Re: figured I should just start from scratch.  if you are willing to start from a clean slate and lose all data, remove hdd, leave only ssd connected in pc, do a fresh clean install of 10 using bootable usb media prepared by MS media creation tool.  Clean install means delete all old partitions on ssd and create new partition followed by format.
I have an Alienware Aurora R6 with a 256MB SSD and a 1TB sata. I began suddenly seeing very slow performance and figured I should just start from scratch. I used the Dell restore USB and I am running the Windows updates now. The computer seems to still be running extra slow, meaning I will click on start and there is a delay in the start menu coming up. I looked at the drives and it looks like the boot drive is set to now and C: is the data drive. That is not the way it was when shipped. How can I test to see if I need a new hard drive? Is there a way to change my boot drive letters around? Booting from the SSD is supposed to be faster, but I am a bit confused about the drive letter assignment. I hope I am making sense.
Aurora R6, slow performance after restore