System immediately boots to Startup Repair - No access to F8
So lately my computer's firewall has decided to not work so I searched around and eventually concluded on doing a upgrade reinstall. As I didn't want to lose any of my files, drivers or programs. All...
View ArticleWindows 7 Wont install. Hanging at various points.
I'm trying to fix my partners laptop. HP Pavilion G6 -- Pentium P6200 @ 2.13GHz -- 4Gb I've downloaded a windows 7 64 bit home premium sp1 iso from a link provided on pc world website (...
View ArticleSolved Windows 7 installation hangs at "Completing Installation - Im at my
Comp Spec CPU E6600 GPU-ATI 4780 MB - Gigabyte 965P-DS3P (rev 3.3 I think although manual says 2.0) Ram - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz What should have been a straight forward installation...
View ArticleSolved Remove XP dual boot
I'm trying to remove a dual boot of XP (the D drive on the screenshot) on a single HD and expand the space for my windows 7 installation. It doesn't seem to be possible to do it directly through disk...
View ArticleChanging from 32 bit to 64 bit O/S
Am I correct on thinking that no matter what version of software you are using if you want to go from 32 bit to 64 bit you have to do a clean install.
View ArticleWill A: vs. C: work as the Windows-7 System Drive?
I would like to begin using an SSD in my older Tower. I use W7-Pro-64 with 4GB's of Ram. I would like to know if I were to install 7 on an SSD and assign the Systems Drive Letter to A:, if I would have...
View ArticleDeleted Partition
Hey guys, Today i was buying some used drives from a guy and the PC we were using to test the drives from had my main windows 7 install on it,,, being in a rush at the end testing the last drive he...
View ArticleSolved Select Proper Boot Device Error on startup
Hey everyone, Here is some background. I recently did a fresh install windows 7 home premium 64 bit on my machine using a 500gb Seagate HDD. The problem I am encountering is when I restart the...
View ArticleOrdered new laptop with Win 8 but plan to install Win 7 - partitions?
I've ordered myself a new Acer laptop which will come with Windows 8 64 already installed, however, I also ordered Windows 7 to install as I really don't want to be using Windows 8. My original...
View ArticleReinstalling Windows 7 OEM onto a new SSD? What to backup?
So I've been using my new laptop recently and discovered its hybrid hard drive contains an SSD. And boots up windows in seconds. This has caused me to want to buy an SSD for my desktop (my real gaming...
View ArticleSlipstreaming and Universal Install Disk
Hello, I am familiar with slipstreaming (in the XP world) and also how to make a universal install disk (in the Windows 7 world). What I can't get straight in my mind is how to mix the 2 procedures....
View ArticleSolved After install on secondary HDD can I move Windows back to primary HDD?
For a rather complicated reason I have Windows (Home Premium 64bit) installed on the secondary HDD in my desktop, but I still have all the files from a previous installation of the same version of...
View Articlewindows 7 startup problem in sata compatibility mode
i bought a new laptop toshiba satellite c850..no os was installed in it.i got installed windows 7.but later when i tried to install windows 8,i was unable to install it.then i checked the user manual...
View ArticleXP drivers for dual boot Win 7 and XP
I was reading the tutorial on How to Setup a Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP. 1. what about the XP drivers after installation for XP? 2. do you need to worry about doing this on new...
View ArticleWhere is my Partition Drive in the Windows 8 Installation?
Okay so i clicked custom install and it shows all my drivers. I did a partition on my C drive before doing the installation and when i try to install windows 8 and i want to choose the empty partition...
View ArticleDual Boot 7 32bit and 64bit under Uefi
Ok, this has been dealt with in various places but not to my total satisfaction. So bear with me if the answer is hidden somewhere in the forum. I've got an oem asus with 2 hdds the first of which has...
View ArticlePartition Status and Problems with VC Redist
Hello, yesterday I have formatted my Computer. But first my System-Details: I have to Harddrives. The first one is splitted into two Partitions C:System and D: Programs. The second HDD is my Data-Drive...
View ArticleHDD Partitioning for Clean Install Windows 7 - How many, what size?
*QUESTION REGARDING PARTITIONING FOR CLEAN INSTALL OF WINDOWS 7* I am doing a clean install of Windows 7 on a Dell Latitude E6520 with a 232 GB HDD. I have already cleaned ("clean all") the HDD via...
View ArticleSolved New install left setup on boot
I installed a new version of Win7 on a netbook.. I don't think anything went wrong, but it doesn't just boot into windows 7.. After the bios, I get an option to select: Windows 7 Windows Setup [EMS...
View ArticleHdd/ssd
Hi, i got a HP Pavilion dv6 and the hard drive is broken. Wich HDD/SSD am I gonna use to my laptop ? And is it hard to an 14 year old boy to install an hdd on a laptop ? Please answer
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