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    Windows 7 My 1st BSoD *joy*

    Suppose it had to happen some time, but never had a BSoD. Was wondering if someone could help tell me what exactly went wrong. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on... Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Motherboard drivers, GFX drivers, and Windows are all up to date. I've...
  2. Fix Video Playback Issues in Windows 7: Slow Motion Playback Troubleshooting

    BobbyB submitted a new resource: MiniTollBox - Windows Diagnostic Tool Read more about this resource...
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    Windows 7 RAID0 Storage Volume

    Hello Forum. I already have Windows 7 (Pro64Bit) Installed on a 500GB Drive, I would like to Add a RAID0 Volume with 2 other 1TB Drives I have Gone into My Intel Raid Manager on my (ASUS P6T SE mobo) and selected to configure Sata as RAID and then added my 2 1TB drives as a RAID0 I Have also...
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    Windows 7 Drives added via expansion cards keep disappearing

    I'm not certain if this has anything to do with Windows, or my motherboard, or overloading my system, or whatever. But I could use some input. I built my current system in the summer of 2009. I tried to "futureproof" as much as I could by putting in a Corei7 processor (the low-end, 2.66 Ghz...
  5. Windows 8 I am going crazy over Windows 8 Storage Spaces

    What is going on here? Total madness? Link Removed Link Removed First, please let me apologize for the mass of wires, general techno geek junk, and other no-no’s like a can of diet Pepsi right next to my StarTech 4-port USB3 drive bay. Once I did some extensive reading about Storage...
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    Windows 7 Random disconnecting of network drives on Win7 PC

    I have 4 network external drives attached to my home network via router and 2 Linksys network storage link devices. My PC's that are connect to the home network are 3 in number. Two run XP and one is running Win7. The Win7 PC is the one with this problem. Randomly the network drives on the...
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    Windows 7 drives not recognized as cd-rw

    all of a sudden my 2 cd-rw drives are recognized as cd-rom. what can i do to fix this?? no new programs have been installed. i have win 7, 64 bit
  8. Windows 7 Making blank drives invisible?

    Hi I have 6 (2 internal, 4 external) hard drives, 2 CD DVD drives and one of those drives that read every kind of media card. My external drives don't show in Widows Explorer unless they are turned on and they are always off unless I'm using them. So it normally shows my 2 internal drives and...
  9. Information about Microsoft support policy for large-sector drives in Windows

    Provides an overview of Windows support for the emerging large-sector (4K) drives. Also includes support information for non-OS Microsoft products when they are used with 4K drives. Information about known compatibility issues is included. More...
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    Windows 7 touch pad intermittently works. Putting to sleep fixes it. Holding down left click allows cursor to

    Hello, this seems to be an unusual problem that's been becoming progressively worse, which seems to suggest it may be a hardware issue. At first, my touch pad stopped working after hours of use. I could make the cursor move, but never the direction I moved my fingers. Now, it happens within...
  11. Windows 7 and SSDs: Setup secrets and tune-up tweaks

    Solid-state drives are wicked fast. SSDs start and shut down fast, and they perform read operations (especially random reads) at speeds that blow the doors off conventional hard drives. In the first installment of this series, I gathered the numbers to show just how much faster you can expect an...
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    Windows 7 New problem looming Help

    This computer now after shutting down tries to boot but cant find the drive with the boot info it somehow changes the bios info what causes this problem I have one BSD but it was to quick to read it all something about not equal
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    Windows 7 RE: Original thread closed? no solution?

    Hi all, Just upgraded to Win-7-Utimate 32bit from Vista 32bit, on 2 machines the 1st being a Toshiba L300, the 2nd being another Acer 6530G that i have. Both upgrades seem fine and all is working on both machines except, that my Acer only shows C:\ drive as being present and only show 111GB...
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    Windows 7 Network drives disconnect when launching a VPN connection

    Hi , I changed from XP to Win7 and see now a problem with disconnecting network drives when I start a VPN connection.With XP I have never encountered such a problem. Any help is welcome
  15. Windows 7 Syncing Folder Between Drives

    I am looking for a free application for syncing folder between drives in real time, Windows 7 & XP :confused:
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    Windows 7 portable device drves E: F: G: H: are cousing BSOD

    I am using 7/64 4g ram with a media dashboard. When I use it to read an sd/usb drivices it will open drives E-H. If I do not uninstall them, on my next bootup within 5 mim consistently I will get a BSOD
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    Windows 7 how do I find all files named xxx?

    Hello everybody. How do I find all the file named "whatever.exe" in my comuter? And the drives and paths they are in? Like in window XP. Don Cole
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    Windows 7 Sata controller problem

    I installed a Videomate E750 TV Card without any software as I intended to use it with Media Centre in Windows 7 Home Premium and afterwards the computer refused to boot eventually coming up with "Can't find BOOTMGR" so I uninstalled the card but was left with the same problem, tried running...
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    Windows 7 Symbolic links not showing in explorer

    Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. Two disks in computer (lenovo laptop) second disk (D) is dynamic. We create symlinks using mlink. We create links on D:\. An example is: mklink /D "S:\DriverAPI.Duplex" "%GBROOT%\DriverAPI\Duplex\bin\main\debug" and mklink /D "T:\DriverAPI.JTalk"...
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    Windows 7 Windows7 and NAS

    I have an issue I cannot resolve. I just installed Windows 7 on one of our computers and everything went great. I can connect to all my network drives and my NAS but when I try and run an application file I get an error “The parameter is incorrect.” I can copy this folder to my local drive or my...