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Boot MGR missing, only boots with a bootable usb in system

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Hi, Recently had to format from windows 10 back to 7, until the black screen of death happened so formatted 7 again. Everything functions normally except that it will not boot unless a bootable usb is selected as first priority. If you press no buttons when told to after a few seconds it goes straight into windows. What do i need to do to fix the boot mgr? i tried startup repair and...

Solved Win7 install cant find ssd

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Im trying to reinstall windows 7 and then install windows 10. I thought i could get everything ready by formatting the ssd that i wanted to use for the win7 install. But neither bios or the windows install and diskpart cant see the ssd so i cant do anything.

Asus X55A Laptop - Reset to Factory or Clean Windows Home 7 Install?

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Hello All My friend has an Asus X55A laptop that her son used and abused. It was so loaded with spyware and who knows what else that I had no other choice but to reset it to the factory set-up. Asus allows users to do this by hitting F9 and then following the prompts. For the most part the reset worked pretty well but the PC is still a bit sluggish in my opinion. I did remove all the bloat...

Bad Windows key? (OEM)

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I built a PC with low budget, so I also bought a low budget OEM Windows version. The CD came pretty much unusable, so I was lucky that I could make an ISO on my laptop and burn it onto a bootable USB. Windows works fine now but I can't activate it. I tried a solution from another thread where I type a command with the delivered Product Key and it said it was successfully changed. Still doesn't...

Windows 7 installer sets its own path as C:\ - cannot install to C:\

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My Windows 7 installation is many years old, and gone through many hardware changes, software installations and uninstallations, and Windows itself has been getting progressively slower, buggier, and prone to odd crashes and hang ups. I decided to try repairing the installation with my original install disc, but found that my DVD drive is no longer functional. Having used the official ISO from...

Windows Error Recovery after trying to revert to Windows 7 from 10

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*_Original Error_* My Dell Desktop PC was unable to boot into Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit after I selected the option of reverting back to Windows 7 from Windows 10. (Settings > Update and Security > Recovery > Go back to Windows 7). The error displayed was 0xc000000f: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. *_What I have tried so far_* The PC did not...

Windows 7 not reading blank cd/dvd, but other programs will....

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I have tried all the fixes and suggestions on Microsoft's website, including deleting the low and high filters in the registry, and replacing the DVD drive. The problem is this: when I insert a blank CD or DVD, windows tells me it cant read the disk in the drive until it's formatted. However, other programs that write to blank CDs or DVDs (like ClondCD and Clone DVD) will. This forum is my last...

Considering buying refurb w/64-bit Windows, but install disk is 32-bit

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Edit: I just realized a better subforum for my question would be in the installation section, not the hardware section. Sorry about that - maybe a moderator could move this thread to that other section. To elaborate, I found a deal, but haven't yet purchased it, from a Microsoft registered refurbisher. It's on a Dell Optiplex 760 Mini Tower, with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium installed...

Black screen of Death after Acer erecovery

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Following my other thread about HomeGroup and wifi printing issues, I took the advice of the seller of my new Acer Aspire E1-731-4699 to reset to factory setting. The user manual instructions he supplied did not correspond with my configurations, so instead I took the Acer erecovery route. After a long night of backing up all the data on the computer (it took several hours and 7 DVDs) following...

Setup is starting services (SiSS)... stuck.

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Ok so I have searched the internet high and low for answers so before replying, please read what I have already been through. I am currently using an Asus A54C, I reformatted my entire computer because I needed a new start (yes i backed up what I wanted on an external HD), now I've realised that before it gets to this Setup is Starting Services (SiSS) screen I must press F9 and I started the...

Solved Got a goofy window when booting

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Just did a Clean Install of W-7/64/Pro The system in my specs. Every time I boot or restart I get this little goofy window. Code: --------- [setup info ] value is NULL ---------

Clean Reinstall of Windows 7 Update Question?.

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I am updating my HDD to a SSD in the next day or so, I decided to do a clean reinstall rather than clone my OS from the old drive. Doing it this way from my CD ROM of Windows 7 Home Premium I will have an awful lot of updates to get it to the present. My question is, in order to speed up this process do I need to install every update or just the ones deemed as "Important"?.

"Dual boot", kind of....

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Hello, I have been using OpenSUSE 13.2 as my main OS for over a year now and I think I can ever switch back from linux to windows. However, some software used in my lab only supports Windows. I have chose windows 7 Pro which comes with my laptops to do this. I have considered dual boot in conventional methods, and I dislike it. Recently I've destroyed my work laptop and surviving...

How do I properly create multiple windows 7 boot entries

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I am having an issue properly creating boot entries in bcdedit I have 2 individual physical drives with windows 7 installed They are both cloned I tried using EASY BCD to add an entry on drive 1 to boot to the second partition on drive 2 When windows boots on drive 2, windows boots and thinks it is drive letter D: (I always want windows to label its drive letter as C: regardless of...

Time of day clock changes between Windows and ubuntu

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I have a dual boot system between ubuntu and Windows 7 -- now 10. When I run ubuntu and then switch to Windows my time of day clock is off by 4 hours. It appears that the hardware clock gets switched to UTC when I leave ubuntu. Is it possible to tell window that the hardware clock is actually set to UTC?

Total reinstall

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I recently ran SFC on my nieces's computer, when finished it showed a couple of "integrity violations" - I can't recall the exact wording right now. My question; Is there a way to do an 'in-place total reinstall' without having to download/install all the Windows Updates again?:confused: Neither she nor I plan on upgrading to Windows 10 - at least for a quite some time.

Windows 7 in-place upgrade install fails

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I discovered that my previously working scheduled back-up was no longer working and could not be reset. The task scheduler was reporting errors. I tried restoring to an earlier version but no luck. I run system file checker to discover several file problems that were not fixed by the system. So I decided to run the in-place windows install upgrade option from the original OEM Windows 7 SP1 DVD....

Have any solution to install windows 7 uefi without csm support

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I'm using windows 10 pro and dual boot with mac osx by clover, but now i want to down grade to windows 7 x64. Problem here is i'm on uefi and i dont want to back lagacy mode, how can i install windows 7 without csm support :huh:

Solved Can I add system partition to startup partition

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Goodday, I had to reinstall my win7 system due to disk crash. During re-installing the systempartition ended up on my 2nd (data) drive. I now wish to do something else with that 2nd drive, but unable to as I can then no longer boot win7. I browsed various forums and found various info on system partitions but can't seem to find precisely to circumvent my issue. I did perform windows...

Windows 7 fails to create partition

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hey guys, im trying to install windows 7 on my laptop, but i cant do it, idk meaby corruped hard disk, however after some erors, i tryed using diskpart, and hers what im getting. I have tried option CLEAN ALL, too but i get same error ! Im using google alot, but cant find a solution ! Image: http://s15.postimg.org/wqq1b5u63/IMAG0024.jpg
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