1. K

    Windows 10 Can't boot from DVD or USB when hard drive is plugged in

    Desktop PC: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (older motherboard but it has 8 SATA ports, two IDEs, and a floppy disk port) AMD 4000+ 4 x 512mb DDR 233mHz memory nVidia 9500 GT 1 x WD Raptor 74gb on SATA 1 2 x LD DVD drives on SATA 3&4 4 x Toshiba 2TB on SATA RAID 1-4 (Silicon Image RAID controller on the...
  2. J

    Windows 10 Problem Re-Installing Windows 10

    Hi, after I bought the Lenovo Ideapad 500S with Windows 10 pre-installed, a Linux OS was installed. Now, I want to change it again to Windows 10. I made a bootable USB (with Linux), changed the settings in BIOS to EUFI and tried to boot. He's giving me 2 options; HDD and the USB after...
  3. gianniscfa

    Windows 8 Create bootable usb

    Hello which program is best for create bootable usb for windows 8? not 8.1. windows 8 only.
  4. P

    Windows 7 Generic, general drivers for USB 2.0/3.0 and WiFi available?

    I am planning to compose an application which should later be put on a bootable DVD or bootable USB flash drive. In order to allow the application to access USB flash drives and WiFi network I need to add some generic USB 2.0/3.0 drivers as well as WiFi drivers. How do I do that? Are these...
  5. G

    Windows 10 window8 rescue disc 64bit ? ><

    Sigh, I guess I will start from downloading IOBIT advanced system care and then it asked me to update my driver and now I have this driver failure thing where I'm unable to login to window, I've googled so much and now I'm in need of the rescue disc file for rebooting so I can perform system...
  6. A

    Windows 10 Replacing HDD with new SSD drive on windows 10

    Hi All, I have purchased a new laptop with Windows 10 already factory installed by manufacturer. It came with HDD drive which I would like to replace with SSD to run apps faster. I came to several sites where they explain how to do that with several steps. I am thinking of creating a bootable...
  7. R

    Windows 10 Will store bought Win10 install fix a virus infected Win8.1 machine?

    I’m trying to fix my elderly mother-in-law’s Lenovo desktop that will not boot. It’s got Win 8.1 w/Bing and is about 13 months old. (Please skip to last paragraph if you don’t want to read all the background story) Long story short, this is what happened. It was running fine until yesterday...
  8. jeyem

    Windows 10 Windows 10 startup error 0xC000021A

    So yesterday i shut down my computer, and today when i started it up (about 2 hours ago) i can see the startup Motherboard message and all the BIOS stuff, but after that it is just a blank black screen, can't see the blue Windows logo, or that spinning circle indicating that it's loading. I...
  9. jdean

    Windows 10 Repair Windows 10

    I did the windows 10 update Friday night and after completing the update I shut down the computer. When I turned it back on it went into a continual loop where the windows 10 symbol would display and the screen would flash on and off. I attemped all of the recovery options and used a recovery...
  10. X

    Windows 8 Help me with my dell comp on windows

    Ok so when I boot my computer it loads but then it reboots and goes to preparing automatic repair and then goes to a blank screen nothing's on it and also it says like something went wrong and trying to fix it I think the media failed with windows I have a usb with a media thing in it but I...
  11. yinka273

    Windows 7 install windows 7 from disc without CD-ROM drive

    Hello. I want to install windows 7 on my netbook because I somehow lost its OS (which was windows 7) it now currently has no OS. I got the installation disc and copied the content into a 4GB USB stick. I don't know if just coping the files will make it bootable. I want to install windows from...
  12. JacobAFournier

    Windows 8 Installing Windows 8/Removing Ubuntu

    Hey guys! I'm a long time Linux user and after using a work computer for the last 6 months that has windows 8.1 on it I decided I'm going to make the switch. I have my own custom rig and I would like to completely remove Ubuntu and install a copy of windows 8. I already purchased a license from...
  13. Yanneck

    Windows 7 Boot wont work, recovery doesnt boot, reinstall doesnt boot, nothing boots.

    Ive got a really nasty problem with my laptop. I had a bluescreen but wasnt at the screen, so I only saw the last 5 seconds before the system restartet itself and couldnt identify the error code. Reboot did advance until the Windows logo and than stayed there. The logo was still animated, so the...
  14. finalbarrage

    Windows 8 Windows Driver - Installing on a Fresh SSD

    I just got a new SSD and i made a bootable flashdrive with windows 8.1, but when i try to install windows (didnt work on the current harddrive either) it sais that its lacking essential drivers. witch drivers could this be? computer hardware drivers? the SSD drivers? some other basic drivers...
  15. B

    Windows 7 Operating system wasn't found

    so i was installing windows 8 from my bootable usb,but when i was installing, i restarted my pc.. Now it shows "An operating system wasn't found try disconnecting any drivers that don't contain an operating system. Press ctrl+alt+del to restart"...i can still bring up the boot drivers by...
  16. ParadoxZerg

    Windows 7 I want to do a fresh install, can't find an ISO download.

    Hey there, I want to do a fresh installation, I have an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm entitled to use the software. The people at Microsoft customer service are all foreign, very difficult to understand and won't budge an inch on anything. Worst customer service I've ever...
  17. T

    Windows Vista How to Make a Vista External Drive Bootable on a Windows 8.1 Computer?

    Recently I had to take out my Vista drive and pit it into a holder where now it is like an external drive. I want to boot that drive but when I attach it to my new computer (64 bit Windows 8.1) it doesn't boot. I really want to run that drive again and while I can see all the data on that...
  18. S

    Windows 8 Need Windows 8 PRO download [USB BOOT-ABLE][NOT CRACKED]

    Hello I built my own computer and my friend has a spare windows 8 PRO key yet it doesnt really work because I have the windows 8.1 PRO version on my usb boot drive (I am also on a mac at the moment because my charger broke for my pc) so Im wondering anyone know where I could get a BOOTABLE...
  19. Jeff777

    Windows 8 Windows 8 to go

    HI, I have been running into an issue and see if anyone else has had the same experience and what was the resolution. I am trying to get windows 8 to go, to work from a usb flash drive. I do all the steps that are necessary in order to get windows 8 to boot from the usb flash drive and to set...
  20. Lee Michau

    Windows 8 No Network Icon in 8.1 Notification Area or in Settings

    I was running 8.1 Enterprise and decided to try out Windows 10 Technical Preview, I think it was called. Didn't make recovery media. Didn't like it so I downloaded an .iso of 8.1 Pro onto a bootable USB drive using Rufus. The install worked fine except I cant connect wirelessly to the internet...