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  1. M

    Windows 7 Help with (re)-Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on Samsung SSD.

    Ok, I have received at beat-down trying to install this ssd. Where I am at now. So, put in the ssd, but left my existing hard-drive in (wd caviar black 1TB) as I want to use the ssd for booting and the hdd for storage, etc. I did a clean install from my dvd of Windows 7. The problem I have now...
  2. A

    Windows 7 Problem With System Start Up. Caused By Recent Hdd Fault ? Please Help

    A couple of days ago my OS hard drive has failed. I was using Ableton Live and it crashed, so had to reboot the computer. But instead of loading windows, I got "0xc000000f -- The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible" error. In addition to this I have noticed that it...
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    Windows 7 Help with BSOD in MSI GX660r with new SSD

    I just recently installed a new Samsung 830 series 128 gb ssd into my MSI GX660r. It worked fine for about a day, then started BSODing, so I reinstalled Win7 64bit (through USB from the DELL website actually if that makes a difference). It worked for about another day and now it's doing it...
  4. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 No more upgrading for me!

    Hi I just ordered a new computer and it will come with Windows 8 Pro installed. I'm a pioneer whoo hoo! I was configuring my computer yesterday and it still shipped with Windows 7. Today I went back to go ever it again and they now list it as shipping with Windows 8! I ordered a new Falcon...
  5. Octose

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Corrupted File Downloads After HDD Replacement and BSOD Issues

    So recently I had to purchase a new HDD due to massive BSOD's due to an unknown corruption or trojan. Today I installed a brand new Western Digital BLack Caviar drive and everything worked flawlessly until I started downloading files (specifically those for my security, i.e. avast, norton...
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    Windows 7 [BSOD] Windows 7 Profession X64 - ntoskrnl.exe

    Hey guys I just randomly started getting Blue screens now, once it happened while I was closing google chrome, and another happened while I was at work. I've attached both dumps from the BSOD's. System i5-2500k @ 3.3 ghz 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 MHZ EVGA GTX 470 Asus p8p67 Pro (1.0)...
  7. J

    Windows 7 Intel RST needed or not?

    Hi guys, I have a WD Caviar Black 1TB and a Seagate Baracuda 320 GB HDDs in AHCI mode and I was wondering, is the installation of Intel RST in fact needed and if so, why? Thank you, J
  8. J

    Windows 7 Virtual Machines On Different HDs

    I read on the VMware forum that installing the VM on a different disk from the host improves performance. I just installed a second internal HD a WD Caviar Black and then moved the VMs there. I think that they do run better once they fully boot up. I don't know it this would work with others...
  9. J

    Windows 7 BIOS Message ?

    I just installed a WD Caviar Black internal as a second drive with no OS on it. It works fine but when I boot up there is a message right after HP splash screen the pops up and down and has something about drives. It's black background with white print. It goes down to fast to read. I don't...
  10. A

    Windows 7 Windows 7 64bit PC with 3 x 3TB hard drives no longer boots in AHCI mode after installing "Intel Mat

    I successfully installed Windows 7 64bit in AHCI mode on a PC with 3 new 3TB Western Digital WD30EZRX Caviar Green hard drives. Then I installed "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver [v8.9.0.1023]" & as soon as Windows restarted after installing it, Windows would not boot, & will now only boot...
  11. M

    Windows 7 Program stopped working

    Hey everyone, 9 months ago i bought a computer. it worked really well for 2 months but then something suddenly happend. Everytime i start a program that requires Internett like: Mozillafirefox ( browsers in general). steam, skype, call of duty or other games for that matter... It take so long...
  12. B

    Windows 7 Random Bsod every boot

    hi to everyone. I have a problem, i cannot run win 7 professional edition 64 bits . everytyme i tried to boot win 7 a bsod appear. i tried to run win 7 dvd instalation, everytimes a bsod appears. now im in linux live cd. what can i do? My specs AMD Phemon II x6 1090t BE Motherboard...
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    Windows 7 huge problem installing windows 7 on a formatted hard drive.

    alright. here's my problem. i originally had windows xp. i had tons of trouble installing windows 7 64 bit on a windows xp 32 bit system. i took out some ram as i saw that having more than 2g of ram on an older motherboard (i have a nvidia 750i). then i was told to make iso's of all this...
  14. N

    Windows 7 Where's my drive

    I have done a clean install with Win7 Ultimate onto my WD 150GB Velociraptor drives in a RAID0 configuration. I also have 2 500GB WD Caviar Black drives I am trying to set up in a RAID1. Only problem is when I convert them to RAID using the intel matrix console everything seems to go fine. I...
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    Windows 7 Should I Partition My 1TB HDD After Installing Windows 7?

    My new HDD is a 1T WD Caviar Green. I have installed Win7 Home professional. All is running well. Is it recommended that a large drive such as this be partitioned? thanks for your time. Cheers and Beers
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    Windows 7 BSOD random, from PFN page error, memory management ,bad pool header

    help guys its my first post on win7 forums, and i'm sorry i needed some help. i recently building a new system consisting of: amd phenom x6 1055t 2.8ghz torbo core and cnc active msi 870a fuzion bios 8/08/2010 deafult setting 2 x 3 team elite ddr 1333 seagate 500gb 7200rpm wdc blue caviar...
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    Windows 7 Need help with HDD installation

    Hi there, I'm currently running windows xp sp3 and I'm going to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on Monday when my WD caviar black HDD arrives. Now my XP is running on a 70 gb raptor and I'd like to know what's a good way to wipe my data because I plan to replace it with the caviar black. I...
  18. Regork62

    Windows 7 Installation freezes after "Windows is loading files"

    I recently finished building my custom pc, and tried installing Windows 7 Home Premium on it. I got to where it says "Windos is loading files", the white bar filled up, then it would repeat but slower. So far so good, but then it took me to the screen with the background, where one would...
  19. B

    Windows 7 BSOD Process has locked pages

    Here are the dmp files hopefully I can get this resolved. Thanks for all your help the blue screen has been happening on shutdown lately. Alienware chasis X58A-UD3R mobo revision 1.0- F4 BIOS Windows 7 64bit Ultimate N G. Skill ddr3-1600 6gbs Intel i7 920@2.67 ghz Ati Radeon HD 5850 V8 Cooler...
  20. kemical

    Windows 7 Inside Western Digital: How Tomorrow's Storage Gets Made

    My first hard drive, entombed in a 1988 XT clone, stored 20 megabytes and clicked and chugged almost as much as my dad’s Buick. Back then, I worried about preserving 30KB text files. Now, I have to preserve, well, everything. Perhaps like you, I’ve lost count of how many terabytes of capacity I...
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