deadline that has to be met or else? Seems there's no emergency here except in your own mind, esp since there's not yet a clear need for that info. Now if the OP is having trouble finding drivers on his laptop manu's website, we might could help. Otherwise, his laptop once had Win 10 and ran well, so it's known compatible already. 

 

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A clean install could have been completed nine hours ago.

 

 

True! But not really needed--yet.

 

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Yes you can faff around in every nook and cranny for hours and days looking for a solution.

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Or you can faff around reinstalling Windows and then faff around more in every nook and cranny for hours and days looking for a solution that might've worked in the first place.

 

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I prefer to start from scratch. . . . . Almost every single path taken by people asking advice on this forum is a short cut. They almost never choose to do the thing properly in the first place.

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Me, I wouldn't use a meat axe when a scalpel will do,. I'd prefer to discover the sources of these two current problems, which may be nothing more than a cable, a port, a driver (now that OP has revealed a connection problem!), and a cleanup so that on a reinstall, should OP choose to do it at his leisure, they needn't recur.

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, JamJar said:

Almost every single path taken by people asking advice on this forum is a short cut. They almost never choose to do the thing properly in the first place.

Why have a forum if the only course of action is to reinstall windows, every time, for a couple of minor faults, that dont sound OP system related.