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MSConfig 1) Windows key + R and type msconfig then press Enter. 2) Press the up arrow key twice to choose Normal Startup. 3) Shift + Tab once to reach the tab menu. 3) Press the right arrow once to move from General to Boot. 4) Tab three times and press Space to uncheck Safe Boot. 4) Press Enter...

Both Rufus and manual method (extraction + bootsect) are the same in that only file contents inside the ISO are used. Rufus writes the bootsectors automatically, but doesn't source them from the ISO, so both methods only use the file contents of the ISO. This was in response to the earlier...

Safe Mode could be accessed by Shift + Clicking the Restart button > Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart > press 5. Since Safe Mode was permanently enabled in MSConfig, and you can't login to Safe Mode to undo the change, you can replace the Boot Configuration Data file...

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That's the fault of the HDD or SSD in the laptop. Windows 11 installation, like all reading and writing of disks, is not any more particularly capable of damaging an HDD or SSD. The only way it could is if it constantly spun down and spun up an HDD, or intentionally wrote to the same sectors of...

To bypass the Despicable Requirements by changing installer mode to Server while actually installing Windows 11 updates, open Command Prompt as administrator and paste the entire contents of this file, then run Windows Update again...

Rufus and manual extraction only transfer the file contents inside the ISO. The MBR is either already there and ready, or needs to be created separately. The MBR could already be there, it could be the Volume Boot Record that isn't. Are you able to just erase the USB pen drive? If so, the...

Are you wanting to remove the Windows 7 installer from the USB pen drive, or make it have a bootable Windows 7 installer? The ISO file cannot be bootable simply by pasting the container onto the USB pen drive. The contents have to be extracted from inside the ISO. For legacy BIOS booting, you...

It's not possible in the same way as icons can be changed for File Explorer or Start Menu icons.

Windows + P is for multiple displays, which the same virtual desktop can have. Windows + Tab is for virtual desktops, which there can be several with only one display. It can be either.

It sounds like you are using a legacy BIOS system. "This is not a bootable device" and "An operating system wasn't found" are bootsector messages before BootMGR loads, and only legacy BIOS uses bootsectors. The BIOS firmware reads the first 434 bytes of the disk, which is the Master Boot Record...

The HDD is certainly defective as it has 1,248 reallocated sectors, which is well beyond any tolerable quantity of minor errors. The firmware defined thresholds for SMART attributes are absurdly lax and do not fail until the last 24 hours. The "Warning" status is from third party software being...

Settings > System > Storage > Change where new content is saved.

Right-click empty space > Group by > Type

Unlike TPM, which the Despicable Requirements mandates as enabled, the Secure Boot despicable requirement only mandates the capability present, so you won't need to enable Secure Boot to continue receiving updates, including feature updates.

In this case, Windows system files are present, so user data can be backed up from the installer using Notepad, before proceeding to install. This is done by pressing Shift + F10, inputting the path to the Notepad.exe in the System32 of the old Windows installation being replaced, using the File...

If you boot into the installer, don't rely on it saving anything, even if it might sometimes. If you double-click the ISO file inside of Windows and run Setup.exe in the outer directory of the ISO (not in the sources folder), then your files and apps will be preserved as long as it is same or...

You're welcome, and have a great weekend as well! Can you use the Repair Your Computer > Troubleshoot > Command Prompt and input C:\Windows\System32\regedit.exe to check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\ for the data in the BootExecute value? If there is anything...

You can boot separately to bypass the password restriction, and use the Recovery Environment provided in a bootable Windows installer. Use a different computer to download and run Rufus. Click the dropdown besides the Select button, and choose Download. Then, click the Download button, and...

It's not a "compatibility report" of any type, that's just what Microsoft decided to call it. The bootable installer doesn't support the upgrade option on any hardware. Upgrading is done within Windows, which can't be done if Windows can't start. A clean install can be done from the bootable...