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Do you need product key when reinstalling Windows 8.1?
dAnk- replied to dAnk-'s topic in Troubleshooting
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I am trying to do a reset on my Windows 8.1 custom PC. I am at the phase where I have the media things downloaded on a flash drive and am nearly ready to go. However, I am confused as to whether I will need the product key or not. I have read a bunch of different articles, all of them saying different things. I don't have access to my product code, as my younger cousin peeled off the sticker and ate it when he got angry with me. Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Alright, great.
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Wait, I would need the sticker code for windows if I were to do that though, correct?
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Well, that is a possibility. I do have lots of shit on here I don't like, and my games are on steam. Not doing it right now, but its a possibility.
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Yep, it runs automatically weekly. 0% is fragmented. Would deleting things from storage help at all?
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Although very, very rare, it can still happen, no doubt.
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I know, what I'm saying is the computer performance is degrading and both the hardware and software could have something to do with it.
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I don't remember the exact specs, but the HDD is very slow, as well as capable of 2 TB.
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Issue: Last week, my computer was doing fine, running as it should, and at a constant rate. I'm not entirely sure what happened in these past few days, however. I have noticed that, over the past 2 days, my computer has been taking longer and longer to process simple things, like video games. The games I have tested are CS:GO, H1Z1, and TF2. I have noticed that all of them take anywhere from double to triple the length of time to load into the main menu, as well as when joining games and loading up maps. I have tried restarting both my computer and router several times, but to no avail. I just can't seem to figure out what has gone wrong, but I do have a suspicion that it has something to do with a NVIDIA driver update or a Microsoft Windows update, as those are the only things I have downloaded in the past week and a half. If anyone is having these same issues as me on the same OS or NVIDIA driver version, or has a solution, please let me know! Any help is greatly appreciated! Computer Specs GPU: NVIDIA EVGA 1080 FTW DT w/ 8 GB DDR5 on NVIDIA Driver version 382.05 (latest version) CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.6GHz 8 GB DDR3 RAM 500 W Power supply Windows 8.1 64bit