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Windows 8 100% Disk Usage. Can't find cause
Hi, I have Windows 8.1 as my operating system. After a random amount of time, my Disk usage will jump to 100% for around 30s-1min then go back to normal. It will continually do this over and over again. The problem is, I can't figure out a solution or the cause of the problem. I looked online...- GTXPlayer
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- antivirus boot issues corruption disk check disk issues disk scan disk usage error recovery hdd optimization performance repair loop software solutions system hang system issues system restore troubleshooting usage spikes virtual memory windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI Bios
I have a GA-K8NXP-SLI motherboard bought to me by a friend as it needs a windows upgrade because it is still using Windows XP. I plugged the computer in yesterday and when i turned it on a box came on the screen asking for a floppy disk with the latest BIOS on it, but i didn't ask the computer...- Martin Hickie
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- backup bios bios bios flash computer safety error recovery floppy drive ga-k8nxp-sli gigabyte upgrade upgrade process windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 0xc000000f Recovery Error - System Recovery Discs not being processed
Hello, My computer has many corrupt files. I have done both sfc /scannow and chkdsk /r multiple times, but the corrupt files still remain. Unfortunately, my HP's recovery manager is also corrupt. I want to do a full factory restore. Because I couldn't do a full factory restore from the...- sunnyxm
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- administrator boot issues boot manager chkdsk corrupted files error error recovery factory restore hp support manufacturer memory diagnostic repair disk sfc system restore windows 7 windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 B.S.O.D or NOT?
Ok i don't know if this is really a B.S.O.D or not. My problem is that every time i play a full screen game like league of legends, my screen would first display big square blue dots spread around the whole screen then the whole screen would turn black also there would be no sound when this...- computernoob850
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- black screen bsod error recovery full screen gaming graphics driver graphics issues league of legends random crashes visual artifacts
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Compound BSOD issue after coolant leak
I had an all-in-one liquid cpu cooler leak coolant all over my PC last week, luckily it shut down from overheating when there was no coolant left in the loop. I disassembled my PC, cleaned everything with alcohol and let it dry. Then i bought an air cooler and installed it. After installing the...- slaughtter
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- air cooler bios boot loop bsod cmos cooling error recovery fragmented screen hardware issues liquid cooling minidump overheating pc build pc maintenance raid sound loop system hang troubleshooting windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Start Button Disappears
Timeout causes graphics card to fail. Occasionally, when on a web page with pictures/video/flash, the screen will "freeze" and have some random colored pixels appear or sometimes it will just go black. Sometimes when this happens the whole system will remain locked. Other times it will...- gdpuffs
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- black screen dell display issues drivers error recovery graphics card m4500 nvidia quadro ram screen freeze system lockup timeout video playback web browsing windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Booting Issues
Hi I'm new here and I desperately need some help, Last night I Updated my nVidia graphics driver and that all went well. I was just watching youtube videos and plaing an online game (League of Legends) when I thought that It's time for me to get some sleep but I accidently left my laptop on...- The88shrimp
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- boot issues data recovery dell dual boot error recovery graphics driver hard drive laptop issues memory diagnostic nvidia safe mode startup repair system file checker system repair ubuntu windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows crashes after boot, text not displayed
Whenever I try to boot my computer the "welcome" message on the start up does not appear. The graphics appear to be changed a little, but can successfully login to my account . The desktop icons are displayed without the corresponding descriptive text for example I can see computer icon but not...- gourish39
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- blank screen blue screen boot issues command prompt corrupted files engineering software error recovery graphics issues repair install safe mode sfc scan sp1 startup issues system crash text display theme software troubleshooting user account windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 "Windows has encountered a critical problem and will restart automatically in one minute."
