Windows 10: Windows logo on startup

Still going slow watching it, but you know how it was before. When you say the CD you mean manufacturer's CD with drivers and software that came with this PC which probably are outdated drivers and software for Windows 10. If Hard Drive is holding up for now putting in updated drivers may help you even more, but i still suggest you look into a new Hard Drive and backup any important files now. Need help installing updated drivers like preinstalled let me know. Another thing can slow down system is amount of startup software being loaded during the boot up, sure Gigabyte has some software it installed from this CD.

 

yes the cd that came with manufacturer, could you help me out with the preinstalled drivers, do you mean startup software on task manager? what hard drive would you recommend i buy?

 

Yes check startup tab in task manager to see what is starting up, if want to post a screen shot for me to see. Look in notification area see what shows there besides Network, sound and time. Gigabyte tends to give you mothrboard software which i feel is useless to run and startup. As far as Hard Drive they are not expensive these days and i would choose a Western Digital, but we can go into that further and you live in the U.K. i would give you certain specs to look for mattering to your needs of also space on a drive.

 

Tell you right now and if you can not find it in the program do it in task manager. Disable uTorrent startup, can disable CCleaner monitoring within CCleaners settings, Razer Synapse can disable here not needed to start, Steam can be disabled if you open Steam and look in settings again not needed to start, not sure of what Flux Software you have, also gamecon 780 looks like headset software look in software most likely not needed to start with PC, input mapper for a game controller have to look into needs of this startup, look in software itself first, Java Update scheduler is a resource hog truthfully would not use Java to begin with, but if you can remember to check monthly it is a waste to have it run every boot since it only checks monthly.

Realtek is starting up to show the icon in notification area, either right click icon in notification area open Realtek Audio Manager look for setting to remove this icon in notification area as it's not needed to start for it to function for audio, unless you like having it there. Use Skype a lot, do not think needs to start on every boot and stay running, NVIDIA items some might be due to installing GeForce Experience when you installed Video card drivers which again is useless service for auto updates and game optimizations and a startup. Can uninstall NVIDIA driver software and reinstall make sure to not select GeForce Experience.

 

Not sure of the size Hard Drive you need, here is US company shows some WD, as long as you go with 7200RPM.Some say go Solid State Drives, if have means to spend more it is a good investment for speed and performance.Only have an intel i3 so not sure how much of a boost it is going to give you, but of course better then a HDD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...50%20600003298
Decent enough 1TB WD Hard drive i used http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822236339

 

this would fix the reallocated sector count and airflow temperature issue? and the windows logo at start up?

is this the same one you linked?
Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

 

Yes that is the one, i have same one i use it for backup and movies,music and document files on my system as then i use Solid State drives for Windows 10 and games. Decent drive, not expensive but will work fine, mine is few years old never had issues.
Unless looking to spend more money for SSD or need more space for a HDD.

Will fix issues with sectors and as long as airflow has nothing to do with PC case airflow (ventilation). I noticed how it does go into so many steps at beginning as it loads, either due to the drive or some other hardware or files corruption. If you buy a new drive you should be doing a clean install of Windows 10, may help to resolve those issues along with updated system drivers in place.

 

is there a way to activate windows 10 with a windows 7 product code or will i have to install windows 7 first

 

If you were activated after you upgraded to Windows 10 you are good, no need for a activation key, never use older OS key for this. When you decide on getting the drive, i can show you steps to do an install, can also look through many tutorials here, just use search at top, use keywords or look through section on tutorials.

 

Windows 10 Tutorials[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup

 

but wont windows not be activated if i get a new hard drive?

 

I had just changed my main SSD and it activated. Just skip where it will ask for the key. Only major hardware changes will affect this, motherboard, etc...

 

alright thanks

 

Your welcome ! Let me know what you decide to do and if need more help. Comes to startup items on system also need to be familiar with functions of those software's to determine needs for startups. As too many running processes will slow system down and startup time. Many others have had issues with upgrade over existing OS, most are solved with clean install of Windows 10.