dvd boot

Hi I have Windows 7 on an old pc But I forgot my Windows login password And I can't remove the password with Buttable Recovery, Because boot menu does not appear with none of the keys F1 _ F12 I want to install new windows But cannot boot and is error It does not boot at all with the DVD and...

I downloaded win 8 iso and burnt it to a dvd, went into bios and selected boot from cd/dvd. It starts (loading files......) loads twice, then screen goes blank. Left it for 3+ hours screen still blank. Re-started pc, (I have Vista Home Premium) inserted iso disc, run setup.exe, hit install now...

Desktop PC: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (older motherboard but it has 8 SATA ports, two IDEs, and a floppy disk port) AMD 4000+ 4 x 512mb DDR 233mHz memory nVidia 9500 GT 1 x WD Raptor 74gb on SATA 1 2 x LD DVD drives on SATA 3&4 4 x Toshiba 2TB on SATA RAID 1-4 (Silicon Image RAID controller on the...

Ive got a really nasty problem with my laptop. I had a bluescreen but wasnt at the screen, so I only saw the last 5 seconds before the system restartet itself and couldnt identify the error code. Reboot did advance until the Windows logo and than stayed there. The logo was still animated, so the...

I tried reading through the threads for the answer to my question...obvously either I'm blind and can't find it or by some obscure reason, it has never been asked. (the latter I DOUBT) I am getting a laptop from a charity auction. It has NO operating system on it at all. My question is, do I...

Hi Just a really quick question about running a OS in VMware Player (I said VB in the title and I can't change it now). I installed Ubuntu into VMware Player and it runs really slow. Everything works even the sound but video stutters etc, I'm assuming that's because my computer is really...

Hi All, I've just signed up to this Forum as I have downloaded and created a Windows 8.1 Enterprise DVD. My current OS is W7 Ultimate and I have Ubuntu installed on a separate partition, I wish to install W8 onto the Ubuntu partition. If I boot the DVD from W7 I have no options to choose a...

I just now installed Windows 7 on my laptop. I now want to boot from an Ubuntu live CD so I can create a bootable thumbdrive. I need functionality I can only get if I boot directly from the CD (rather than from an ISO on my hard drive, say). But it won't let me boot from the DVD. When I try...

Really need help from anyone who knows the solution. After i press any key to reboot from DVD, the windows is loading. But when it reach to the screen where we suppose to select language, currency & time format and keyboard layout, the screen become stuck. Mouse cursor doesn't appear and...

So i bought my copy of windows 7 with the students special for $30 at the beginning of the year. The thing is about that special is that there was no physical copy given to me; it was all downloads and ISO files. I am now needing to format my hard drive due to bugs and overall slowness and was...

Hi, I saw this title in the Vista install section, but there didn't seem to be any solution, so I'm asking again here. I'm attempting to install Windows 7 64-bit dual booting with XP 32-bit. XP is on its own partition, and I'm installing Windows 7 on a separate hard-drive anyway, so that won't...

Hi My Windows7 PC (64bit) has become infected with trojans/viruses and I need to do a full re-install from scratch. But when I try to boot off the CD/DVD drive it keeps (eventually) going to my hard disk and booting from there. How do I FORCE it to boot from the DVD? I have tried hitting F10...

Hey guys, first off I want to say everyone here rocks. I just got done puting together a new computer and turned it on. It seems to post fine other then it saying no drives found. then the dvd kicks in and starts loading windows. it loads for about 20 seconds, then goes to starting windows it...

Have tried installing windows 7 Boot from dvd ok, Unpacks files and starts windows. brings up the windows 7 light blue screen and freezes I was expecting questions about language and time zone but nothing It would seem patience was the solution. on a earlier PC it took just a few seconds...

I am trying to install windows t RC on my HTPC. I already installed it on my office computer and it all went smooth. but when i tried to install it on my HTPC in the living room i am havign problems. it always gets to the "expanding files" portion and at some point during this process the...

I'm really enjoying Windows 7 but a lot of my key programs don't work so I've decided to switch back to XP using my recovery partition. Prior to this installation I had an option at boot that would tell me to press F11 (I think) to start the recovery console. That option is now gone. However...

So installed Windows 7 64 bit without issues. Everything is running great. When I reboot the computer however I recelive errors that the BOOTMGR is missing and it wont boot. If I insert the DVD and reboot then Windows 7 loads fine. This was a clean install. I am not dual booting any other OS...

oem windows vista wont boot. I have tried on several other pc works fine, confirmed dvd is ok. PC starts and trys to boot from dvd then just hangs. pcm 9577 ebx board from advantech. i gig celeron, 512meg ram. Using Vista home basic oem install.

Hello, Today I was happily trying to solve a common graphical error with my PC. One day after a normal shut down and reboot all of my resolutions reset to 800 x600 and my native 1440x900 dissapeared off the face of my PC.. Browsing websites for answers i came across a way to correct it by using...