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So i'm pretty sure that i had a virus so i did a factory reset but i have heard from numerous people that factory reset is a 50/50 chance it got rid of the virus even though my computer is 100x faster than before i just wan't to make sure i get rid of it. So my question is, If i reformat my HDD...

Win 8.1 Pro The system allows system image backup done on either external hard drive ( which I do every week ), or on DVDs. Why it does not allow USB flash drive ? I tried to use a 32 GB flash and it refuses to do backup on it.

Hi Everyone, Lately, whenever I shutdown Win 7 and then restart my laptop (Toshiba A665) it fails to boot. HDD light stays on and sometimes fail to recognize HDD in BIOS. It eventually WILL boot. Now Win7 is say that the HDD has reported a failure, and tell me to avoid using the computer until...

I have been curious about this for a while now, when I go to Windows update to do Optional Updates for Drivers where are the actual files stored, are they findable and movable to like a CD or Thumb drive for future use, as we all know most of the driver sites suck now that windows 7 has a very...

Apologies if I'm p[osting this in the wrong place, but I would be really gratful for any help you might be able to offer me. I'm currently running Windows 7 professional on my laptop. I purchased it as an upgrade from the digital river ultimate steal site last year. I now need to do a fresh...

I cannot seem to get the restore to factory settings discs to install as it says i dont have enough disc space, i have tons of disc space, so i tried to reinstall windows 7 using the pqservice but am not sure how to go about it. Howdo I start the image on pqservice to reinstall my windows 7...

i'd imagine i'm not the first to do this, but i no longer have my product key. I bought windows 7 professional x64 back in november, when MS had the student deal for windows 7 on. i purchased the backup disc as well. so in december i installed windows 7, everything was fine and dandy...

First off, for some reason I can't load this page properly on Opera browser, everything seems to be loaded but when i put my cursor in either the Title or Body box to start typing my message, it doesn't work, and it's not lag either, it's like as if a script or something is blocking it, sort of...

hi i have a toshiba sattelite l300d laptop or a l300d-13s it changes from website to website , i have an ati radeon 3100hd series and an amd turion x2 . i have recently installed windows 7 professional by downloading it as it is the x64 student version . when unpacking the box i was getting an...

To You Forum People, I purchased the Windows 7 Home Professional Upgrade from digitalriver. I am getting a backup DVD in the mail in short order, I believe this 'backup DVD' is the same package that one gets when purchasing the upgrade disc at a store. Anyway, on to my question. I have...

I've ordered Win 7 Pro on the UK student deal along with the backup DVD. Now, since the backup DVD is never going to arrive tomorrow with the current postal strikes, it looks like I'll be atempting to use the 'download' version. So, does anyone know what is the download version? Will it be an...

Hi! thanks so much for reading this! So, today I decided I would download the windows 7 RC and try it out!! disabled firewall, anti virus etc, made sure their was enough space and stuff! and installed my disc, everything went fine up until it was on the final part of the install at 72% (soooooo...