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    Windows 8 I can't find out how to fix an issue with booting up Windows 8

    Specs: Windows 8 Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch I first noticed the problems when my laptop would freeze while booting sometimes, and I would have to restart once or twice in order for it to work. I REALLY REALLY need help; I’ve done all of the following things to try and fix my computer, and...
  2. Windows 7 Can't install WIN7 - ERRORS ALL THE TIME...

    Hello guys First - I am danish, so i am sorry if my english isn't perfect. Today chose to reinstall windows on my old computer, because of all the junk on it. I have not used it for 4 months. Anyways - I installed Logitech Unifying Software, because i needed a keyboard of cause. After that i...
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    Windows 7 Broke my Windows installation by installing Ubuntu, now can't reinstall Windows for some reason!

    Hey guys, So i was dumb and must have messed something up when i was installing ubuntu 12.10 because after the installation was complete and i tried to boot up windows it just showed a screen that said "A drisk read error occured, press Cntrl Alt Del to restart." After some research i think i...
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    Windows 7 Help!! Boot Error

    So when i tried to start up my pc today, i tried to install windows xp ( Compatibility issues) But it my disc got a read error. so i tried to install a pirated copy of windows 7 ( to fix the boot manager ) , then that worked fine, but once i let the pc restart for the first time, required in...
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    Windows 7 CD/DVD drive malfunction on recover installation

    Hi, I hope I picked the right forum category. I'm not computer literate so when my 14 month old PC running Windows 7 Home Premium failed to restart I took it to Staples for a recovery installation. Since bringing it home I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials, then downloaded PC...
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    Windows 7 Bizarre Office install problem on Windows 7

    I'm trying to install Office 2010 on my Windows 7 PC but neither of my DVD drives can 'see' the program and they both eject the disk when I try to view the disks contents through windows explorer and ask me to insert a disk. Presuming there may be something wrong with the install disks I...
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    Windows 7 CD/DVD drive Cannot read any CD disk/Only DVD disks

    Hi Everyone, System is completely up to date. I formated the HD and it will not read the recovery CD. I copied the recovery CD to a DVD and tried to boot from it. No good. Now what?