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My problem can be best described by scrnshot: Link Removed I have google chrome pinned to the taskbar (as can be seen by the 'Unpin this program .....' on the pop up menu). However, when I click to launch it, a new chrome icon pops up. I have just formatted my pc and I didnt encounter this...

Hello everybody! I'm searching for a way of restoring windows 7 with all the software I need already installed, instead of re-install windows from the beginning and the install again all my programs. It should be easy, but it's not! Once I format, re-install windows 7 and install all my...

I am send my 2 year computer to a friend of mine and i want to remove the information off the hard drive. So How do i completely format the hard drive?

Hi! I have an external USB HDD that I want to be able to move between computers. Problem is everytime I move and try to open a folder on the next computer I get the permission error and must take ownership of it with the new computer. I want to be able to switch the drive between the...

Hi everyone, So I installed Windows 7 on my HD. The installation process went well. I chose my Username, password, etc, and then Windows prepares the Desktop for the first use, and then the PC automatically reboots. The problem is that when the pc reboots after the final stage of the...

Hi everyone, This is literally driving me insane and I'm in big need of help. I've had a problem where my computer will do one of the above ^ (title) over and over and over. My computer will also fail to restart (e.g. hang at the 'welcome to windows screen, and sometimes when it does restart...

during the re installation of window7 can i formate the system reserved drive of 100 mb along with c drive? or system reserved should be left as it is? please help me regards

Hi! I know one things to two but this has never happened again! I did a format on my computer and reinstalled windows 7.they worked well untill they restarted with a high resolution. Yeah exactly. Every time windows update downloads nvidia drivers(gtx460) windows STUCKS at welcome screen...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a new graphics cards Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 OC 2GB with the purpose of using it together with my old Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB to use 3 monitors. That idea backfired on me because Windows kept disabling Aero. Having read that this can be caused by a software...

I have windows 7 installed on a PC I built a little over a year ago. I recently upgraded to the windows 8 consumer preview, but I didn't like it so I'm trying to switch back. When I install windows it works fine, I can turn my computer off and on as many times as I want and it will be fine, but...

Hi! I'll jump straight to the point, I had windows 7 installed for a long time, today all of a sudden the PC crashed and I'm getting the Bootmgr is missing error at startup. I can't press F8 etc., only BIOS setup works. Since I don't use a DVD for reinstall, I used a USB installation, made it...

Do I need to format my hard disk before installing Windows 7?

Hello, i was installed windows 8, all works good, but i had a problem, is:When i do a click in an app,does not open , but itself is open. How can i fix it? I am wanting to format and install windows 7 i'm sorry , but i don't speak in english, Do not die with my paragraph

Hi, I have been searching this forum for a while and feel a bit more lost that originally. I have a old laptop that I installed w7 on. I was getting slow, so I wanted to get it so empty as possible. I have backed up all my files. Now I want everything to go, and start with a virgin windows 7...

New laptop with Win7 pre-installed. No Win7 CD. Laptop HDD came with separate recovery partition. Burnt recovery CD and backed up HDD to seperate USB HDD. Then laptop was dropped. Laptop won't boot past blank win7 desktop(with curser). Tried running HP recovery program from recovery CD but...

Reformat the hard disk error 0x80070057 and cancels the installation of Windows 7. More...

i have a question i had windows 7 home premium and i had to formatt the HDD because was a problem with the windows installation, could not do recover because got into a eternal loop the system and had to use a version that friend of mine lean to me of windows 7 i do not erased the...

I made a thread on another forum about this, so I'm just copy and pasting what I wrote so I don't have to write another essay. Hi, So last night I went to reformat my laptop, halfway through I thought nah I don't wanna do this anymore so I clicked cancel. Now whenever I try to turn on my...

Hi guys , i've created another topic related to a BSOD . Anyways i've decided to format my OS so i did . But an error showed up , i'll tell you exactly what it said : Failed to create a new partition on the selected unused space.[Error:0x8004240f]. That's what it said . I don't know what caused...

Hello , i just formatted my laptop (win 7 ultimate) and my internet seem not working. At device manager , it appears something like i attached . I've tried for install device but still same . Hope you guys can help . Pardon my English. WiFi network is working . Link Removed