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    Windows 10 windows 10 uninstall rabbit hole

    I had numerous problems with win10 so I tried to uninstall to an earlier version(win 8). I am caught in the start up loop. No system disk to boot from. No valid system restore point. Start up repair is ot working. HDD diag is ok. Toshiba satellite laptop.
  2. Windows 7 Bad Driver AvgIdx64 Causing Start Failures

    Event Viewer in my Win 7: The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: Avgldx64 This is the train of events that lead to trouble: 1. I had AVG free for months and never had any problems with it. 2. 3 weeks ago I downloaded IObit Ultimate and Iobit Malware Fighter to...
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    Windows 7 COM Surrogate has stopped working

    SYSTEM: Core-i5 3470 - 8Gb Crucial 1333Mhz - XFX Pro Core PSU - Gigabyte H77 board - Samsung 840 SSD Hi Ive recently been having problems on my PC which started when I ran a program called DSL Stats alongside Avast Internet Security that had replaced Norton Internet Security (uninstalled, then...
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    Windows 7 Windows Start Up Failure: Boot Selection Fail

    Back Story: I had an issue in the past were my computer would restart overnight (I assume it crashed) and upon trying to start up the computer it would not load Windows 7(W7) most of the time. To get it to load I would have to shut the computer down and leave it off for a while and then it would...
  5. Windows XP Disk Read Error Occurred (Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart) in Window Xp

    From last 2 days I'm getting this error message whenever I start my system. And when I try to restart my sytem using above mentioned command, it gives same result back to back. But when I connect my cpu with some other system its worked fine and I didn't get any errors. So please tell me any...
  6. Windows 7 Intermittent Boot Failure

    Running Windows 7 in a RAID 0, and periodically I will get a boot failure error with the message No default or UI configuration directive found. This usually happens if I do some kind of heavy maintenance on my system. For example I might remove my graphics card or cpu cooler to blow the dust...
  7. Windows 7 Windows 7 boot failure

    have an acer aspire one d257 netbook running windows 7 home starter. i had set boot password,hdd password and supervisor password from bios and as soon as i pressed F10 (save & exit) it showed that windows needs some start up repair. now the start up repair is going on and on and thre computer...
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    Windows 7 WIN 7 boot failure

    I have wrecked my wifes' laptop, so you can guess just how much trouble I am in. I turned the laptop off by holding the power on button depressed for as long as it took to power down. I have done this many times before. This time the laptop will not start windows after power up. Win 7 offers 2...
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    Windows 7 Disk boot failure then BSOD.

    I have a modified HP Media Center Edition. My dad was on it and said that it crashed with a BSOD. When I rebooted it said Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter. I inserted the Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate installation disk that I had used to install this copy and the computer...
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    Windows 7 SP1 install causes boot failure

    I've just tried twice to install Win7 Service Pack 1 on a relative's Acer desktop PC - which runs ZoneAlarm anti-virus, but has very little else apart from Word installed. Each time, the download and install process seemed to go OK; however, when the system rebooted, it displayed the Windows...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 boot failure - bad driver

    I'm having problems booting into windows. (currently on a laptop running XP) I recently updated my AMD Southbridge driver via "drivergenius" as well as installing an Advanced System Optimizer but i dont think that has anything todo with it. I restarted my pc as stated by the program and upon...
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    Windows 7 Blue screen :O

    hey, on my family laptop i ran a test after getting the blue screen of DEATH!! :O lol and it said that the hard drive boot failed when i ran the system test everything is fine by the hard-drive it says DST short failed, dont know what to do, never had that problem befor let me know asap...
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    Windows 7 Problems with start up on a laptop

    Bought a Compaq laptop and have been using it for about 6 weeks, it came with window 7 pre installed. All well bar every 10 or so startups it would not bootup but would stick with blank screen. I would take out battery and restart then ok. now the problem ocuurs everytime I shut it down and only...
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    Windows 7 Win 7- boot failure (on SATA dvd)

    Hi. I cannot install Win 7 (pro, 64 bit). After booting cd/dvd the following text appears: "disc boot failure, please insert system disc and press enter" I have SATA dvd. I 've checked that when I plug ATA dvd there is no problem. What shuld I do to instal Win 7 using my SATA dvd...
  15. Windows 7 Error after setup, boot faliure

    Hi everyone! I just tried installing the Win7 Ultimate 64-bit edition on my ASUS U81A notebook. The setup went fine, and after entering the serial number and restarting the computer, upon entering the login phase, there was an error, I can't recall exactly what it was, but it was something in...
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    Windows Vista windows not booting up!!

    hi there , I'm wondering if any one can help me with this one, as i have spent the last 4 weeks trying to sort this one out with the IT guys at pcspecialist...... -.- Anyhoo, here it goes - i have a clevo m571ru-u laptop running vista 64bit i have had the laptop for just over a year now, and 4...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Clean Install will not proceed past 1st reboot

    I have spent a week trying to do a clean install of Win7 RC on a newly rebuilt computer - but no success. System is Asus P5KPL-AM/PS MB (new), Asus EN8400GS PCI-E vid (new), 2GB Kingston DDR2-800 RAM (new), and an Intel P4-3.4 CPU (used but working). I first tried a clean install on a...
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    Windows 7 Help me….my hard disk is damaged!!!

    Hi everyone , I am employed as a manager in a firm. I have a problem that I had like to talk about. My system was working fine the other day, but while copying a file by nero….the system hanged and I had to restart it. But I got a disk boot failure error. Then , I tried to run a windows xp...