Moving my Documents
I have just reinstalled Windows 7 home premium. I have 2 HDDs C and D Windows is on C and my documents and downloads folders are on D. Before the reinstall i had a desktop icon for My Documents on the...
View ArticleCan't move user profiles
Guys ... opening this as separate thread as previous one took a direction of its own. *Scenario* As per Tutorial moved my profiles off the C:\...
View Article(Re-) Activate, or Flatten and Re-install?
I have exhausted YouTube, and tried dozens of Google solutions (including several from this forum) to rid my system of the Windows Activation "This copy of Windows is not genuine" error. I am an...
View ArticleNew ssd drive showing unallocated space
Hello. Our little boy has a Fizzbook Spin running Windows 7 Home Premium. The 32GB ssd drive failed and I have replaced it with a 250GB 2.5" Sata drive (that I had planned to use to upgrade my...
View ArticleIs there a simple way to deactivate Windows 7 for a new build?
I've tried to do some googling on how to do this but nothing was exactly what I was looking for and it all sounded overly complex. Here is my situation: I am currently running Windows 7 with one hard...
View ArticleHow to Reset Dual boot in Windows 7
I installed windows 7 ultimate 32 bit on my C: drive (155gb) later I installed windows 8.1 on my E: drive (155gb) and my D: drive (155gb as well) has some files. I just formatted my E drive from...
View ArticleHard Drive Is Not Detected When I format
Can anyone tell me what is the problem of my pc? When I try to format my pc, my hard drive is not showing up? What seems to be the cause of this problem? Thank you in advance :huh:
View ArticleInstalling Windows on used SSD
I have a Crucial M500 SSD with Windows 7 on it. I want to put this SSD in a newer machine. Can I just do a clean install? I'm wondering about alignment mainly, I guess. Any advice would be appreciated.
View ArticleCan I use license key with brand label on other computer
First of all hello, im new here, and second sorry for my terrible English grammar :p * I have a Dell laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium Dell (not oem, but with dell brand name on it) license and label....
View ArticleWindows cannot boot and I cannot login into Safe Mode
The problem happened yesterday in my Lenovo laptop. When Windows boot I get to the black screen with the Windows logo. Afterwards I get a black screen with only the cursor and nothing else. If I move...
View Articlehaving trouble installing windows 7 ultimate on a desktop that had XP
Hi I have HP Compaq dc7700 small form factor desktop that has been running on XP. I wanted to install windows 7 ultimate and the installation started well until the point where windows starts loading...
View ArticleNew HDD, Operating System Not Found
I have searched the forum and have come across similar issues, but no solution for the specific situation I have. I have a Sony Vaio VPCEH laptop. Original HDD was a 320 GB SATA Western Digital Scorpio...
View Article"Key is invalid for use in specified state" error
I keep getting this error whenever I try to install a software, be that itunes, axcrypt or even some games like the sims 3. I've looked it up and everything guides me to a guide saying to delete an...
View ArticleColour calibration screens after Windows logo on install cd.
All my specs are on my profile (this isn't a new computer btw, it's about 2 years old). I've been trying to install windows on my computer after a drive crash (bought a new SSD) and after the initial...
View ArticleHow to Windows 7 Partition restore to a Preinstalled Windows 8
Hi guys This is my first post. I have been googling for help and also attempted to search for relevant topics in the seven and eight forums but in vain. This is what happened. My laptop came with...
View ArticleBIOS error with windows 7 installation error 0x80070057
Ok . I have an HP dv6646us and there is NO OS INSTALED. Oh don't get me wrong I know how to fix that error but the problem is, is that whenever Iget to the formatting process of windows 7 installation...
View ArticleWin 7 installation running very slow
Hello, My friends Lenovo B4500 laptop crashed and Im trying to fix it. First time I have installed win 7 on this pc it was done in a hour now i havent even started instalation and it took me 2 hours to...
View ArticleWindows 7 Repair Install screen black before install finished
Hi all Half way through the Windows 7 Repair install the monitor drivers seem to have corrupted. The screen works fine up to the Windows logo on a black background, then the screen goes dead....
View ArticleDual-boot Win XP + Win 7, picking the right partition
Hello, I used "Partition Wizard" to create a third partition "F" by splitting D; so now I have C: (primary), D: (logical drive) and F: (logical drive). My plan is to install Windows7 on F: and keep...
View ArticleNew install of w7 64b onto new HD not working
I put a new hard drive into my HP dv7 laptop. I downloaded the ISO file [I do have a key]. I started the computer and when I put the dvd into the drive, I get an error, " no bootable device" I went to...
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