With Windows 10 now available - I will be embarking on a huge upgrade of 5 workstations here at the house. One will be getting completely new components - while others will inherit parts of other machines and still others will be retired completely.
One priority for this job is to ensure that each workstation "retains" it's current "data" drive folder structure. Currently each box contains at...
Walk me through your "rebuild" process...
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Why does a sysprepped image always boot into a blank copy of Windows
Hi guys,
Started working on Sysprep and Fog (Open Source)
I've been told that if I have a sysprepped PC that has been sysprepped with all custom applications and boot the PC (using network boot) into Fog and select "Boot from Hard Disk" that it will be revert to an original out of the box installation and have no custom applications/ drivers/ licensing.
Can someone tell me if this is...
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upgrade product key problem
I have a desktop with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I tried to upgrade so I could dual boot W7 and W10 I created an ISO DVD successfully and went to use it. I booted from the DVD and when it asked for my product key ( assume it wanted the W7 key) I entered the key xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx that is on the disk that I got with the computer. It was not accepted. I looked at properties on the W7 and it...
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Loading WIN7 Pro SP1 over a Non Genuine Win 7 Enterprise
I had a friend of a friend fix my Dell XPS after a HD crash some years back. The guy installed a new HD and loaded Win 7 Enterprise. Recently, I received notification that my copy was not genuine and was asking for a valid product key. Attempted to make contact with the friend of a friend with no success, and no valid product key. I operated that way for a few months and received an update from...
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W10 fail 80240020
What items do I need to check to get W10 installed with this update error 80240029
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Installing 2 OSes in one hard drive
Hi again. :)
So, I was wondering. Can you install 2 or more OSes in one hard drive? I currently have Windows 7, but I need to install an another Windows OS for work and research purposes.
If so, do I have to do anything else before proceeding? Thanks
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Why can I not enter my boot options when in my bios menu?
I press f2 at startup and get put into a black screen with white letters. I can either boot windows normally or run diagnostics. I need to change the boot order. I am running windows 7 off mac OS X if that would make a difference but I do not believe it would knowing I can still enter the boot menu. Windows still works like a regular windows computer but I can't seem to find the windows boot...
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Overlay/repair/in place upgrade - no "upgrade" option
Interesting issue. Have a Win7 x64 ultimate oem box, lost the original key, replaced motherboard, cpu, bought a retail copy and key, used the key to activate to get the nag screens without using a program to circumvent. This was a couple years ago.
Recently...
I can't do an in place upgrade/repair. The option for "upgrade" never shows up. It will allow me to install on any of my hdd...
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Is hiberfil.sys always on the same partition as pagefile.sys?
Is hiberfil.sys always automatically on the same partition as pagefile.sys?
If not: How can I tell Win 7 that it should be this way?
Or alternatively: How can I tell Win 7 that hiberfil.sys should be on partition D: ?
Peter
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Clean reinstall to 7. Question about SSD.
Hello sevenforums!
I've been trying to find the best method of reinstalling my current device back to Windows 7 (Coming from 8.1 and never installing it myself. A friend did it for me).
ANYWAY, I'm getting lost in countless tutorials and information about this subject and I seem to have the basic idea of how to do a clean reinstall, but I have a couple questions regarding my ssd. It's...
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Enable+disable pagefile.sys in registry?
Is there a way NOT to enable + disable Pagefile.sys through Systems dialog but with a Registry key?
When enabling from disbaled state it should take the previously (eventually in the past) set partition location and file size.
If this is not possible then pagefile.sys should be set to "system managed".
Be aware: I am NOT talking about just a deletion of pagefile.sys at shutdown but a...
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Increased partition size, computer doesn't boot.
Asus q5501l, installed a 120gig sad as the main operating system. I tried to download Windows 10 and kept on getting a USB error message so I researched it and found something about increasing the partitions incentives ssds tend to small partitions or something of thst nature, so I did that and now it won't boot.
I want to reinstall my old hard drive and install Windows 10 but if I wanted to...
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Win7 Installation via USB failing on UEFI and Legacy
I have read the tutorials and the many posts on this topic so apologise for creating another post on an old topic. I am hoping I am being an idiot and have just missed something really simple.
Scenario 1: Created UEFI bootable USB, using Rufus, configured BIOS with CMS disabled and Secure Boot enabled. USB drive is recognised in BIOS as UEFI and selectable as a boot option. Windows files show...
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new install
Hello. I am installing Windows 7 Home Premium on a 1 tb hard drive. My system currently has Windows 7 Ultimate. My question is "How do I move my entire music library (including iTunes) and Virtual-box to my external before I install windows?"
Thank you
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Image system recover can't boot
Hello,
I've restored an image system from my IMac win7 to my new custom Pc. But it can't boot. When I use the recover CD Rom it say that Windows version is not the same as the image system you try to repair.
The image was made on an almost dead IMac (graphic card) so every graphic driver where removed before snapping the system. The IMac win7 was installed on a hard drive. Is this a problem to...
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Cant finish windows' 7 installation because video card is dead
Hey guys, I have a HP G62 laptop, and the main graphic card died a month ago, so to make it work all I did was deactivate the main graphic card, in safe mode , so I could use the board card or whatever. Anyway, I was just doing a factory reset on my laptop and everything was going well til the moment the laptop restarts, and it just goes into some blackscreen forever. I guess it's trying to use...
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All of a sudden needing to unplug HDDS when installing windows?
After countless years of re-installing windows with never needing to remove the second HDD from my system, I finally get a new PC and the entire story changes. Error code 0x80300024.
So I get my new PC with windows 8.1 preinstalled. I purchase a fresh copy of Windows 7. I have 3 internal mechanical HDDS and one solid state drive. Subsequently, I install windows 7 to the ssd without an issue. I...
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How to format a PC without a CD
How to format a PC without a CD
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Avast installation didn't completed
After the installation of Avast Antivirus, something like this appeared
What do I do??
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windows 7 hang on launching setup
i have build a new pc buth when i enter a self made bootable cd he launches after windows is loading filles i get a green lauding thing after that black screen
spec intel pentium quad core nvidea geforce 7300 le motherboard of gigabite with 1 gb ram :cry::cry:
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