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Alright I installed windows 7 beta a few days after the beta came out and i had a problem with my c drive that had Windows XP on which i just desided to install a new hard drive and put XP back on it well i forgot to plug my 2 second hard drive in that had Windows 7 beta on it (the reason why it...

Hi Guys. I'm having problems with my copy of Windows 7 X64 RC1. I've managed to install the copy on a partition of my HDD. The installation seemed to go through ok. When it comes to loading up the OS, it hangs on a Black screen with the Windows 7 text at the bottom right corner. I thought...

Microsoft we are in 2009 , why are the main windows installation files distribution method is still DVD's? why not flash memory? Here is why i think why we need to shift to flash memory: Flash memory is faster and more reliable than DVD's (Bonus: no noise & less power to use) 4 GB USB drive...

Whenever I start Windows 7, it will randomly hibernate. It always happens within a few minutes of booting, sometimes before I even have a chance to log in. I don't encounter this problem in Vista. I am using Build 7048 x64

My copy of Windows7 will not boot. I narrowed it down to a corrupt "winload.exe" on inspection of the file on my hard drive. I am told even though winload is in the system32 folder, that it cannot run in win32 mode. Does anyone know the answer?

Okay When I try to install Windows 7 either from a virtual machine or directly booting it normally I get cannot find a particular file. I do not remember the exact message but it goes something like this,,,"cannot find install image(install.wim) because it does not exist" but the file does exist...

Hi all, I got alot of problems with windows 7 that I would like if anyone could "fix" for me. Here are my problems: Network problem: - Live Messenger is not working because it says there is something wrong with the keyports (proxy/network options) - Uploading things is impossible, I just...

After installing and booting to installation dvd, I found that (after burning 5 iso disks) that the Nero program InCD caused installation to stop. Get removal tool from Nero and removed InCD. Installation went on without problems.

Hey guys! I want Windows 7 to boot from an external hard drive instead of my computer's built-in HD. Is this possible? Also, what do I need to do in order to achieve this?

"The Computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered a unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install windows, click OK to restart the computer then restart the installation" It says that almost no matter what i do! please help. I'm installing in a 20 gig partition, second OS...

I am trying to boot GParted Live CD from the .iso file I burned to a cd. I have went in and changed my BIOS settings and it still won't boot to the cd, so therefore I can't figure out a way to partition my hard drive. I do have two hard drives though, the main C drive I wanted to install Windows...

SOLUTION: KEEP TRYING! I didn't change a thing and it worked on the 6-7th attempt. I've downloaded the 64bit ISO, the MD5 checks out. I've burned this as slow as my burner would allow (3x) and verified the written data, which checked out. I'm booting from the CD, however everything seems to...

I have bought the full version of Vista Home Premium and i want to install it by booting with the DVD. The DVD is detected and starts loading the files needed for the install. However, when the loading is done and the white "stripe" has reached the end, my computer freezes. My first thought was...

I have a problem with booting up. Every time it gets to the user screen either I pick one and then a password screen flashes for about a second then it reboots and continues to do this. If I hit F8 and pick last known good boot it will start fine. Sometimes I get a password screen that says "not...

Hi I have a rather wierd problem with booting my computer. Everytime i start up my laptop, it will go smoothly to the desktop, but frequently, it will "partially hang" there. my system tray does not load up, windows sidebar does not appear and no programs will be able to work. When i click...

hi i got a Q due to after i reformat this windows vista after its completed and restart the com it came out like this. booting window vista' acpi vista loader 2.1.2 acpi; reclaim memory not found! done! fallback 1 find --set-root /bootmgr error 17: file not found booting windows...

I have tried several times to install windows vista with no success. The machine I'm running has an nVidia nForce 430 motherboard which has a 6150 graphics chip, 768MB on RAM, 80GB HDD and an AMD Sempron 3200+. This is not the best PC ever, but according to Microsoft, powerful enough to run...

My system has an asus k8vse deluxe motherboard Amd 64 and a promise fasttrak onboard raid controller and a 200gig Sata drive that I would like to install to but try as I might I cannot find a driver that will let me do this. I had the same trouble with 2003 but being server software didn't...