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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and standby

    I have just installed W 7 home premium, I have a small anoying problem with the Power settings. I am using the ballanced setting, no screen saver, the monitor turns off after 15 minutes and the computer goes to sleep after 25. With vista all I had to do to wake it up was move the mouse, with...
    • stillgrinning
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    • balanced settings computer boot home premium monitor settings power settings shutdown workaround sleep mode standby issue wake up windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Missing Bootmgr Problem

    When I was clean installing Windows 7 on my desktop, I shut off the computer right when the install was starting because I didn't give the maximum amount of space to the partition, and I didn't think it would cause any harm. So when I rebooted, I got to a screen with some line and the top left...
    • sheepo39
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    • bios bootmgr clean install computer boot desktop disk management error external drive guides installation partition recovery support system restore troubleshooting usb drive windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Hang after install?

    Hello, After installation of Windows 7 with all correct drivers, when PC is starting it get hang on login screen. If in the BIOS I am setting the on board audio to disable then Windows 7 is working without any problems. If I set it back to enable then Windows 7 start to hang again on login...
    • asafgo
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    • audio drivers bios computer boot driver installation error resolution hang hardware issues installation msi msi rc410m-l onboard audio realtek realtek alc880 system hang technical support troubleshooting user assistance windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Black screen after POST

    Immediately after POST the screen goes black and flickers a little. It's an intermittent problem, once in a while I can get the computer to power on completely with no problems, but it's very rare. If it does power on completely, it has no problems after that, I've completely reinstalled windows...
    • Oneris
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    • antec truepower athlon 3000+ bios settings black screen computer boot flickering gaming intermittent issue motherboard pc hardware post power supply ram reinstall replacement parts sata cables troubleshooting video card western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 not recognizing hard drive that works?

    Hey all, i've installed windows 7 on my laptop successfully with no problems. now, i'm trying to install it on a desktop, but windows 7 does not recognize the seagate hard drive in either DOS installation mode, or windows 7 installation mode while in windows xp pro. it recognizes my western...
    • Cobra
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    • ata iv bios computer boot data transfer desktop detecting drives disk management drivers file system hard drive installation laptop partitioning pc issues seagate system compatibility technical support troubleshooting western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 7057 Install Restarts

    I started installing windows 7 build 7057, (Orbit30) from my bootdisk but for some reason the computer wouldn't boot from the disk so i decided to install it from my HDD into a 2nd partition. It started installing fine, until i had to restart (currently i have windows 7 build 7000 and vista as...
    • Flame
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    • bios boot issues build 7057 computer boot error fix hdd installation legacy systems operating system partitioning restart problems technical help troubleshooting user support windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Dual boot with two hard drives

    I have XP on one drive and 7 on the other. To change the drive I boot to I go into the Bios/Setup and move the XP or 7 drive up to the top of the boot list. Is there anyway I can get it to stop on boot up so I can pick my drive? Something like when you have two OS’s on one drive, each on...
    • Ron
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    • bios boot manager boot order community computer computer boot dual boot hard drives help installation operating systems partitions setup system configuration tech support user guide welcome windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 DVDRW disappearing

    I recently built a new desktop (specs below), running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1 installed. Everything was flawless for the first month or so. Now I have a problem. Randomly, my DVDRW drive (Lite-On SATA drive, about 9 months old) just disappears. I started noticing it last...
    • hyunelan2
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    • bios burning iso computer boot desktop device manager diagnostic dma drivers dvdrw error firmware hardware issue performance pio mode registry repair sata specs troubleshooting windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows Vista Not Able to Login to Vista Partition After PCLinuxOS Install

    Here's my situation: I have a Gateway T-6836 running Windows Vista Home Premium. A couple days ago I installed PCLinuxOS on the primary drive, partitioning about 60 GB of the drive for the Linux file system, the rest reserved for Windows (250 GB total HDD capacity). After successfully...
    • ITGuy
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    • black screen blank screen boot loader computer boot disk management gateway t-6836 grub hdd activity linux filesystem linux install mbr issues operating systems partitioning pclinuxos recovery disc recovery partition system recovery troubleshooting windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista my computer does not recognize a disk is in the drive

    I recently got a fatal error while listening to music and now when I boot up my computer it says that a form of BIOS is not installed and I am unable to use disks in the disk drive. My computer works just fine but now I cant install programs or listen to music. Please give me some tips that...
    • Unregistered
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    • bios bios configuration computer boot disk drive error fixes factory reset fatal error music playback troubleshooting windows issues
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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