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    Windows 7 Fixing 'Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device' Error on Windows 7

    When my computer starts up i get this message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device". How do I stop getting this startup message? USING WINDOWS 7 OR SYSTEM BACKUP/STARTUP DISK INEFFECTIVE. REINSTALLING WINDOWS 7 INEFFECTIVE. GOING TO A COMPUTER...
  3. Windows 8 Windows System Reserved Files Messed Up?

    Just because I could I decided to use the default Windows Back-Up System but I kept getting an Error. I soon discovered that anyone else with a 100MB System Reserved partition had this Error. I tried many things to expand the partition with no luck. So I just made a new partition and used CMD to...
  4. Windows 7 BSOD - Memory believed to be at fault; need to and cannot boot flashdrive with Memtest86+

    Hello, and thanks for noticing my thread. The symptoms of my computer are as listed: I have experienced a BSOD pertaining to MEMORY_MANAGEMENT (I don't really know what this means?) I have examined a thread on this forum, Link Removed in the hopes of finding a solution to my ever-worsening...
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    Windows 7 Trouble Booting Windows 7 Installer from DVD: Error After 'Loading Files'

    Hi all Im new here and i got a problem with windows 7 installer when i try to boot the windows 7 from DVD after "Windows loading files" im getting this Link Removed
  6. Windows 8 Windows Updates, or Not?

    Hi I've noticed this several times, I get the message when I boot up that says "Windows Updates, sign in and install updates". If I open Metro type updates I get several choices, one is for Windows Updates, when I click that, I get a screen and a message that says no new updates. If I close...
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    Windows 8 Can I turn a Win8 installation for UEFI into BIOS-CSM-Mode Win8?

    On my computer there is a pre-installed Windows 8 which works fine for UEFI boot (Secure boot not necessary). Now when I switch in UEFI setup at boot time the UEFI mode into the CSM (BIOS) mode and restart then Windows 8 is not starting any more. As far as I find out an UEFI-based Windows 8...
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    Windows 7 Download problem - insufficient permissions

    frequently, when I try to download a file from a site I have to make 2 attempts. The first time fails due to "Insufficient Permissions". The next attempt downloads fine. It seems it mostly occurs on the first download after a fresh boot.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 repair disc

    Hi I have made a Repair disc with my Windows 7 Desktop , but when I tried it , it will not boot from it , I have changed the boot options to CD/DVD dive . cheers spike
  10. Windows 7 Can't access Windows Recovery Environment (BCD issue)

    Hello all, this is my first post here so please be kind, haha. Anyway, recently my hard drive forgot that there were partitions on it and came up as nothing when I plugged it in a different computer. Disk management told me it was all unallocated space. I recovered the partitions C:\...
  11. Windows 7 [HELP] Problem installing Windows 7 onto External HDD

    Hi, I'm currently at a point were I'm stuck on this error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB or IEEE 1394 port". I am trying to install Win 7 onto my External 1TB Samsung M3 HDD, I want to boot Win...
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    Windows 7 Which drivers to use to re-install Win7-64 for SSD's in Raid0?

    I am getting ready to re-install Win7-64 to my two HDD's that are in RAID 0. I have done this one time before, but recall that the drivers can be confusing. There are some Intel RST drivers on the Asus website, version 11.something and on the Intel site there are version 12.something. Which...
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    Windows 7 My Windows does not boot

    i have been using my acer aspire 5742 with 320gb hdd for 2 years now and now I decided to upgrade it to 500gb but could not bear the fact that i had to loose my recovery drive and all its features with it. So I decided to transfer it to my new hdd. Now here's my problem; whatever i try, i...
  14. How to know all programs your Windows 8 is loaded during Startup

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    Windows 8 Win 8 - Major Boo Boo - Someone Please Help!

    Happy Easter everyone! I would so appreciate it if someone here could lend a helping hand. Here's the scenario. I have a laptop that came with Win 7 Home Premium. We got that reduced price version of Win 8 awhile back. We had installed it on top of Win 7 and most everything had worked at...
  16. Windows 8 Windows 8 and Safe Mode....

    Hi Luckily I haven't had to boot my computer to safe mode but I started wondering how would I do it if I needed to. I found this article that lays it out pretty clearly. This seems like another thing that Microsoft has made much more difficult instead of easier to do. How To Boot Into...
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    Windows 7 BSOD during sfc /scannow

    I've been having a series of problems with my PC. Firstly, my startup time would be outrageously long, occasionally with Windows running CHKDSK. A few times I would get a BSOD while booting the computer and it will try and restart again, and do this until it managed to turn on. I booted today...
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    Windows 7 BSOD Causing Repeated Restarts- Unable to Use Laptop

    My Lenovo laptop had been working fine without any issues for about a year. All of a sudden, I keep receiving a BSOD every few minutes related to the win32k.sys file. The BSOD happens randomly, sometimes within a minute of restarting the computer or sometimes within an hour. Because of this...
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    Windows 7 Devices and printers not displaying correct icons

    Sup guys, I actually have a double whammy for you, first off, My Devices and printers isen't showing my icons properly, how can I fix this? Second off, My Computer ALWAYS tries to boot from the Disk drive. I have EVERYTHING but the Hard drives Disabled, but it still tries to to boot from there...
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    Windows 7 Windows crashes and I cannot repair from a repair cd

    A problem has recently come up where my computer hangs then crashes after about 40 minutes after i turn it on. When it crashes it comes up with "Windows failed to start." and tells me to use the installation disk for repair. It gives the status of "0xc000000e". So I created a repair disk from...