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Guys. I'm in need of help. I never had anything happen like this before... I was updating Mech Warrior Online on the computer and I realized it locked up. I couldn't force close it, so I restarted the computer. I then realized windows was stuck on the boot image (the blue window with the thing...

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...

my machine is bootable and WIN7 starts without any problems. My Problem is I'd like create "System Reserved" to boot from this partition using F8 key and "Repair your computer" instead of booting from the CD boot disk. I've already tried to boot with a Windows Repair CD, I've done "Startup...

Hi everyone, I have been reading through many forums online, with many different solutions to this problem, and I have tried some of them, however I am still stuck with the same error. It might be helpful if I tell the whole story about the hard drives I am trying to boot. To begin with,my...

Hello, I've had an ongoing war with my PC for four days now. I have Windows 7 and it refuses to start up. Originally I tried starting up normal, it gave me two choices: system repair or start as normal. If I chose normal it would show the windows logo then reset. If I chose repair it would turn...

windows 7 wont boot from cd, my operating system wont load, computer wont load windows 7, computer doesnt start the operating system, computer wont boot any other os,it show launch repair,if we started the repair and after the completion same problem again..i am bored please any one tell me...

I have wrecked my wifes' laptop, so you can guess just how much trouble I am in. I turned the laptop off by holding the power on button depressed for as long as it took to power down. I have done this many times before. This time the laptop will not start windows after power up. Win 7 offers 2...

Hello I bought student win7 offer from digital river. Downloaded it to my mom's computer, extracted the file. Copied those files to CD...put in in my laptop, set to boot from CD but it does not start the install. It goes to Linux boot....I want to erase linux and install the window 7...

have windows 7 release client installed. pretty sure there was a virus on it. kept erroring out during reboot. was able to get to repair screen in safe mode, all attempts to repair failed. now: tried booting from cd, will not boot, just goes to the 'starting windows' screen, processes, then...

Hello, I am currently facing a very pesky problem. I am using the MSDN version of Windows 7 Professional downloaded from my college's IT program. I am unable to boot windows 7 without my CD inserted. If I take it out, I am greeted with an error along the lines: Windows could not find a...

My XP installation went bad on my laptop, so I though if I was going to reinstall windows, I might as well use Windows 7 (i'm using it on my desktop already). My laptop would no longer boot due to a corrupted Windows file. I installed Windows 7 today. The install went fine, booted from CD...

This is my first post on the forums so hello all I am having a problem that is very irritating so I am looking for some help. I recently did custom upgrade to Windows 7 RC x64 (100), i install it like standalone OS, i had one partition with data and unallocated space in which i installed...

Hello, I have an odd problem where I have downloaded the Win7RC, burned the .iso image to a dvd, multiple times with 4 different programs, and every time I have the same result when attempting to install. When I start my pc, select boot from cd drive, I get to the prompt "press any key to boot...

Ok, so yesterday I installed Windows 7 and everything went smoothly. It was working fine and then before i went to bed I put it on sleep mode. This morning I got up and went to wake it up but for some reason it had turned itself off. Now when I turn it on i get Acer loading screen and then it...

I want to go back to XP. I have a XP CD and when I try to boot from it I get a message saying it cannot find a hard drive to install XP and I must quit instilation. How do I get rid of Windows 7?? Is there a way to format C drive and start over??

I've been running Win7 for a few weeks now on my Sony Vaio laptop. No problem. I went into the user account control area and reset the account control to the minimal setting. It asked for a reboot. Upon reboot the system is completely black screen with no HD activity. I can't boot from the CD...

I'm trying to do a clean install, but I get the message "cannot boot from CD - CODE:5 Bootmgr is missing. I've burned the disc twice and checked the disc iit is on there. Any suggestions?:confused:

I'm trying to install Windows 7 on one of my computers but it will not boot from the install disk. I start the computer with the disk in the drive, get a message saying "Press any key to boot from CD" but after I do, the computer just restarts. I have tested this disk on other computers, and...