I ended processes such as lsm.exe and a prompt came up telling me what Windows has encountered a critical problem and that it will restart in one minute. Even though the process has ended (and remains closed), Windows OPERATES PERFECTLY FINE AND NORMALLY. Why does Windows have to shut down...- Brandon Phelan
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- automatic restart critical error error handling error recovery pc shutdown process management process termination system processes system reliability system stability task manager tech support troubleshooting user experience windows windows issues windows performance windows settings
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Please help a noob
Hi. This is my first post here and I hope you guys can help me. I am not very good with computers but I know enough to get around. Recently my computer has been acting weird. When I try to put it in hibernation mode it will look like it has, but when I go to start it up it tells me my computer...- steveoknievo
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- blue screen computer help drivers error recovery first post hibernation network issues sleep mode troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Blue Screen Code 124
Hi there, So I have had Battlefield 3 for several months now and it has been awesome until recently. It has started to crash whenever I get about 10-15 minutes in. It freezes the whole system so that I have to hard restart it. Once I log back in, it shows that Windows recovered from an...- Ryan Bork
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- asus battlefield 3 bccode blue screen crash ddr3 error error recovery gaming hardware intel memory nvidia performance restart seagate ssd system freeze tech support troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 AMD Drivers have stopped working but have recovered
We keep getting "AMD Drivers have stopped working but, have recovered" error message every time we play the MMO perfect world. What happens is he takes a few steps with his character and it goes to a (insert lined color screen). This has happened a couple of times well the computer was idle...- Amanda Gravelyn
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- amd drivers bsod cable management case fans computer help cooling driver update error recovery gpu stress test graphics card hardware issues mmo motherboard overheating performance performance issues system build thermal compound windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Sytem Repair Pending which requires reboot to complete not repairing?
I just tried sfc/scannow and I got the following message: There is a system repair pending which requires a reboot to complete. Restart windows and try sfc again. I'm thinking this repair pending is from the chldsk/r I completed previously. This is great, except when I reboot, the repair...- Timster12
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- chkdsk error recovery pending repair reboot issues repair sfc scan system repair troubleshooting windows 7 windows recovery
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Home will not Startup
After dealing with a severe re-occuring malware problem which needed Microsoft's offline scan to eliminate, I started having trouble getting my Dell laptop to boot up. First I get a Windows Error Recovery screen with a message telling me that Windows failed to start and that I should Launch...- Timster12
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- autofailover blue screen boot issues chkdsk command prompt datasafe restore dell emergency backup error recovery failureduringsetup malware sfc startup startup repair system repair system restore troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 W7 no longer boots after restored from Clonezilla image
[SOLVED] W7 no longer boots after restored from Clonezilla image Hello After restoring an image made with Clonezilla that used to work, Windows 7 is unable to start. When prompted, I used the DVD, but it still fails with "Startup Repair could not detect a problem". When rebooting, it says...- Winfried
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- boot issues boot manager clone error recovery image restoration partition startup repair troubleshooting windows 7 windows error
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Netbook won't boot, startup repair failure
I'm short on the tech savvy, so please be patient with me. A day ago, while using my netbook (Asus Eee 1001p) to look at videos on YouTube, the Shockwave Flash plugin became unresponsive. Shortly after this, my PC froze. Ctrl-Alt-Del wasn't helping, so I opted to perform a manual shutdown...- Josuki
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- asus boot issues command prompt crash error codes error recovery hardware issues memory diagnostic netbook offline repair pc repair shockwave startup repair system restore tech support troubleshooting user guide windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Frequent BSOD with new Build - Asus p67 pro + i5 2500k
I just built a new system. Asus P67 Pro i5 2500k GSkill 8gig (eco) Dual 5770 HD ATI Day started off with constant BSOD - I first thought it was the ram due to it running at 1.5v; so i downgraded to 1.35 as the specs say. It was running great - ran Prim95 for 15 min, no issues ...- nyquilx
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- asus p67 bsod dual graphics error recovery gskill hardware i5 2500k ram system build windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Partititioning Windows 7 HP/ Extended ??
I'm back with a new problem. Today I tried to create a new Logical partition on my laptop by taking 1 of the 4 Primary partitions, (It was the 13 gb Arcade partition) and making it logical. I then resized the C drive partition to leave 75gb of un allocated space which I was going to use as a...- julio99
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- acer recovery acronis backup disk management disk space disk utility easeus error recovery hard drive logical drive partition primary partition resize partition storage storage drive troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Persistent Hibernation Issues on Windows 7 After Recent Build: Need Help!
I have a Hibernation problem, It's like it since last June when I built the computer and installed windows (From the moment I Installed Windows 7), But it is annoying me now. Everytime I go to hibernate the computer, I doesn't Hibernate, It seems to, but when I push the power button, the...- Firecracker
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- audio bios chkdsk clean boot drivers error recovery graphics card hibernation pc build safe mode sp1 system stability technical issues troubleshooting user experience virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Sleep Issues
I'm running Windows 7 32 bit and have been having multiple Sleep-related issues. When I leave the computer alone and it goes into Sleep mode, it crashes. When I manually put the computer into sleep mode, it powers off and then when it starts again says that Windows wasn't shut down properly or...- bmf
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- 32-bit crash drivers dump files error recovery power management sleep issues system issues troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)