boot order

Problem description: I've just built myself a new computer. It was my first time ever building a computer from scratch, although I have played around with the innards of my old one and replaced most things aside from the motherboard and cpu so I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing. I got...

Hello! I am having some serious issues with my computer! I have a Gateway with a Western Digital HDD. I do not know the specifics, but I could look them up if you could tell me where to look! I am good with computers - just not computer language, so bear with me! I installed Windows 7 32-bit...

Windows 7 Installation Guide / Tutorial The Windows 7 is finally here. It's released for beta testers a few days ago and I am here with a small step by step picture guided tour through the installation process. I downloaded the x86 version of the M3 build ( build No: 6801) from Microsoft...

mmm, i Just changed the boot order (after previous issues) and it said the following "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt \windows\system32\config\system" Any hope of booting it up just once? Is all my data gone? My optical drive has not worked for ages so...

Windows 7 can be installed by a variety of methods although the one we are interested here is the 'Clean Install' method. This method can cause anxiety due to the 'Bios' changes that are used especially if the user is unfamiliar with entering the Bios and making changes. I must add that not all...

Hi, Apolgies if this topic has already come up. I couldn't find the appropriate thread. My office was disposing of old computers, so I snapped one up. Before they handed them over, the tech guy "wiped everything clean" (Windows XP was the OS). So now I have a "clean" computer, and I'd like to...

Hello. I have searched for this error message in this and other forums and tried to follow the steps in those solutions but haven't had any luck. Here is a screenshot of the Disk Management window with my drive information: http://i.imgur.com/w2eO4.png I used to run Windows XP Pro and it was...

I bought the Windows 7 professional 32 bit, done step by step guide to change from XP. Installation went well in the custom installation-message appeared for the computer to restart to complete installation. Windows 7 screen appears and the thoughts are that it had installed. "The computer...

I bought the Windows 7 professional 32 bit, done step by step guide to change from XP. Installation went well in the custom installation-message appeared for the computer to restart to complete installation. Windows 7 screen appears and the thoughts are that it had installed. "The computer...

I have been using Win7 RC1 on a spare computer for a couple of months - quite happy with it. Bought Win7 Ultimate last week and installed it on a second drive in my main computer as a dual-boot with XP Pro. On boot up I get the choice of "Old operating system" or "Windows 7", which is...

ok so at a certain point during the install i get an error saying that it can not change to boot order and can not be installed....any one know how i can get passed this so i can get windows 7 on my gaming pc and kill the red headed bastard child of vista

I am getting Windows 7 home premium and a new Intel X-25m 80gb SSD. My questions are,(i am using vista home premium 32bit now) i think i can buy an upgrade version and still do a fresh install on a new drive with it correct? I want to do a "custom" 64 bit install on a new SSD but I have vista on...

I have XP installed on my old HDD. I bought a new HDD and windows 7 I installed windows 7 on my new HDD, my old HDD was plugged in at the same time of the installation. Everything runs great. I then put my pc back together, leaving my old HDD out, as i only want my new HDD with 7 installed...

Hi, I have the most bizarre problem, well it is bizarre to me at least and I can't find a way around it. I have just built a new pc with 2 x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HDDs and Samsung and Sony DVD-RW drives and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I have run the installation process for Windows...

Hello, I am trying to create a System Image, but neither it nor Back up & Restore gives me the option of saving to my second Hard Drive, even though it does appear in Windows Explorer and Disk Management. As a bit of background, my computer has ended up in a strange configuration after...

Ok I find this to be a pretty weird problem. I have w7 RC 64bit installed successfully. My primary drive is first on the boot list of hdds and my current boot order is removable, cd-rom, hard drive and I have other boot methods disabled (had to because it was trying to do a network boot before)...

Hi, I had everything running great in win 7 rc, then I decided to add in a new HD and win 7 would not boot. So I put everything back the way it was, and win 7 still won't boot. I have 2 500GB SATA Intel Matrix RAID set I created when I first installed win 7. The RAID set comprises 2...

Okay so I currently use Vista HP x64 and want to install both Windows 7 RC versions (x86 and x64) on a seperate hard disk to compare some compatability things that my Vista x64 box can't do as it is 64-bit. The programs in question are the old Worldgroup/MajorBBS (and assorted games that i have)...

Recently I've been running the 7beta and last night decided to switch back to vista for more functionality. I changed my boot order to CD/DVD first, HDD second, created a new RAID 0 array and then booted. Everytime it came to install the os I just got a strange clicking noise along with the...

I have XP on one drive and 7 on the other. To change the drive I boot to I go into the Bios/Setup and move the XP or 7 drive up to the top of the boot list. Is there anyway I can get it to stop on boot up so I can pick my drive? Something like when you have two OS’s on one drive, each on...