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Wrong OEM disk

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I have a spare Acer Win 7 laptop without a HD, so installed an HP with a different operating system (8). This did not boot so I took out my Dell OEM 7 and install went through, but there are multiple issues such as no network driver, no internet access, drives do not work for download.. OK, it was a hard lesson to learn in using a proprietary OS disk, but I was trying to learn some more...

Looking for Windows 7 Pro 64 ISO for Reinstall (Have key)

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Hi all, I'm looking for an ISO of Windows 7 Pro 64 to reinstall onto my HP Elitebook 8460p. I wiped my hard drive and stupidly didn't make a recovery disc before doing so and am now left with a notebook without an OS. HP no longer carries the recovery discs and Microsoft doesn't offer the download anymore. I have the key and do not want to pay for another copy of 7. Can anyone help me out? ...

Change boot partition size

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I am trying to get my computer set up to dual boot Win 7 and linux (Slackware). My computer says that it's using BIOS, but when I use the "setup" command on the linux install, I get a message saying that computer is set up with EFI. I have chased down all sorts of info on how to deal with this. The last thing I was trying to do was use these instructions...

Solved How do I include theIntel HD Graphics driver in W7 unattended install?

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Hi, I have a W7 32bit sysprepped unattended install which (unfortunately) requires the Intel HD graphics driver. All builds of this system are identical in every way so I have built a system with everything configured as it needs to be, including all drivers and the user account. I sysprep, OOBE + generalise and capture the image. I then boot off a winpe USB device to create the...

Stuck with automatic restart after ran through GParted Disk

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I need your help with this how to stop with automatic restart after my laptop turn on. All I see the manufacturer logo with " Lenovo " then restart itself and go back and forth with the same cycle. The reason why I ran the program with GParted is I can't reinstall Windows 7 and the information I got from the site of Microsoft on the internet suggested to run GParted. So I followed the...

Issues with Sata on a Abit Al8!

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Hi all, first time posting here and i could really do with some help So I had given to me a Abit al8 motherboard that I was told works fine. Which it all seems to work in my eyes. So, I'd like to put Windows 7 x64 on it First off I setup 2 HDD in a raid 0 formation, booted the disc, very very slow loading. Got to the language install screen, clicked next and then it done the usual...

Laptop won't boot to Window

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Hi My friend's laptop currently cannot boot whenever I start it up. It only show the Logo screen and the message "Prepare to boot..". After that, the screen blinks then goes dark and returns to the Logo screen. It keeps rotating like that. I tried to use my USB boot to repair the window but it said that my version is different from her (I'm using Ultimate 64x) and my friend does not know...

Patch Tuesday strikes again? Windows failed to start. 0xc000000f

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Desktop with Asus Z77 Sabertooth MB. First boot after last patch Tuesday's successful restart and I get the Boot Manger error Windows Failed to Start 0xc000000f. Put the original Microsoft (as in purchased from) Windows 7 Ultimate x64 DVD in the drive, click repair, and I receive "This version of Windows Recovery Options is not compatible with the version you are trying to repair". Put in 2...

How to Renabled Startup Repair for Windows 7

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How can we disable the Windows Error Recovery screen from appearing every time computers is unplug/re-plug, so that it always *start windows normally*? Windows Error Recovery Windows did not shut down successfully. If this was due to the system not responding, or if this system was shut down to protect data, you might be able to recover by choosing one of the Safe Mode configurations from...

bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No

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I would like to get more understanding of this command: *bcdedit /set {current} recoveryenabled No* Does it disable the Launch Startup Repair (attached -launchstartuprepair.png), _OR_ the safe mode screen (attached - safemode.png) and what about this command? *bcdedit /set {current} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures* We want to disable the "Launch Startup Repair (recommendation)"...

Solved Changing a Dual Boot with XP & Win7

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I want to keep both operating systems but I want the dual boot to be through the BIOS rather than with the boot manager. If the drive with XP fails I want to still be able to boot into 7 by just selecting that drive at the BIOS Boot Menu. XP and Win7 are each on there own Solid State Drive I think this is doable but I have searched and searched and cant find an article on how to do it. Is...

How can I move C: drive where it belongs?

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Hello every one, this is my problem, my letter C: is in system restore it shows this when I go with disk to repair disk, when I load drives it does not take me to system 32 any more it looks like my computer, first drive is F: I think, somehow, when I did dispart I diskscramble them, because I was trying to fix a bootmissing error I got......I activated more than 1.......... got this last error...

Should I upgrade my friends PC to Windows 7?

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My friend has a HP pavilion dv5-1235dx entertainment notebook PC with windows vista home premium installed. It is the original software because it has the vista recovery partition along with the bloatware. I'm just wondering if I should upgrade to 7 for the sake of it being user-friendly and future updates, but I don't even know if it matters with all these update issues happening on Windows 7. ...

Help please -Windows 10 can it be uninstalled from new machine

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Sorry if this is the wrong forum...I want to buy a new desktop but do not want to have windows 10 as my operating system...to my knowledge here in Canada all new desk tops seem to come with windows 10 reinstalled.. Can I remove windows 10 and install windows 7 ultimate say..

My HID devices are not listed

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I want to enable my laptop to wake with my HID compliant Logitech mouse but the power management tabs are missing so I ran "powercfg -devicequery wake_from_any" and was surprised to see that neither of my HID Logitech devices were listed. They both work perfectly in every other respect. Having read around the subject I thought that maybe the BIOS was to blame but when I looked there wasn't a...

Unable to Install Windows 10 - Couldnt find Boot Disk

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Hey guys! I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I'm currently trying out Windows 10, but I'm getting an error which I believe is due to my previous dual-boot consisting of Windows 7 + Antergos w/ Grub. (My friend installed this for me, so I'm not very familiar with this stuff. Before I began the install, I went to windows disk manager and deleted then extended the...

Windows 7 kills 2nd Installation, no matter what I do

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Hello All I have a Dell E5410 Latitude and had 5 win7 installations earlier. Later, only 2 installs behaved as windows (on rest, windows refused to accept as a valid OS). I removed data and formatted the disk using linux. Later installed Windows 7 and it works good still. Problem is, when I install another win7 in a different partition (Primary), it installs fully. But on rebooting...

Solved Rollback to Win 7

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I want to remove all of Win 10. I went back to Win 7 but it appears that some of Win 10 is still left.

Installing SSD on my laptop how do I instal W7 Pro.

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I have a Samsung RV510 Laptop running 64 bit W7 home pre installed. It has 3GB Ram. I plan to install a SSD but with W7 Pro. Installing the drive is easy enough but what's the best option with W7 Pro. There appears to be lots of buying choices with big price differences. I dont understand much about what the differences are. Any and all advice welcome. Also I want to use the W XP compatibility...

Windows 7 Installation/Activation Problem

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I have a laptop, and a desktop PC. The desktop PC came with a Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit installation disc. The laptop, however, did not. When I first booted the laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit was ready to setup and didn't need a disc. Recently, my laptop broke, so I wanted to reinstall Windows 7 on it, so I used the disc I got with my desktop PC to do so. It works, but when I try...
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