Recent content by shantelle

Yay me. My problem has been resolved. I located SATA drivers for XP, Slipstreamed them into XP, installed XP first on my HDD then installed Windows 7 second with OnChip Sata Type: Native IDE Setting in the BIOS. I now have a dual boot setup. Thanks for the assistance, Shantelle.

Thanks for the response Saltgrass. As it turns out, part of my problem was I didn't have any SATA drivers on my XP installation disc. I found some, slipstreamed them into a new XP disc and was able to format and load the XP files to the HDD but when the pc rebooted I got a whole new problem...

Hello, I have recently purchased a new pc. Specs: Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H AMD A4 3400 4GB RAM Western Digital 500GB HDD Samsung DVDWBD SH-B083L ATA RADEON HD 4670 AWARD BIOS v6 I wanted to have a dual boot setup using Windows 7 Home Edition and Windows XP (neither are OEM) using 2...

Hello pboone CDCheck (also does DVD's), a small piece of software I use from time to time may be of assistance to you. It hasn't been updated for a while but I have had 'some' success with it. CDCheck - CD checking and recovery software Hope this helps. Shantelle.

Hello again, A quick update to let everyone know that you can use your own Windows 7 Home Premium DVD (Retail) & the Product Key from a newly purchased Notebook (Windows 7 Home Premium OEM pre-installed), reformat the hard drive to remove bloatware, activate & gain internet access. The only...

Thank you for the responses. I will be using the 32bit OS. Shantelle.

Hello, Hello, I am going to purchase a Notebook with Windows 7 Premium pre-installed. The salesman I spoke to said that it doesn't come with the OS Disc or Restoration Discs. The only way I can get the Notebook back up and running if I have problems is if I make my own Restoration Discs (3 -...

Just a quick update... I have been using the Auto Arrange Registry Edit for almost a full month now with no system issues at all. In regards to the comment, "The mentioned registry tweak is too involved. Specifically to delete everything in Bags", around a quarter of the way down the page...

Hello, For all of you Windows 7 users who have been annoyed (like myself) at the removal of "Auto Arrange", a fix/hack has been discovered. It was discovered by Ramesh Srinivasan @ Link Removed - Invalid URL (Taken from the site) I’m writing this article specifically for Windows 7, because...

Thank you to everyone who responded. :)

Hello, September last year I purchased a pc magazine with Windows 7 RC on it. I dual booted with XP & everything worked fine. When I started up XP, My Computer stated that XP was on C:, my DVD Drive was D: & Windows 7 was E:. When I started up Windows 7, My Computer stated that Windows 7 was...