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Installing Windows 7, DVD not running

I have the motherboard (ASrock 970 Extreme3) booting and the BIOS comes up and everything. I set the boot priority to my LG gh24 dvd drive. Then when I save and restart everything it comes up and says:...

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Ultrabook starting automatically with Hp recovery manger screen.

Own HP ENVY 4-1046tx Ultrabook Mine plan was to restore laptop to its original factory condition so i began to try thing out... From the starting the "System Recovery" and "Minimized Image Recovery"...

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none of the windows is working

when I boot from the Windows 7 install disk the disk loads the files, then gives me the 4 windows lights and say "windows is starting." then i choose to "install setup" ive chosen my partition and...

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How can i boot the win7 iso from my drive?, (no usb or optical drive?)

how can i boot the iso file from my SSD

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Can I Clean Install Windows 7 Without Delete My Partition (D:)?

I want to do clean install to my Windows XP pc. I have 500 GB of HDD and have been separated to 2 partition. *Local Disk C: & Local Disk D:* which C: is for system(program files, windows etc) and...

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windows 8 cannot install on a dynamic disk?

when i try to install windows 8 on a new volume it says that the volume is dynamic..am not sure what that means but can i work around it? saw an article about converting a dynamic disk to a basic...

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Installing W7 on a GUID table without EFI.

To preface this, I'm quite adept with computers in general, but an absolute noob with windows. I have a copy on Windows 7, which I'm hoping to use to play Battlefield 2, and do little else. I tried...

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Factory Defaulting a Sony Laptop but says serial key has expired.

So, my Dad wanted my old laptop because I don't use it anymore. I factory defaulted it however, a message popups stating the following, "Sorry, this trial version expired on October 23, 2042." I'm not...

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Black screen and cannot start windows

Hi, I'm in trouble...I was about to use my friends new ASUS laptop this morning, and soon the Windows update started. But after a while, the battery was out because the plug was not connected. So that...

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Acer Recovery DVD Won't Create 100MB System Reserved Partition

Greetings, When I first purchased my Acer AspireOne D255 back in 2010, I immediately deleted Windows 7 Starter and installed a dual-boot of XP Home and Ubuntu. However, recently I decided that I want...

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If an upgrade installation failed..

What would happen to the a previous OS if an upgrade installation failed to activate ? Would it be lost, or could it be recovered from a recovery disc/drive or backup for that PC ? Thanks,...

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Reinstalling windows 7 and ownership of user data on different drive

Hi, I keep all my data on a separate drive. The last time I re-installed windows 7 I had to take ownership of all my data even though the user name on the old install and then new install was the same....

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Toshiba Black Screen With Blinking Cursor?

Ok so recently I got a black screen with a blinking cursor on the top left. The computer starts up normally with the toshiba logo but then it goes to this black screen with a blinking cursor. I tried...

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HP m7-1015dx Factory Reset Fail

I'm on my first and new laptop, still on week one. Permissions were being stolen by the OS and making programs irrelevant. This seems to be a breaking problem in the General Forum this week with many...

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Solved regarding SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

When using diskpart, I'm noticing it never wants you to format when I go back in to the installer. Am I correct in assuming diskpart will format the drives with NTFS? Do I need to realign the SSD on...

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how do i upgrade my dell dimension 5000 frm xp to windows 7

I find reading & writing very hard. So please forgive me. I would like to load Windows 7 Home Premium onto my Dell Dimension 5000 that is running XP but my c drive wont let things start. I have...

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format sony vaio vpcea32en

hello i want to format my sonyvaio laptop vpcea32en..i have backup cd and i want to completely restore my laptop as factory restore. so please help me asap thanks in advance

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samsung rv508 problem help :(

recently i reinstalled windows,trying to start it and it asks to boot,tried to turn it off cant,looks like nothing even works,wht do i do ?:cry:

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Windows 7 answer file will not automate installation

Hey everyone, I really hope someone can help us out with this. My collegue and myself are trying to build an answer file for Windows 7 64 bit and are running into all sorts of issues. First here is the...

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error 0xc0000225 after easus partition change, win7 won't boot

Hi everyone. I bought new laptop asus u47vc 2 days ago. After doing some basic changes I did a iso copy of a system (as asus app advice me) but I didn't had any DVDs at the time so I just skipped...

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