Envy 17t: slow as molasses. just boot and clone, please

I recently purchased an Envy 17t, 1080 IPS screen, i7 quad 8GB RAM. This should be a dream desktop replacement.
Alas, it is so bad and unusable that I even decided to type this short experience description on a different computer. I wanted to write it in a text editor. so, I searched windows for "text" and "edit", but no installed app shows up that would seem to allow me to create a simple text document. (instead, it did try to upsell me to buy some apps to do this.) fear not: Microsoft Office is on the home screen. clicking on it gets me to another "up-sell" suggestion to purchase the real version. Does Windows really make creating simple documents difficult?
But this is only the beginning. I could fix this. I could install some app to edit text. It's just indicative.
The real problem is that the envy 17t is slow. real slow. My $200 chromebook is faster. This is not the fault of the processor, the RAM, or Windows. It is the fault of the hard disk. The device does not ship with an SSD. I knew this. Well, this is a standard notebook computer, so I should be able to replace the internal HD with an SSD.
This should be easy. I back up the HD to a USB stick and then restore it to an SSD. I would need to do this if the hard drive went bad, too. Using the built-in backup utility to build a recovery medium to USB, I am informed that this is only allowed once. OK. This would not be so bad, except that the backup process stopped itself with some undecipherable error message far into the process. At this point, I can no longer backup and I have no external backup. I can also not try this again.
I then tried a variety of third-party tools. None succeeded in creating a bootable Window clone that I can replace the standard boot drive with. There is something peculiar about this computer. Inspecting the boot drive with the Paragon Hard Disk Manager tells me that this computer does not use ordinary UEFI partition schemes. There are two (!) service partitions (WINRE partition, folowed by a No Name partition), followed by a Local Disk of 128MB, followed by a large Windows partition, followed by a recovery partition. Somehow, there is software that makes it impossible to clone this into a bootable SSD, using any of about 20 tools that I have used in the past on other computers.
So, I now have a new 17-inch high-end notebook that is about the half the speed of my $200 chromebook.
But I had another idea. My next attempt was to install the SSD into the second drive bay, so I could just boot from it. At least it has a text editor, even though it canot use the blu-ray. Heck, I can at least install linux on the SSD. No dice. It can boot linux from an external USB key, but the UEFI BIOS (F10) cannot boot the drive from its second internal SATA drive bay. Really. It is a standard SATA slot, but the BIOS cannot boot from it. (This is also not a "legacy boot" issue in the BIOS.) It's just that this is designed not to work.
Oh...I have a fix. I can hit escape fast enough, then I can choose F9 and then ubuntu from the second drive. I just cannot save it in the BIOS.
Let me get this right: I now have a notebook computer which is about half the speed as a chromebook in its normal OS, exists primarily to upsell me software, and that is incapable of either making a backup of itself or booting by default from its second drive. The only thing that the engineers at HP seem to have invested time in is to make it difficult to replace the hard drive with an SSD. one has to work to make it so bad. it doesn't happen by itself.
I also don't have the time to hang for hours on support telephone lines to get a recovery medium. There are computers that "just work." This isn't it, though.
-iaw
PS: Did I mention that double-clicking is not as reliable as on a macbook.

Hi,
No comments for other points but Windows has at least 2 text editors (not perfect for big tasks) called Notepad and Wordpad. Notepad is a very simple "editor" but with Wordpad you can format text, nice and neat.
Regards.
BH
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A new thing happened. When i try to installed league of legends, the setup told me that my hard drive may be corrupted and the file won't copy, i skip it a few times but the installation took a long of time (half hour) and the error kept ocurring. I hope this can may be a clue about what is happening to my pc.

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If you restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media and still have trouble, then you know it's not due to software.
the setup told me that my hard drive may be corrupted and the file won't copy, i skip it a few times but the installation took a long of time (half hour) and the error kept ocurring.
In particular, that sort of thing occurs when a hard drive is failing. Time to call Toshiba's tech support at 1-800-457-7777 (from the US) or 1-949-859-4273 (from outside the US).
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Look forward to hearing from anyone.
Many thanks
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• Included 2 Year Warranty
• Intel® HD Graphics
• 17.3-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080) Non touch
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 1TB 5400 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive
• 24GB flash Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2013
• Security Software Trial
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• Standard Keyboard
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam w/ integrated digital mic
• 802.11b/g/n WLAN [1x1]
A few questions I think the technical team can answer for me:
Is there a Service Manual I can download?
Since I overlooked upgrading the i7-4700MQ Processor to i7-4900MQ Processor when I ordered.
Will adding a small SSD to boot from in the second bay add any benefits to the current configuration to help get the CPU speed I overlooked or add the i7-4900MQ Processor later when the cost comes down?
Thanks,

Hi,
Most if not all HP consumer laptops will not support booting from the second hard drive connection with some exceptions.
The posted documentation for your laptop can be found here.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

MacBook slow; results in a freeze and inability to boot after shutting down

From time to time my MacBook starts getting slow. This always results in a total freeze, to which my (as far as I can tell only available) reaction is always powering it off with the P-button.
However, after I shut it down it always gets stuck at the loading screen when trying to boot again. I've experienced both a grey screen with spinning gear and a white screen with spinning gear. Usually a Pram-reset allows me to boot, but lately it has taken days and countless different fixes to get past the starting sequence.
This morning I spent 3 hours resetting every concieveable thing, booted in safe mode, did a disk repair, but to no effect.
Initially I couldn't even do a Pram-reset (it would just boot regularly without a second chime).
Later I was able to, but again to no effect (it would just get stuck at the grey screen).
I ended up leaving my MacBook for a few hours to 'rest'. Upon returning home I did another Pram-reset, and this time it booted normally - it just seems so random that it would suddenly work.
My question is: what can I do to prevent this in the future? The sudden drop in performance resulting in a freeze?
Thanks in advance,
Kris

If your MacBook is a 2008 model see this
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Does the HP Envy 17t line have 2 SATA bays or 1 SATA and mSATA?

