New Dell i7559 laptop that I just installed 250gb Samsung m.2 and replaced the conventional hdd with a Samsung 850evo 500gb drive. Now trying to load win7pro and getting the red box warning, invalid signature. Needing step by step instructions here on how to procede. I can also remove the ssd's and restore back to oem, then take it to the shop which I'd rather not do.
Thanks
Invalid signature detected red box warning
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Install windows 7 on a new HDD with just the old (dead) HDD's COA key?
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Dual Booting Windows 10 and Windows 7 drivers question
Hey Guys,
I just built this Computer and I installed Windows 10 on it. I wanted to play a game on it so I wanted to install windows 7 on the hard drive too. And know when the installation finished, none of my drivers from the other os didn't copy to this os. So would I have to re-install the Mobo drivers and my graphics card drivers?
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All I know is that Windows 7 installation doesn't have a full format option.
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Win7x64 UEFI-boot install hangs at "Starting Windows" on Skylake
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Hello,
yesterday I made a format of my second PC and I installed Win7 Ultimate x64 again. Now I have a problem with updates. For about 5-6 hours I see only "Checking for updates". Can anybody help me with that?
My 2nd computer is really old
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz
Gigabyte EP45-DS3R
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How to dual boot Win 10 & win 7 after win 7 updated to win 10?
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[URGENT] Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 Dual boot
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Migrate Win7 system to a larger SSD
I've got a Lenovo laptop running Win7. The laptop came with a 128GB SSD which is great, but I'm running out of space for software. I've bought a 250GB SSD and I want to upgrade.
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I have...
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When preparing to restore data folders, I noticed new machine now had TWO users, the "owner"
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Create a Windows 7 USB flash installation with new drives for new MB's
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Solved Clean install Windows 7 with new HDD using Dell USB recovery key
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1TB sata HDD.
Because of a "2000-149" fault code, I am going to do a like for like HDD swap. I
purchased a W7030 HDD and Windows 7 USB key kit from Dell. The computer runs okay for the most part
with problems from time to time. I have uploaded my C drive to the "idrive" cloud.
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