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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...- Kurt Giesselman
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- jurgen
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- bios boot issues bootable usb compatibility dual boot flashing hdd ideapad 500s installation lenovo linux problem reinstall system restore tech support troubleshooting uefi usb windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 Create bootable usb
Hello which program is best for create bootable usb for windows 8? not 8.1. windows 8 only.- gianniscfa
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- bootable usb drive creation flash drive installation media creation usb creation usb tool windows 8 windows setup windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- pstein
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- app development bootable usb driver installation dvd boot generic driver tech support usb 2.0 usb 3.0 usb drivers wireless driver
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- garyl
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- 64-bit boot issues bootable usb community corrupted files download issues driver issues installation iobit login issues recovery recovery disc software support system restore troubleshooting update user help windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- alexteslin
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- bootable usb clean install hdd installation media creation tool partition rufus ssd upgrade windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- RobD1
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- adware automatic repair best buy boot issues boot order bootable usb elderly users format drive fresh copy hardware support installation lenovo recovery remote access tech support troubleshooting virus windows 10 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- jeyem
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- 0xc000021a bios black screen blank screen bootable usb computer issues desktop access error installation media repair install safe mode startup issues system crash tech support troubleshooting update user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- jdean
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- boot issues bootable usb computer help drive lock error file recovery flash player installation issues loop partition pc repair recovery repair system restore tech support troubleshooting update windows 10 windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Xerxes
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- automatic repair blank screen boot issues bootable usb computer dell media issues support troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- yinka273
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- bootable usb disc installation installation guide netbook software tech support usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- JacobAFournier
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- boot issues bootable usb consumer license custom rig dual boot firmware installation installation guide installation issues linux user motherboard remove os restart switching os tech support ubuntu user guide windows 8 windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- Yanneck
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- black screen blue screen boot issues boot loop bootable usb click sound device recovery dvd boot error codes laptop issues recovery restart start helper startup issues tech support troubleshooting windows 8 windows logo
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- finalbarrage
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- bootable usb clean install drivers essential drivers hardware installation ssd troubleshooting windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- Blackwidows
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- bootable drivers bootable usb computer issues disk issues installation restart troubleshooting windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- ParadoxZerg
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- bootable usb clean install customer service hdd installation iso legit copy microsoft mirror download oem piracy software support ssd upgrade tech support upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 7 windows home premium
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Ted01
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- boot drive bootable usb data recovery external drive hardware compatibility restart safe mode troubleshooting windows 8.1 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Stronger
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- boot drive bootable usb download iso mac pc build pro key software torrent windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Jeff777
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- 64-bit aomei boot issues bootable usb enterprise flash drive installation issues splash screen windows 8 windows to go
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- Lee Michau
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- bootable usb connectivity driver issues ethernet installation issues iso installation network issues network settings notification area pro version recovery media rufus sharing center technical preview troubleshooting user support windows 8.1 wireless
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Networking