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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...

Hi i have been attempting a clean install of win 7 since yesterday i do not want to upgrade i want a new start, but i keep running into the same problem over and over again. I set my bios to boot from cd-rom first and after i press any key to boot from cd/dvd it says loading files etc. Then...

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...

ok heres the thing, I recently ungraded my version of Windows 7, everything installed fine, and working great. I just recently wanted to install some drivers for my printer, so I put my disk in and my DVD drive does not recongnise it I checked my computer and I do not see a dvd, cd drive, so I...

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...

tell me frankly, if you disagree… for my part, I am still disappointed with Windows 7 almost like I was with Vista. It’s those virtual folders… why not just keeping a simple “My Documentsâ€Â￾ folder whose position (and partition) I can determine by myself like in...