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Solved device driver missing, install screen.

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Hi Attempting a clean install of W7 on a P8Z68 V-LX MB, from a thumb drive (ive installed from it successfully in the past. im getting a 'driver' required error at the initial install. I got the AHCI_RAID drivers from asus site, for this mb, and the OS seemed to recognize it as a valid file (i can access it from a usb flash drive), but would not proceed to install it. I tried more recent...

how do i install regina rexx on windows 7

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I downloaded regina rexx on windows 7 (64 bit). I need to know how to install it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

reinstall Windows but on restart no boot found

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Hi all, I recently reinstalled Windows 7 after a virus, but I think during the re-install I must have messed with the partitions. Now it installs fine but when I switch the laptop off and reboot it doesn't recognize or run Windows, unless I plug the usb back in and install from there. Once installed it runs fine, but as soon as you shutdown it won't restart. I have tried cleaning disk and...

Folders created after end of upgrade offer

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I thought that the free W10 offer finished 2016-07-29. Look what I found on my W7 OS partition:Attachment 390432 (http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/installation-setup/390432-folders-created-after-end-upgrade-offer-w10-still-trying-01.png)

Dual boot windows 7 / ubuntu - windows disappears after encryption

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Hello, I have a laptop with dual boot setup for Ubuntu/Windows 7. My company encrypted the Windows partition (McAfee) after which Windows no longer shows up in the boot loader. Can it be fixed? thanks!

Will this be OK?

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A question from a novice if I may. Owing to a total lack of installation disks - I downloaded windows 7 64 Pro from the net (and obtained the motherboard drivers etc from another source. This is now all up and running, but obviously needs a product key to activate etc. If I get a windows 7 64 bit pro disk from ebay (many advertised) and use that key number from the purchased disk - will this...

Solved getting this error when trying to download the ISO

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i keep getting this error when trying to download the ISO from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7 i have a purchased win7 pro 64 bit machine... *Error* We encountered a problem processing your request. Please try again later.

windows update problem

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Howdy. I've just installed a fresh copy of windows 7 on my computer. Now when I go to install updates it just hangs on the checking for updates screen and doesn't find any updates. Thanks

Installation oversight...

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Hi folks! Was able to successfully install Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit on a Windows Vista Home Premium computer using the following tutorial by gregrocker (...sure miss him...): http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html However, what possessed me to do the following, I do not know. :o In Disk Management, the computer showed a (C) drive...

Driving me crazy

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Several months ago when I shut the computer down the light indicating hard drive activity would go out but the power light would stay on. I turned the power off using the switch on the power supply. When I attempted to restart the computer it would not boot up. I decided to do a clean install using the OEM disk that I purchased when I built the computer several years ago. I went through the steps...

Ramdisk Device Options boot loop?

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Hi All,I just attempted to capture a custom image of my computer using WDS (Windows Deployment Services) however instead of finishing the process with a usable image file my computer is stuck in a boot loop with the entries shown below - Image: http://i64.tinypic.com/2z40q4z.jpg I thought that a logical approach to this problem would be to repair Windows using the original installation...

UEFI problems on windows 7 reinstall

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Hi there A week or so ago I installed windows 7(SP1) on my computer, the install went fine right till I installed the graphics drivers. When I re-booted I got a warning about the Bios had noticed a change, and the only way I could boot into windows 7 was to change my BIOS from Windows UEFI to 'Other OS' (I don't have the option to disable secure boot) I then put back an image of windows 10...

Cloning, Windows 7 became non-genuine, Samsung Data Migration

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Ok so i had a little issue a couple days back, ended up solving it but a new one has kinda come up. When i used Samsungs Data Migration, all seemed to be working fine, plug it in for the first time boot it up seems to be going well and then bang! Windows 7 is not genuine, consider activating. Go to activate it and it seems like i cant. Did notice the OEM in the key but i thought that only...

Windows 7 install reporting Invalid Key

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I bought a new hard drive, dug out my genuine install disk and did a clean install on a new, formatted and partitioned drive of "Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade - 64 bit". Everything went swimmingly, it activated and worked great. So far so satisfactory. A month later, the hard drive died so I sent it back and shortly after received a replacement. So I started the install procedure...

reinstall windows 7 from image on disc ?

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Hello, I have a windows 7 home premium computer, I have run into some errors that are stopping me from running a system restore, (I will upload the error) I have come off the phone to Microsoft this morning, they have told me they cannot with a recovery cd, I have come off the phone to HP, they have told me they no longer support windows and would have to purchase a new unit, ...

Pc doesnt boot, installed androidx86 n cannot boot grub, blank _ line

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How do i install an os (or manage to install one) cus i tried installing androidx86 with ubuntu using Android-6.0-rc2.iso (direct download open straight in bosero (my burning application in ubuntu) instead of saving then burning) burnt to same disk i previously had ubuntu installer on but when i booted up it just went to a blinking white underscore and nothing else, then i tried deleting all my...

Solved Installing Windows 10 to SSD

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Hi guys :) Im having a big problem :( I just recently bought a Dell 7559 Gaming Series laptop and also added a M2 250 gb samsung 850 ssd. Now i want to move windows to SSD by doing a clean install. The problem is, for some reason whenever i put the usb after creating a live windows 10 usb, the system doesnt detect it. I disable secure boot, no help. I tried in Legacy boot mode in bios but...

Install from server to multiple machines using 'blank' ISO

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Hi all, Just a bit of background... I have recently taken over as IT support for a small school. The school wants all the PC's re-imaged (Win 7 Pro... checking tomorrow if 32 / bit) All PC's running on school domain to a local Server 2008 There are no images available on the network and the old IT company is un-contactable.

Reset from Windows 10 to Windows 7 after 30 days

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I want to reset from Windows 10 to Windows 7. It's more than 30 days since I installed . I have the product key , but when I typed it for download, I got up this message: " The product key you entered appears to be for software that was preinstalled by the device manufacturer . Contact your device manufacturer for recovery options for software. "Can´t I get back the original windows 7 prof.? Are...

Trying to reformat Samsung 850 1TB Windows 7 64 as UEFI/GPT

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Every now and again I do a complete clean install of everything from my router firmware to my PC. I have never "reinstalled" on the SSD before though and it's been quite some time so I forget whatever I did when I first clean-installed it. I was using this process: Boot Windows 7 Update install disk (I upgraded from a Vista OEM disk ages ago). Shift+F10 and run diskpart. select disk 0...
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