I bought a nice PNY USB 3.0 stick at Best Buy for $30± but I don't know how to turn it into a *bootable USB with lots of stuff on it*.
My *_fantasy_* is that it will be a bootable USB(a) that will boot in
EITHER my old Optiplex 755 machine with XP Pro SP3 32-bit (with a classic MBR BIOS boot and only USB 2)
OR my newer Optiplex 7010 machine that now dual-boots Win 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and Win...
How to make bootable USB with LOTS of stuff on it -not just OS install
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windows 7 "system recovery options" cant find OS
Hey guys, sorry if this isnt enough information but my PC of 3 years has recently stopped working and i have no idea about this technology...i think my storage is corrupt or something. Anyway, i followed the system start up repair options to a "system recovery options" page which allows me to "Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting windows. Select an operating system to repair"...
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Clean install
Howdy
I am having all sorts of startup problems. I think it is time I did a fresh install. I have basically two partitions on my hard drive. A windows partition and a data partition. I want to do a clean install on my windows partition but don't want to disrupt my data partition.
I know how to reformat but I'm not sure it is what you call a clean install.
Can you point to a post that I...
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A Required CD/DVD Device Driver is missing
"A Require CD/DVD Device Driver is missing . If you have a driver floppy disc, CD, DVD, or USB please insert it now. Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you may safely remove it now."
I trying to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64 SP1 onto my Dell XPS 13-321X Laptop with an SSD drive, and after i insert my CD media into my External CD drive connected via USB...
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System Reserved VBR (boot sector) and BOOTMGR - Please confirm process
Hello. So this is not strictly a Windows question, but it may go a long way in helping understand what is actually going on in a dual boot scenario using Arch Linux. It has been asked in the Arch forum as well, but with no response. Most likely due to it being more Windows related, so I don't want to bump it.
I use Syslinux and it's chainloading feature to load Windows. It is pointed to...
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Bootmgr is missing
Hi Everyone,
I have a problem. I accidentally formated all partitions. So When I wanted to clean install Windows 7. It stucked at 0 in Expanding windows files section. Bootmgr is missing. When I tried to do start up repair. There was no Windows installed.
Pleeeeeease Help me!
Thanks in advance
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Dual-Boot System upgraded to Win10, now Win7 gives LogonUI.exe error
I have a dual boot system in the following configuration:
HDD-0 = Win7 OS, HDD-1 = Win7 OS, WinXP OS. I have successfully booted into each of these operating systems - and the Win7 OS on HDD-1 is an exact clone of the primary OS on HDD-0.
I just upgraded the Win7 OS on HDD-0 to Windows 10 using the "Get Windows 10" process. I now get the new blue Boot Manger screen with all...
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Setup error "A Require CD/DVD Device Driver is missing"
"A Require CD/DVD Device Driver is missing . If you have a driver floppy disc, CD, DVD, or USB please insert it now. Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you may safely remove it now."
I trying to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64 SP1 onto a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 7559 laptop with an SSD drive, and after I insert my CD media into my External CD drive connected...
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0x80300021 install error Windows 7 Pro Dual Boot
*0x80300021 install error Windows 7 Pro Dual Boot*
I have a system with two hard drives for a dual boot system.
I swapped out the two hard drives for larger ones.
I installed Windows 7 Home on the first hard drive and everything worked fine with no problems.
When I went to install Windows 7 Pro on the second hard drive, I keep getting the...
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HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100 Small Form Factor(new hdd and instal
hello i have a HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100 Small Form Factor and it had this on it Microsoft Windows XP.well i have a few questions the hdd broke well i havd a spare hdd from my laptop and well going to put that in will it work on and be a good job.second question is i was trying to put on this windows 7 on it but when i try to boot the system restore cd it comes up with a error saying...
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2 system reserved partitions
Hi all,
So this is my first foray into both the world of PC building and this forum and i need help with this issue after getting confused by other threads in this forum.
I first thought there might be an issue when in my libraries i had a "system reserved" drive assigned to the (D): drive, so i went into disk management to remove the assigned drive and spotted there being 2 system...
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Install Windows 7 on a new C: drive maintaining use of the computer
Hello forum - new poster here.
I want to upgrade my boot drive to a larger SSD, but I don't have the original media or product key. I want to use the machine as-is while I reinstall everything on the new drive. Even if I could, I don't want simply to clone the current drive to the new one. I've already purchased the drive and a copy of Win7/64.
I'm familiar with the fresh installation...
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can´t install OS on HDD
Hi, i am a newbie and i just built a new computer. All the parts are new and i am booting from CD.
Here´s the problem: I am stuck on the "where do you want to install Windows?" page. When i try to install an OS (ubuntu, windows 7) some error occurs. In windows it shows "unallocated space" but can´t make a new partition.
windows error: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This...
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Installation not finding media
I am having trouble installing Windows 7 Pro.
I have a nearly new, barebones computer. It was working properly and then started performing much slower. I have assumed that it is the hard drive packing it up. So, time to move on.
I have a 1 TB SATA drive and also a smaller IDE drive. The previous drive was a SATA.
I installed the SATA drive and have attempted to reinstall...
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Win 7 installation woe
System: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H mobo
Trinity A6-5400K APU
8Gb Ram
250Gb Western Digital Hard drives (spinners)
Win 7 pro 64bit.
Bought a Win 7 installation disc from a well known computer shop on the internet complete with license key. My problem is that on a clean on installation I get 'Loading files' after that nothing, just a blank screen...
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Dual booting windows 7 and 10
Hello,
Apologies if this is in the wrong area, I don't post here that often so please move this if appropriate.
I have recently just upgraded to a new laptop, due to my old laptop (4 years old, running windows 7) has been giving me overheating issues for what seems like an eternity. This new laptop, a HP with intel i7, has Windows 10.
The laptop runs a lot cooler than my old Windows 7...
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Can't Partition Hard Drive or Upgrade OS
Up until this morning, this 2½ yr. old laptop functioned perfectly.
I had AVG (paid version) for the past year. The subscription ran out and I was getting a message every 10 minutes telling me I needed to enter the License Key or purchase a new one. I uninstalled the program via the Control Panel and was still getting the message. AVG support suggested I used their Removal Tool, 2015 version...
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Encrypting a bootable USB Flash drive with Win7 installation?
Hi,
I have a USB Flash drive with Win7 installation setup/boot files on there in order for me to install Win7 from this bootable USB stick and plus all of my personal Data files are on there as well.
My question is, what would happen if I decide to encrypt this bootable USB stick with *_BitLocker_*?
Will the USB still boot the Win7 installation files in order for it to install Win7 if I...
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Acer laptop Win 7 Ultimate x64 OEM, how to clean install without disk?
Hi folks,
I have an Acer E1-571 with Win 7 Ultimate x64 pre-installed and I would like to make a clean install. I've had some malware infections over the years and registry-damaging cleanups, and for peace of mind, I want to wipe the drive and install fresh.
Relevant or not, I have a couple of concerns regarding the authenticity of the pre-installation, i.e. whether it was done at the...
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Need help getting a clean windows 7 disk image (laptop with OEM win7)
Hi, I have an older laptop with windows 7 home premium installed. The recovery partition still works, and the serial is still readable.
I would like to do a clean install instead of going through the trouble of removing the bloatware and removing the annoying scheduled tasks that Acer loves to include.
Sadly, I have been unable to find a clean unmodified windows 7 disk image. Is there...
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