1. Gary Branson

    Windows 8 Migrating Pre-Installed 8.1 from Hybrid HDD to SSD

    I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...
  2. M

    Windows Vista Laptop Cannot past to Windows Screen, forever Loading Bar Screen

    Hey all, I'm new here I am using Compaq CQ Series notebook. I just copy some data from CD/DVD room a couple days ago, and next day when i start up my computer, there is eternal loading bar windows screen. I have try some effort to fix this : 1. I select "Last Known Good Configuration", and still...
  3. L

    Windows 8 Brand new Lenova notebook is dead. Please help!

    Hi Windows community, I would greatly appreciate some advice for fixing my dead Lenova G505 notebook. I am downgrading the factory Windows 8 operating system to a new version of Windows 7. Through my attempts, I have rendered my notebook useless. I turn on the notebook and see the "Lenova"...
  4. P

    Windows 7 Searching tool to create a minimum (!) backup archive from bootable USB stick?

    I have a bootable USB stick of a maximum capacity of 30 GB and a current content of 6 GB. Now I want to make a backup of this USB flash with a minimum resulting size. At this moment oftentimes a tool "USB image tool" is mentioned. When I make a backup from this USB flash drive with this tool...
  5. S

    Windows 7 Need help creating windows 7 iso and run it onto USB

    hello what im looking for is to know how can i take my own windows 7 os which i use at the moment and make it ISO file which i can later use it to run the windows directly over usb stick i read many guides but they all explain mostly how to install new windows 7 over usb drive which i already...
  6. Lester

    Windows 8 8.1 install problems

    I am now on my 4th time downloading this upgrade. When I ran it, it told me "Something went wrong..." and an error number 0x80004005. So I turned off virus scanning. I removed my dual booting and linux partitions. I made a bootable usb stick and rewrote the MBR, just in case. No change. I...
  7. J

    Windows 7 Image restore ... but can't boot from CD

    Hi! I'm new here. My name is John Todd. How are you? I apologize if this has been covered already. I tried the search and browsed a lot but couldn't find the answer. I think it is because I don't quite know what to ask for. Here is my problem: I need to re-image my main C:. I'm running...
  8. T

    Windows 8 Unable to do clean install of Windows 8 64bit

    Hello i could use some help. Ive been trying to install Windows 8 on a secondary computer for a few days now from a bootable USB drive and i cant get it too install. It just gets stuck on the purple screen saying Setup Files loading. Im trying to install it on a older motherboard (Asus Rampage 2...
  9. M

    Windows 7 Pls help nothing in boot windows 7 problem

    i had a laptop that was working fine but when i restarted it show the samsung logo but then goes black i tried to restore from usb and disk but it doesnt show in bios settings when i try to change the bios settings in the bios boot order it only shows windows boot manager that it nothing else is...
  10. P

    Windows 7 How to create an USB stick image (like ISO for DVD)?

    Assume I created a bootable USB stick with some additional software on it. Now I want to backup the whole stuff into an archive file on my hard disc. If I would have an CD/DVD I could create a well known ISO file for it which contains everything. How do I do this for an USB stick? If I just...
  11. S

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting NTLDR Missing Error When Booting Windows 7 from USB Drive

    I'm attempting to boot a copy of Windows 7 from a legal and legitimate ISO file that is stored on a USB drive. I have a serial number and product key, etc but I am still running into the NTLDR missing error. I've tried several different boots including FAT32 which does not work at all and NTFS...
  12. D

    VIDEO How to install Windows 7 onto a netbook that has no support for booting from USB flash

    I have a netbook whose harddrive has crashed. It has no CD/DVD drive and does not supports booting from USB flash drives but does support booting from USB floppy or USB CDROM drives. The problem is that I don't have neither a USB floppy nor a USB CRROM drive. Therefore the only viable option...
  13. Emfoshiz

    Windows 7 USB boot, 2 different errors

    Hello! I'll go ahead and tell you my motherboard, cpu, and HDD: Asrock Pro3 Z75 i5 3570-k WD6400aaks (caviar blue) So i've done some extensive research on this, but all for naught, so i seek the help of the masters. I am trying to install windows 7 from a usb. All goes correctly until the...
  14. M

    Windows 7 please help me

    error no decive driver were found about...install window 7 ultimate x64 for laptop asus x301A. boot from usb use window 7 USB- DVD tool burn.thanks.
  15. Lnwasins

    Windows 7 Windows 7 wont boot, says NTLDR is missing on startup...

    Windows 7 wont boot, says NTLDR is missing on startup... So I recently upgraded from windows xp to windows7, I went about installing well the wrong way. I Installed windows 7 from the downloaded file onto a empty hard drive I had attached to my computer. I did this all while xp was still...
  16. T

    Windows 8 Windows 7 clean install error: "Setup was unable to use existing system partition because it does no

    Hi all. I am having a problem with installing Windows 7 on my netbook (Novero Solana). I did a clean install (wiped out Windows 8) and when using a USB boot install of Windows 7, I encountered the following error (Disk 0 Unallocated Space): "Windows 7 install Error "Setup was unable to use...
  17. T

    Windows 7 Windows 7 clean install error: "Setup was unable to use existing system partition because it does no

    Hi all. I am having a problem with installing Windows 7 on my netbook (Novero Solana). I did a clean install (wiped out Windows 8) and when using a USB boot install of Windows 7, I encountered the following error (Disk 0 Unallocated Space): "Windows 7 install Error "Setup was unable to use...
  18. mojoman317717

    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...
  19. eddy024

    Windows 8 cant install win 8 in HP envy 4-1046TX ..,

    please help .. i am not able to install win 8 in my newly bought hp envy .. it is having 4gb ram 500gb hd, +32gb ssd... i am trying to upgrade from my win 7 hb to win 8 but aftr restarting it is showing blue screen saying your pc ran into some prblm .... i tried usb boot also // but...
  20. V

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Won't Boot - Blinking cursor

    Hi everyone, So I installed Windows 7 on my HD. The installation process went well. I chose my Username, password, etc, and then Windows prepares the Desktop for the first use, and then the PC automatically reboots. The problem is that when the pc reboots after the final stage of the...