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    Windows 7 What Clean install or Reformat Install Do???

    I'm going into a Clean install, and what does it do???? 1 - Does it Fixes Audio Problem and DNS connectivity 2 - Does it all Delete Users 3 - Does it Remove Viruses?? Please REPLY Cuz i'm really going to reformat my PC
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    Windows 10 What Was Microsoft Thinking?

    This is my opinion and may have some merit. The two desktop PC's I have and the wife with her Dell laptop have been upgraded to Windows 10... One of mine is with WIN 10 Pro. There's not a day go by that we have some type of issues with the new upgrade. If it's not security issues...
  3. Kaper

    Windows 10 BSOD THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER ATI (dxgkrnl.sys + hal.dll + atikm

    Hello, Please I am fighting with this problem more than 1 year... I got random freezes (99% just in IDLE time, or when i am just browsing via browser) My HARDWARE: CPU: [email protected] (Default voltage) + Gelid Tranq. v2, MB: ASUS M5A97 Evo R2.0 SoundCard: Creative Audigy RAM: 2x4GB Kingston...
  4. Ronald95

    Windows 10 Upgrade or not! (concerned)

    Two weeks ago I made a clean install from Windows XP 32-bit to Windows 7 32-bit. Was worried that new OS won't work properly because my PC is 7 years old and may not have the best specs, has survived a virus and hard drive crash twice. So far it works flawlessly. Now I'm been bugged with "Get...
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    Windows 8 Operating system not found + Files still there...

    I am using Windows 8.1. After getting stuck on a Windows update screen I turned off the computer via the power button. Long story short, when booting my laptop I get the message 'Operating System Not Found'. However, I bought a USB HDD Enclosure and plugged it into another computer. All my...
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    Windows 10 Install Windows 10 with BIOS Legacy Mode

    hi currently windows 10 is installed with UEFI mode in my ASUS notebook. the harddisk is in GPT partitioning style. so when i turn on my notebook, i am getting ASUS logo while booting up instead of the blue coloured windows logo. i want to make a clean installation of windows to bring back the...
  7. K

    Windows 10 Can't boot from DVD or USB when hard drive is plugged in

    Desktop PC: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (older motherboard but it has 8 SATA ports, two IDEs, and a floppy disk port) AMD 4000+ 4 x 512mb DDR 233mHz memory nVidia 9500 GT 1 x WD Raptor 74gb on SATA 1 2 x LD DVD drives on SATA 3&4 4 x Toshiba 2TB on SATA RAID 1-4 (Silicon Image RAID controller on the...
  8. holdum333

    Windows 10 Have you restored to factory?

    Hi! it's always good a feeling to restore to factory and have a clean install of your OS. Yes you will probably have a ton of updates and Apps to restore after factory restore, but a clean install makes you feel good, knowing your PC is free of all the BS that's accumulated on your rig. PUP's...
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    Windows 10 High disk usage renders Windows 10 unusable

    This is a problem I've had for months with no solution in sight, even after trying multiples fixes. Windows 10 ran fine for about 3 months prior to this issue, but ever since this happened I haven't gotten it to run properly since. A few months ago, I ran into an issue when I installed an...
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    Windows 10 Regular MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSODs

    Good afternoon, I am hoping for some help diagnosing my issue with constant MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSODs in Windows 10. I get these every 15-20 minutes on average, sometimes occurring immediately after boot, sometimes after around an hour, but the system is pretty much unusable in its current state...
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    Windows 7 Clean Install is Slow

    I just saw this about clean installing Window 7 Sticking with Windows 7? The forecast calls for pain | ZDNet I've noticed that since Windows 10 released Windows Update is incredibly slow when updating Windows 7 PCs. I'm glad I keep several images. I used to slipstream updates in XP and several...
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    Windows 10 Extremely slow boot - over 1 minute

    I have windows 10 installed on a ssd drive and my boot time is around 2 minutes. I've tried everything that I could find online, such as: disable startup programs, enable fast boot etc. . I had some corrupt image files, but I repaired them using DISM and now 'sfc /scannow' is not returning any...
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    Windows 8 How do you clean install Windows 8.1 64bit when currently running Windows 8.1 32bit

    Hi there, I am trying to wipe my ssd drive and install Windows 8.1 64bit. I put the disc in the drive, restart computer, hit F11 at the right time to select boot from dvd drive and then press enter when its says press any key to boot from cd or dvd. The Windows disc then starts to load, but...
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    Windows 10 GPSVC going crazy

    Hello. Since I have installed win10 on this notebook, ASUS K45VM, weird things started to happen. Sometimes, after the logon, the following message appears on tray: "Windows cannot connect to group policy client service...". This is complete random. When this happen, I cant open anymore Google...
  15. Sriram31

    Windows 10 Win 10 32 bit to Win 10 64bit

    Hey, I just upgraded my Windows 7 32bit to Windows 10 32bit ive Downloaded a iso copy of Win10 when i tried to do a clean install it ask me product key and i dont have one what can i do???
  16. Jasminer

    Windows 10 Method of installation to use

    Hi, i am changing the motherboard on this computer of mine as one of the RAM slots and a PCI-E slot have stopped working. I have OEM version of Win 7 which i upgraded to Win 10 on this. I had also created a USB media for Win 10. Looking at some of the forums, i can see that some people say that...
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    Windows 10 Print spooler probs in 7. Do I need to do a clean install?

    Whenever I print something in Windows 7 I need to restart my print spooler to get it to print. If I simply upgrade to Windows 10 will that problem follow me? If so, is there anything special I need to know about doing a clean install? I've never done one before. I have Windows 7 Home Premium...
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    Windows 10 Product Key Retrieval Help

    Recently I made a clean install of Windows 10. I was currently on Windows 8.1. I did not wait for that free update but instead went for that clean install and ruined my free Windows update and now I am lacking lots of features because of it. Problem now is I want to revert back to Windows 8.1...
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    Windows 10 Clean Install Windows 10 Pro on 2-in-1 Tablet: Backup and Restore Considerations

    I want to reinstall Windows 10 Pro (clean install) on my 2 in 1 tablet because its becoming very slow. 1. If I do a backup and after the clean install I restore (the backup), will it be the same as if I had kept it the way it was (slow; without taking into account the components itself: wear and...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10

    I am running a pc with an i3 4170 processor, gigabyte h97m-d3h mobo, 6 gigs of ram and a gtx 650 video card. I upgraded to windows 10 a couple of months ago and some time after that i was getting hit with bsods of different errors at random times. My response was to use the reset feature on w10...
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