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Hello I'm having issues with my desktop shutting itself down and giving 2 different errors DISK BOOT FAILURE and BOOTMGR is MISSING I've been trying to figure out the problem for a while suspecting the SSD issues at first and no just generally suspecting that it could be anything in my entire...

Hello, I used to have ubuntu dual booted with win 7. then i decided i didn't want ubuntu dual booted anymore and wanted my boot up to automatically boot win7. I deleted the ubuntu partition, but then I lost my boot up menu during startup. So I ran the Win 7 Ultimate disk in hopes to...

Word files were encrypted while on a Win XP PC. PC Died and data was "backed up", Windows 7 was installed. Now the files are all gibberish. Am I screwed?

I am getting ready to install Windows 7 on my XP computor. Have checked and my computor is suitable. My present computor has 2 Harddrives, each harddrive has some partitions. Will a Windows 7 update effect files on the harddrive without the operating system? Re the partitioned hardrive with...

:) hi all, first post here not sure if this is in the right section, sorry if it isnt i have always been wondering why to partition or why not (i dont know exactly which one i perfer) today, i reinstalled windows 7 , so i decided to actually look it up i have two hard drives, so i can have one...

In addition to task-oriented, wizard-driven options for image backup, Handy Backup v6.9.2 features advanced options for Windows 7 backup as well as network resource backup options. Program integrates with Handy Backup Disaster Recovery, which makes it possible to create bootable recovery drive...

I have 2 user accounts, one is (standard user) the other is (administrator) I would like to delete one of them probably (standard user) but how do I retain all the files associated with it? Thanks, Bob

What is the difference between MS Windows 7 Backup and MS Synctoy? I am using Windows 7 Backup and only back up the four Libraries and some additional locations off of the C: drive totalling about 45 GB and Windows7 Backup now requires 151 GB of disk space on my external hard drive which only...

Hi New HP Laptop with Windows 7 - Windows Backup software doesn't recognise DVD as writeable, but Windows7 Explorer writes just fine to the same DVD-R. If I do Control Panel>System and security>Backup and Restore click on Backup Now ....this gives "Backup in progress..." bar - gets to about...

I recently bought a new PC (Intel Core2 Quad, 6GB ram, Sata with 300GB HDD) and installed a new (OEM) version of Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) Everything was running fine until I decided I'd physically add the old 'primary' drive from my old Pentium 3 as a secondary/backup. It's only 120GB so...

Hi I've been having probelms with my laptop and after trying system restore, scanning my computer for problems and finding nothing i decided to do the factory image restore (i've already backed all my files onto USBS but the problem is after clicking yes and next as soon as I said i wanted to...

I installed XP mode in my Windows 7 Professional 64 bit laptop to be able to run my older programs. I successfully installed CompuServe (my mission critical software) in XP mode, but I need to find the program directory because that's where the data files for the filing cabinet are stored. I...

Tips: How to transfer contacts from windows mobile to windows phone 7 Many windows mobile phone users don't know how to contacts from windows mobile to windows phone 7 when they get the new winodws phone 7 device. This full guide will shows you how to transfer contacts from windows mobile to...

Win 7 tells me updates are available, but when I start the update it does not connect to download. All other sites work with no problems. I can download anything I want. Is it possible to re-install Win 7 from my installation DVD without deleting pragrams and data ? I have done this with XP a...

Hi, I have 2 -500 gig hard drives, first and the original is a Vista 32 Ultimate, the second is Win 7pro 64 bit. I love the 64 bit win 7:D. The vista is too slow and takes forever to load:(. What I would like to do is create a RAID 1 setup where as the the two HDDs will be mirrored in case of...

Was having minor issues with my laptop - Sony Vaio, just a little over a year old, no histry of problems...the screen would flicker sometimes when left idle for a few minutes. Then on startup screen would be completely black... This started a little over a week ago. Also a week ago started...

Own a licensed/registered/activated win 7 64-bit disc. Wondering how to create a bootable usb thumb drive, in case of machine crash. Need insurance policy that is handy. I love usb thumb drives, and have a case to hold various. please advise. Do I have to use a disk. Do I need to buy a...

I have a new Dell 1545 laptop (bought in Dec of 09) that came preloaded with Windows 7. I havent had any major problems with it but the other day when i tried to start it it flashed the Dell screen (with blue bar at bottom) like normal, then goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor at top...

As the title states I am looking for a cheap (£100!) 1TB NAS for use with Windows 7. I would like it work first time and not have to spend hours tinkering with the insides of the computer. Is this possible?

Hello, I got an extremely peculiar thing going on. I had windows vista 64 bit on my machine and it kept booting to BSOD so I decided to re-install. I fired up my windows vista DVD and much to my dismay, neither the keyboard nor the mouse were responsive. I tested 2 separate keyboards both are...