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Solved Windows Update Stuck at Expanding Windows Files[18%]

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So I was trying to get the latest update on my Win 7 PC. My PC never would let me do a auto update or update with in the OS so I downloaded a copy of win 7 from Microsoft and burnt it onto a disk. Now I went to do that update an everything went well until after it did its first reboot. Once it started back up it has been sitting at 18% and says "Please Wait" and "Gathering additional information...

Can't delete old Win 8 partition after installation Windows 10

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Hi forum, I've bought a new SSD disk and decided to install Windows 10 instead of cloning my old Windows 8 installation. I felt like I needed a fresh install anyway. I didn't delete my old Windows 8 installation at that moment, because I wanted to transfer the files directly between the two instead of having to backup the files beforehand. The installation went succesful and I've...

How to upgrade edition?

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Hi I'd like to ask for some help in upgrading Vista editions. *My notebook has Windows Vista Home Basic installed. I want to upgrade it to Vista Home Premium. * *I do have a Home Premium key and a Home Premium installer DVD*, not an upgrade key but the retail one. *So Windows Anytime upgrade is out of the question.* I don't have an upgrade key or an upgrade disc.But that might not be...

HDD partition help needed (by removing drive from laptop)

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Hi I have a laptop which i got from university. It came with windows 8.1 pro installed in GPT mode, UEFI enabled and secure boot enabled. I managed to turn off the UEFI and change it to legacy type, then turned off secure boot. I want to know something while you format the drive and make partitions. There is something confusing. If you remove the drive from laptop, connect it with a USB...

Installing win 7 on new laptop with emmc

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I am trying to install 32-bit win 7 on a HP Stream c004tu that comes with a Samsung MBG4C eMmc harddrive, on win 8.1. I can get up to booting the installation usb by changing bios settings, but after clicking 'install now' I get the dreaded 'load drivers' error message. After some research, I tried to get around it by changing usb ports and using different isos (the non-refresh media), but it...

Error during install - "windows could not configure one or more..."

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Hi All, I'm hoping someone can help me diagnose what is causing this error during install - "windows could not configure one or more system components". I go through the setup process and everything seems to be going normally, then the system reboots and comes back to the last stage of the setup screen as normal then I get the error telling me to try reinstalling again. I used the program...

Can I swap my hard drive from a Toshiba A665D-S5175 to A665D-S6050

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I have a Toshiba A665D-S5175 running win7 home premium 64 bit that booted intermittently then finally won't boot at all. Seems to be a common issue with that model. Can't even get it to boot to the BIOS. I have to much data and programs on the drive that I need for work and need a quick solution so what I am trying to do is find another similar laptop on ebay and just swap the drive over. Problem...

Clean installing W7 dont' get 'select your computer's current loc'n'

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Hi there, my first post. I've had my custom PC a year and it's a bit crammed with junk. Doing a clean install of Windows 7 prior to the Win 10 coming out so it's nice and clean. BUT!!....... I followed instructions online, Put in my W 7 installation disk, and deleted my hard drive, and partitions. It all installed perfectly, I thought. Except the font stayed big and blurry...not sharp...

Win7 and dual boot Linux

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I have a new Lenovo laptop with OEM Win7 Pro (64bit) -- 1TB HDD - all I have done so far is charge the battery and booted ... nothing else ... (no updates, no installs ... yet! My 2 year old Toshiba is in bad shape because of my ignorance. - since joining sevenforums.com I have followed various tutes about SandBox, Imaging, Recovery, and Repair without actually doing any of them - with the...

Difference between OEM & Retail Versions of Windows 7 Professional

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What is the difference between the retail & OEM versions of Windows 7 Professional software?

oxc000000e boot error when loading windows

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I am working on a Toshiba laptop for a customer I get a oxc000000e error when I tried to boot up windows. I even restored the backup that he had on an external hard drive but still got the same message(Drive was wiped before I restored the backup). He had bought a new hard drive for it thinking it was a bad hard drive. Do you think it's the hard drive or something else??

Windows Setup is not working

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I got a computer from my friend and it was running an illegal version of Windows 7 Ultimate. I am trying to install my legal version of Windows 7 Home Pre. But when I put in the disk everything runs smooth until the reboot. When it enters the Windows Setup, it goes into the black screen saying "Windows Starting" on top of it usually is where the logo goes. But it does not pop up. It just stays in...

Auto-Apply prompt rule to ALL files when target file already exist?

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I sometimes copy/move multiple files + folders within WinExplorer by Drag&Drop to another folder where these files & folder already exist (as an older version with the same name). Then always a popup prompt appears aksing me if I want to - replace the old existing files - cancel the operation - rename the new files/folders More annoying is this little checkbox at the lower left...

Solved secure erase a samsung ssd before clean install ?

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Hello : Is it good practice to secure erase a samsung ssd before a clean install of win 7 ? Or just let Windows do its thing ?

WINDOWS 7 Setup stuck at "setup is starting"

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WINDOWS 7 Setup stuck at "setup is starting" in my acer aspire...........and waited for 1 hour and finally went to partition drivers ........ i pressed next and i am stuck at Copying Windows Files (0%)........and finally after half an hour...it came.................."Windows could not format a partition on disk 0.The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for...

Attempting dual boot - adding Windows 7 to existing Ubuntu laptop

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Sooooo. Here's my frustration. I have a laptop with Ubuntu 14 installed on a SSD. I have a second drive 1TB, with nothing on it, that I want to install Windows 7 to. I've partitioned and formatted the 2nd drive with Gparted to be DOS and NTFS, flagged one partition as BOOT. Restart - boot from WIN disc. Follow the instructions up to picking which partition to install to. NONE of...

Considering installing SSD

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Hi, I am considering installing a SSD to store the operating system only whilst retaining my HDD. I would like to migrate W7 as opposed to a clean install. I believe the hardware side of things is as simple as buying a 240Gb SSD and adapter cradle and plug into SATA slot on the mobo, as well as PSU, right? Is 240Gb a good size for W7 Ultimate? How would I go about migrating the OS?

Samsung Recovery Partition missing, boot to F4 not working

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I'm about to give my old Samsung laptop to a friend of mine, but I would like to restore it to factory condition before doing so. I saw I've accidentally removed the recovery partition when I formatted the drive the first time. I do however have a backup of the files that were on the recovery partition. As a result of the missing partition, I can no longer use F4 to boot to recovery. Is there...

Create duplicate O/S installation - easiest way?

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I have (or soon will) a new system for gaming. The drives I've chosen are 2 x 480GB SSDs, each with a smaller partition for the O/S and a larger one for the programmes (MS FS9 on one, FSX on the other). As I have had an SSD die on me before, I want to make this setup a bit more fail-safe by having the O/S (Win7 x64 - or it may be Win10 x64 in the end, but I guess that won't effect the basics...

Variant of Blue Desktop/Not Genuine Error after HDD Clone

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Hi, I have a variant of the common and supposedly easy-to-solve problem encountered when cloning a HDD as part of an upgrade to a larger drive. As usual the newly-cloned Windows 7 install will not boot properly - stuck on a blank blue desktop with the "Not Genuine" messages. I'm aware that to solve this means reassigning drive/partition letters. This error occurs regardless of how many...
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