Dell I7-5200u, 6 G Ram, 1 TB HDD. Win 8.1. Mcaffe IS, MBAM. This is a new system I am still setting up.
I need help solving a boot problem and the order of installing the system updates. The boot problem occurred after I power up the system when it requested repair or restore disks. No system updates were done, except 4 Win updates on 7/25. I tried the self repair twice and rebooted twice each time and windows loaded. I have not tried rebooting and the system has been not shut down since. I would like to be sure there is not problem with any part of the system hardware or software while I am still within the product return period. I thought I would start with the OS first and then the remaining Win updates, drivers, bios, but I will follow the method suggested here.
I have made the Dell System Recovery on DVD, but not on a USB drive. I later read it may be necessary use a USB drive for OS Recovery .
The Boot problem seems to have occurred after a testing if the usb ports were functioning, there was a single system beep, maybe from removing the devices too fast. However, I can't be sure this was a related of the problem. The ubs ports are working OK now. There are no warnings in device manager for any devices or HDD. The system seems to be functioning normally, except for running slow which I think is due to the McAfee IS.
Windows shows there are 54 Important updates needed and 70 optional. Dell shows the following drivers needed for the system. As mentioned above, I would appreciate any info on what order to do the updates.
Application |
Audio |
Backup and Recovery |
BIOS |
Chipset |
CPU |
Mouse, Keyboard & Input Devices |
Network |
Serial ATA |
Video
Thanks in advance
