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    Windows 7 CHKDSK scan report.. should I replace drives ASAP?

    Hi, my system is: Dell XPS 420 Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 8GB RAM @ 667MHz Bios A07 Windows 7 home premium 64 (SP 1) 2 x 256GB hitatchi drives in RAID 0 this system was purchased in 2009 and has not been upgraded with new hardware (apart from RAM immediately after purchase). I have recently experienced...
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    Fixes an issue in which the files that were added during the previous session are missing from a CD-RW disc on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when you add some new files to the disc. Link Removed
  3. Windows 7 Windows 7 home premium x64 can't boot

    Hello, I'm new to this forum, so sorry if I post this in wrong place. Now from the title you can guess what it will be about but I will put it in more detail. Yesterday's evening I was watching a movie on my Asus P52J lap top and then I decided it's time to sleep so I went to brush my teeth (I...
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7 Repair Disc Creation and Boot Issues

    Win 7 x64,i5,6GB, msie 9 I have tried 4 brands of cds to create a repair disc>Start, security,backup my computer,create repair disc. The disc burns but after F12 for boot order, nothing appears. I tried the os disc>repair but it says to contact the manufacturer. I tried F8 repair which said to...
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    Windows 7 Force shut down Windows during defragment and now the Windows fails to start!!

    Hi my windows won't start and I'm in panic, please someone help me! Okay this is what happened: Minutes ago, I defragged (not quick defrag) my Local Disk (C) with Piriform Defraggler. The first time I defragged, it defragged a lot and I gained a dramatic free space, but during deframenting, the...
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    Windows 7 BSOD - Second hard drive causing blue screen

    I have a WD 320Gb 3.5inch hard drive that was originally bought as an external drive in an enclosure. A few months ago, while booting, my computer would go through blue screens one after another if the external hard drive was switched on from the enclosure when the computer was started. I never...
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    Windows 7 Disk not initialized, incorrect funtion.

    This error happened almost a week ago, whenever I connect my internal WD 500GB HDD, it doesn't shows up in my computer, when I got to Computer Management, it says Disk 2 not initialized, when I click initialize it, it gives me an error "Incorrect function". I try to connect it to a different...
  8. Windows 7 HD works in one computer, not in the other

    Hello. My main HD won't work on my main computer, it has "error 15 file not found". It works in my old computer and boots fine. It appears the problem is caused by an old install of linux onto that drive. The accepted solution is to use the repair on the install disk and type into console...
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    Windows 7 Upgrade from Vista to 7. I lost 300GB of hard drive

    I have a dell inspiron 1521 originally running Vista home premium. Laptop was acting bad, not running properly etc. so I backed up my files and did a factory reset of Vista. All was working well, I had access to nearly all of my 600GB HD. I installed Windows 7 upgrade and downloaded...
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    Windows 7 Bootmgr is missing - Ctrl alt delete

    First off, why is reinstalling windows 7 such a pita? I've done it several times and it's soooooooo bad. With that aside, tonight I was attempting to reinstall 64 bit from 32 bit. I reformatted my hd using dos because advanced recovery simple does not work. After formatting and restarting...
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    Windows 7 A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down etc. etc. error STOP: 0x0000007B

    The blue screen A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer I also get this messege when I try other options: Problem signature: Problem Event name : StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02...
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    Windows 7 non system disk or disk error

    i get this after i restart my computer with a black screen can any one help me pleasse and thank you in advanced. "NON SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR"
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    Windows 7 Your current graphics adapter won't support the Windows Aero user interface

    I am getting this after i took out my gforce graphics card. i also did Windows 7 upgrade advisor and i got this Your current graphics adapter won't support the Windows Aero user interface. If you want to experience the benefits of Windows Aero, contact your PC manufacturer or retailer to...
  14. Windows 7 Bad sectors and BSOD events

    I have for several weeks recently been plagued by BSOD's which randomly attributed the cause to different culprits. Early in the events the graphics driver was fingered and I spent good money on returning my costly graphics card under warranty for checking. It came back with a clean bill of...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 64x reinstall error code: 0x8007045D

    i had to reinstall my windows 7 64x dell inspiron 1750 laptop using my windws 7 home premium disc that came with my laptop when i bought it because it was in a constant starup repair loop. the disc worked find until i got to the part where it said "expanding windows files." it was stuck at 0%...
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    Windows 7 Dead hard drive (or not) - help with recovery options please

    One of our kids' laptops stopped booting a couple of days ago. I have confirmed there is nothing wrong with the laptop itself; it's a hard drive issue. To narrow this down I have: Placed the offending hard drive in an external drive enclosure attached to another computer. The other computer...
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    Windows 7 Comes up at randrom. I have dump file and stop codes

    Link Removed POWER_DRIVER_STATE_FAILURE STOP: 0X0000000000000003 0XFFFFFA80114F6060 0XFFFFF800046F53D8 0XFFFFFA8018D0E010 I have already ran the test from the start menu (that requires a restart) and it said hardware malfuntion detected, contact computer manufacturer. HP isn't really seeming...
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    Windows 7 Unable to boot Windows 7--bootmgr is missing

    No changes were made since last boot. Attempted to follow instructions posted here: windows 7 bootmgr is missing-- resolved using WinRE - Microsoft Answers Method 1: Message states a fix was made.Root cause found: The partition table does not have a valid System Partition. Repair action...
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    Windows 7 Fixing Explorer.exe No Disk Error and IE9 Issues on Windows 7

    My Window 7 suddenly displayed explorer.exe no disk. And IE cann't run. I already rebooted my computer many times and I also download and reinstalled IE9. But the problem still not fix yet. Who know the reason to repair it?
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Boot Issue: Stuck at User Profile and Disk Boot Failure Error

    hi forum, i have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit the problem is after entering my profile (or any other profile) windows stuck and after 5 nim i receive this message: Boot from CD/DVD : DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER