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    Windows 7 Cant find partition

    I wanted to reinstall Windows 7 without deleting all of my personal things(songs/movies etc) so I decided to partition the drive(C drive). I follow the steps, and partition half of my C Drive. During this I'm running youtube videos and a movie in the background and I got blue screened. When I...
  2. Windows 8 "Windows 7 File Recovery" in Windows 8? MS forgot to rename this feature or what?

    This has been bugging me for quite a while now. Since the developer preview, I have been noticing "Windows 7 File Recovery" to be sitting in the control panel. At first, I thought it's just there because it's in the testing phase. But now, it's still there in the RTM build (Build 9200). What...
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    Windows 7 My Documents folder messed up, it's a hidden shortcut

    So I was working with moving my My Documents folder from syncing with Dropbox to Box and I messed up a bit. Well, at least I've found it and have access to it. Now I'm working on restoring a previous version. Problem A: It's hidden and I can't figure out how to undo that because: Problem B: It's...
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    Windows 7 Newly saved/created files missing after restart

    I try to search them but nothing is coming up and then I saved/created again but the computer tells me "another file with that name already existed..." but I don't seem them anywhere in the folder. What is happening?
  5. Windows 7 Can't read the DMP file

    I put in WD MYBOOKLIVE which is a network drive and I got a Blue screen. I also get it if I put in a Logitech webcam which I really need.WD tech support said the drive has nothing to do with the Blue screen. I triedt o read the DMP file by putting it into WORD but that didn't work. I don't know...
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    Windows 7 SOS:Misused mke2fs and cannot boot into system

    I installed ubuntu with wubi in windows7 64bit, and I had installed Mandriva 2011 with a disk. I tried to learn linux with Ubuntu and misused mke2fs; after I reboot my computer, windows7 and ubuntu has crashed. As I have mandriva, I boot into mandriva and found # df -h /dev/sda7 12G...
  7. Windows 8 Windows 7 File Recovery in Windows 8 RTM

    If you are lucky enough to be using the Windows 8 Release-to-Manufacturer version, you may notice a problem. It is hard to find Windows Backup. One reason for this is that it is currently called "Windows 7 File Recovery" in Control Panel. Be advised that this is most likely a bug or mishap, but...
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    Windows 7 Hidden Links after deletion of files

    I secure deleted some files - nothing very sensitive - but pointers remained to the files - i.e.: f:\\\5545.jpg - etc. Everything on my C:\ drive had hidden links that simply would not delete. Turned off the Firewall - AntiVirus - cleaned the MFT - everything and it would not go away. Then I...
  9. Windows 7 REINSTALL PROBLEM W7, HELP!!! reinstall mess, I have lost all my work.

    I had a problem with the wi-fi driver on my HP Eletebook8440p running on Windows 7 Home Premium. I think I might of incorrectly reinstalled and lost my work. I backed-up as much as I could on dongles, but a month of work was not backed up. I have gone to the windows.old and the files have been...
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    Windows 7 Need Help with MigRecover.exe

    I'm trying to use the migrecover.exe to extract the data from a Windows Easy Transfer archive I created since using WET will not open it(Microsoft really screwed the pooch on this one uhh!). I enter the correct syntax into the command prompt and it returns "Extracting files. 100% completed...
  11. Windows 7 Much Thanks - Auslogics BoostSpeed

    Much thanks, after watching your vid on Auslogics BoostSpeed i decided to go ahead and make the purchase on it. I did notice that the order page showed another app for free which there site did not offer. Also along with your code gave me a great discount as well as seen below. So again much...
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    Windows 7 Factory Restore, But Keep Some Files..

    Okay, my computer is very clogged at the moment and I would like to do a complete restore, but I have some files that I need to keep. Is there a way I can do a complete restore but keep some of the files (no external hard drive).
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    Windows 7 "Previous versions are not available"

    On my desk top PC running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, I checked the properties of various files and folders and found that "previous versions are not available." I checked properties of files and folders on a netbook running Windows 7 Home premium 32 bit and found previous versions are...
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    Windows 7 I need a disc image of Windows 7 Home 64 bit for my daughter's laptop. (I have the activation key)

    After trying every solution I can think of to boot my daughter's laptop, I've made my decision. I'm going to create a fresh install on a new, larger 640 gig drive. If that goes well, I told her that I would save what files I could from the corrupted drive. (I'll cross that bridge with her...
  15. Windows 7 How do I delete these .file files?

    Hello guys A while back, I downloaded a few PDF files from my school's network that I had to use for an assignment. However, now I want to delete them. Deleting the .pdf files went just fine, easily done. However, there seems to be 2 .file files still in my downloads folder with the same names...
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    Windows 7 Notepad Error Make sure a disk is in the drive you specified

    Hello All Supporters .! First of all i am new to this forum i need to ask some my urgent problem solution here. guys i had an laptop which got broked i was using its Hard drive using SD Box it was working like a charm but suddenly when i woke up today morning i connect my HD and it is not...
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    Windows 7 Backup User file and settings

    I have joined this forum in the hope i can get help and advise in deploying windows 7, I have been deploying windows 7 for the last 7 months as a contractor for two different clients. Both clients have had different ways of doing the deployment, however both have the same concerns about data and...
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    Windows 7 Setup is starting services:Error! Any way to take files off of the computer?

    Hello W7 forums! So not too long ago I rebooted my pc as it was running a bit slow that day, as I was rebooting I got an error (I don't remember it now sorry) and it started startup repair. This startup repair went for almost a week straight before I gave up on it. Not being able to boot into...
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    Windows 7 Lost Desktop Files After Reset: How to Recover Them?

    Please help. I come home today to go on my computer, my sister was already logged into her profile so i go to log into mine. When i do i see Prepareing Desktop, it logs in and my desktop is fully reset, ealier on my mother was on i believe she mustve done this because she doesnt know much about...
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    Windows 7 How to recover .chk or chkdsk files and a partial solution. Advice what to try next?

    I had about 15 files saved as File0000.chk through File0014.chk. PLEASE CHANGE CATEGORY IF I POSTED IN THE WRONG SECTION. First I tried renaming them with the likely extensions I use most often, such as .xlsx and .docx respectively for Excel and Word. This successfully recovered over 1/2 of my...