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Installing Windows in your Alienware Computer

Summary: This article provides you with the different options you have to install Windows in your Alienware computer.

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Supported Systems:

  • All Alienware Systems

Reasons to Reinstall the Operating System

The two main reasons why you may need to reinstall Windows in your computer are:

  1. The computer performance is really slow.
  2. The Hard Drive had to be replaced.

Sometimes you don’t need to perform a clean installation of Windows in order to fix slow down issues with your computer. If the reason why you want to reinstall windows is because the computer is running slower than usual, this may happen due to the amount of programs and ad-ons you have installed in your system, a driver or update that was not installed properly, or even due to a virus or spyware that infected the system. Try these basic tips:

  • Uninstall programs you never use.
  • Restart the computer regularly.
  • Run fewer programs at the same time.
  • Defragment the computer’s Hard Drive.

Now, if you have already tried that and the problem persists, or if you recently replaced the computer hard drive, next you will find the steps to perform a clean installation of Windows.

The installation process

You can easily reinstall Windows on your Alienware system using SupportAssist OS Recovery

For detailed instructions on how to use SupportAssist OS Recovery see Restore your Computer Using SupportAssist OS Recovery.

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Alienware M11x, Alienware M11x R2, Alienware M11x R3, alienware M14x, ALIENWARE M14X R2, Alienware M15x, Alienware M17x, Alienware M17X R2, Alienware M17X R3, Alienware M17x R4, Alienware M18x, ALIENWARE M18X R2, Alienware

Last Published Date

10 Jan 2024

Version

7

Article Type

How To