Does the Envy 17t line have 2 drive bays? If so, is it 2 SATA bays or 1 SATA and 1 mSATA? Also, on the hardware selection screen:
If I choose that option, will you guys at HP install Windows on the SSD, instead of on the hard drive? I found 256GB SSDS that are a lot cheaper than $295, but I searched around and found that HP apparently puts a restriction on the BIOS that prevents you from booting from an internal drive that you added.
EDIT: Perhaps I could also get the 256GB SSD and add my own hard drive. But I still need to know if it has 2 SATA or 1 SATA and 1 mSATA.
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1337iscool wrote:
banhien wrote:
Hi,
You have not read the manual, I meneioned page numbers for you too. It has one M.2 slot/bay and 1 normal 2.5" bay. I also mentioned: "replacing HDD on new machines now is not as easy as before and in some cases, would void warranty too"
Regards.
OK, so....
1) why do you expect me to read the whole manual?
2) I am aware that replacing a hard drive will void warranty. I am not planning to replace a hard drive but rather add a hard drive in the second drive bay.
What I need to know is what hard drive ports are there, mSATA, 2 SATAs, etc. I have no idea what they mean when they say "support M.2 SATA". Does that mean it supports M.2 SATA or is it an M.2 SATA port??
EDIT: apparently M.2 SATA is only for SSDs, since I can't find any M.2 SATA hard drives.
So what I know now is that there's 1 M.2 bay for an SSD, but I don't know what type of port the second drive bay has.
Hi,
You did not read my reply too: I did not tell you to read the whole manual, I read it for you and clearly noted : " Please also check the following manual (page #2 and page #66) " The manual also show you port and type of the SSD 22 something, I will let you to find out.
Good luck.
BH
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Windows 8.1 and AMD Catalyst updated driver- HP Envy 17t-3200

I've updated my HP Envy 17t-3200 to Windows 8.1Pro. Ran into a some issues but I was able to find a fix (ie. brightness-dimming button fix). Now I just found out my steam game, NBA 2K14 won't work using switchable graphics I was using windows 8 with nba2k14 with switchable graphics and set to high performance and the game played smoothly but after I installed windows 8.1 now my NBA2k14 still plays but in low graphics (power saving) and if I set switcable graphics to high performance I only get a black screen with audio gameplay in the background. Need help! I downloaded the latest drivers in the HP support website, Released:2012-10-18 File name: SP58812.exe [1/1, 298.3M] Version8.982.6.0 Compatibility:Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) I'm hoping an updated driver comes out soon for Windows 8.1. Is there a fix out there besides waitiing for the updated driver? All my other games work flawlessly though.

i have the same problem before in windows 8 running smoothly but now i upgraded to windows 8.1 pro when i use switchable graphic the screen goes black only sounds please help

Please help: Powerbook G4 12'' painfully slow on boot and desktop

The first thing I did was search the forums extensively and have came up empty..
The computer takes about 10-15 mins to boot and loading any application takes about 30-90 sec to open and each action in the application is as slow.
From reading the forums......
I ran boot disk for diskwarrior. Everything was fine.
Ran in single user and ran that script to check the disk. Everything was fine.
Ran disk utility and did the usual. Everything is fine.
I check to make sure all the ram (768) was recoginzed....it is...
I have no idea what to do now. It appears that the hardware is ok. Any advice?
Also I checked activity monitor for any processes that were taking up cpu
nothing...

This problem could be caused by not letting the daily, weekly, and monthly scripts run. To run these you can download mac janitor, or run them manually. T run manually open a terminal window and type sudo sh /etc/daily you will be asked for your password. The replace daily with weekly, and then monthly.
p.s. If you haven't run this in a while it can take a long time

Where are the left and right action buttons on the touchpad on the HP ENVY 17t Quad TouchSmart

My new HP ENVY 17t Quad TouchSmart laptop has a touchpad, but no left or right action buttons. How do I simulate their action. Apparently a single tap simulates a left click, but how do I get a right click? How do I drag a cell in a spreadsheet (to copy it) using the touchpad? I may have to end up using a mouse.
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I believe that model features a ClickPad, which doesn't have distinct left/right-click buttons but does have left/right-click areas where the buttons would normally be. See Using and Configuring the ClickPad for more info.
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Boot and shutdown time is much slower

Running a MB Pro with 4gb of RAM. The boot and shutdown times are considerably slower. Any ideas?

Do you have the machine set to auto-login? Or does it boot to the login window? If it is set to auto-login, how long does the machine take to get to the blue screen? How much longer does it take to get from the blue screen to active desktop?
How long does it take to shut down? What applications are running when you shut down the machine?

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