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Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

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I am trying to load Windows 7 Pro the are 2 Partitions when i select any of the 2 i get the same massage that Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1 or 3 depending which i choose i then downloaded Drivers (SATA AHCI Driver) Into my USB the i got a massage No device drivers where found. then tried to format it goes up to 20% then fails. Please Help course it seems like i can't...

Solved Loading Operating System ... DISK BOOT FAILURE (2 HDDs)

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Hey guys, first post, got a bit of an interesting issue. Months ago, when I first built this computer, I installed Windows7 on a 120GB SSD drive. A month or so after, I found that I needed more space, so I got a 256GB SSD (installed Windows 7 on it as well), which I've been using since and love. As I expected, when the system booted up, I got a Windows Boot Manager menu asking which of the...

Parallels on a Mac with Windows 7 (buy or use what I got)

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Was thinking about getting a Mac at some point in the future. If I install Parallels (Virtualization and Automation Solutions for Desktops, Servers, Hosting, SaaS - Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/)), can I install a copy of Windows I have now or will I need to buy a new disk?

How to figure out Windows Key after HD crash

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Hello everybody, My old laptop crashed, the Hd needs to be replaced. There s a sticker on the back om laptop but that s just unreadable.... I know there is a easy ways to figure this out when you have Windows up and running There s a tool on the free software for windows link on this Forum But that wont work for me,

Re-Installing Win7 / Process hangs in a black screen with cursor

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Hi all, I have been trying multiple times to install Windows 7 to my hp pavilion g6-1007 laptop from an installation DVD but with no success so far. The problem is that I can't proceed with the installation. Every time I put the DVD and boot from there, first I see that black screen with the bar at the bottom saying "loading files". And after it finishes, it gets to a black screen (with only a...

Windows 7 not booting

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Ok so i had a dualboot setup with windows 7 and ubuntu. I decided to remove the ubuntu partition to install windows 8 instead. I used Easybcd to change the bootloader from grub to windows 7 bootloader, and i then deleted the ubuntu partition. I also deleted my windows 7 recovery partition to gain some more space (which i now regret). I then needed to combine the unallocated spaces, so i used...

New SSD, stuck at startup motherboard screen

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I recently got my first SSD after me original HD crashed and lost the windows files. So I decided to get windows 7 for it, I tried installing it from a USB and read the thread about it but with no luck. So I decided to go with my original windows xp cd and then upgrade to windows 7. I started up the comp and had it boot from cd, formatted the new SSD and installed the windows xp files. My comp...

New SSD,wonky boot up

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Greetings, I just installed my new SSD(Vertex4) and cloned with using Clonezilla. I performed disk to disk image and also moved the MBR over as well to the SSD. After following the instructions listed by HTG(How To Migrate Windows 7 to a Solid State Drive - How-To Geek (http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/))I'm finding that I'm having issues with...

A disk read error occured on external USB HDD

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I install Windows XP to external USB HDD and Windows 7 to other USB HDD. I have been using boot from ext. USB HDD for years because internal HDD is too small at that time and I keep it that way until recently I got problem. I change from Dell620 to HP8560 and immediately it cannot boot from WinXP on USB. The only message is "A disk read error occured. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart". I try to...

Alternative download location for RT Seven Lite

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Hi All Basically as per the subject, I am trying to download rt seven lite but their website is offline http://www.rt7lite.com/ Is there a alternative location that anyone knows of? / if anyone has a copy I download from them. Thanks Dan

Things to install after a clean format!

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I clean formatted my Toshiba satellite L745d -s4230 (psk16u) with amd radeon 6520g , a6-3400 vision apu with radeon ,HD graphics 1.40 GHz 4gb ram windows 7 home premium 64-bit I played heroes of newerth on my laptop ,but after formatting it I experienced some lag in game.

USB as Windows 7 installation disk

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Hi All, When I am trying to create a usb disk as Windows 7 installation, bt the step of formatting it I get the following error message:" Virtual Disk Service error: A concurrent second call is on an object before the first is completed." How should I go from here? Thanks Shaul AfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese...

No Drives Found for Windows 7 clean install - new system

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I have built a computer and I am quite stumped by this issue Gigabyte H77M-D3H ver 1.1 board 8 GB ram Intel 2105 i3 CPU Adata SSD SP900 256GB SSD Silverstone 500w psu Pinoneer DVD RW Windows 7 Home Premium with SP1 OEM disk.

OEM License and Media for system Builder Use

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Just a quick question, looking at buying my step dad a copy of windows 7 to upgrade him from vista (shudder) And came across this windows 7 home premium 64 bit OEM License and Media for system Builder Use. And was wondering how the licensing works, and if it was single use if i can use it. I tried looking on the net but couldn't get a sensible answer. Thanks in advance

damaged pc

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i want to install windows 7 on a new pc i have aquired, ( our grandson thought my old pc needed a drink ),how do i do this using my original disk, or do i have to buy a new copy of windows 7 ?????

Windows installation help!!

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Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have a custom built pc( by a friend who worked at novatech at the time) has quad core phenom processor 4gb ram. Gigabyte motherboard 500gb hard drive with windows 8 preview installed. And a formatted 250gb. I'm trying to install windows 7 on the formatted drive but everytime off cd hangs on expanding files. So I thought I'd try USB stick. Got a 16gb...

Windows7 SSDIII on PCIe expansion card not showing up in bios for boot

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Probably a simple one but im stumped. Have a SSDIII drive with OS installed via a USB3 4 port PCIe expansion card with SATAIII ports. Master OS drive is installed and working fine on the drive however is not showing up in BIOS for autoboot, so I have to manually press ESC to enter boot menu and select the SSD drive to boot which works fine. Have checked all the BIOS advanced boot up...

Help Have I accidentally installed windows 7 twice or once(Fresh/clean

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This is My first time doing a clean/fresh installation. I have recently done a fresh installation of windows 7 by booting via usb but I'm not sure if I installed it twice by mistake so this is what I done. I first changed the bios setting to boot from USB stick first and the first installation went fine until it said to "continuing to complete installation by restarting". When the laptop...

Help in updgrading RAM+updating to Win7 64bit

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Hi there :)... I want to upgrade to 64 bit Windows 7, I have 4gb ddr3 (my specs. are in the proper place below) and I want to add another 2gb of RAM. What would be prudent-- add the extra stick and then format...or what would be the proper/safe procedure? I was also thinking about this because RAM sticks are often faulty, even Corsair.

windows 7 installation problem

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Hi everyone, i'm trying to clean install windows 7 on a sata hard drive, booting from cd the starting windows screen appears and then the blue background screen appears with a cursor and then nothing else happens and the pc turns itself off after about a minute. Any ideas. Cheers Tony
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