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    Troubleshooting Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Installation on USB Flash Drive

    Hello I have tried pendrivelinux.com and unetbootin to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in a flashdrive. Each time it quickly jumps to run from usb drive before I can touch it when I set boot with F12 to usb. Then after about ten seconds it seems to freeze. I have to hard boot. I have formatted the 4GB...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Home Basic Netbook Edition Installation Errors

    So, I have been browsing the internet lately for a solution to my problem for installing Windows 7 Home Basic for Netbooks via a 16GB SanDisk Flashdrive formatted in FAT if im not mistaken. I have a copy of the ISO on my DataCenter, and I have used my MacBook Pro (2.66 GHz 8GB RAM, 500G HDD...
  3. Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT

    Describes the default values that are used by Windows when a volume is formatted to NTFS, FAT or exFAT. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - Setup was unable to create a new partition

    Hello !! Recently I want to install Windows 7 as my previous OS was Windows xp... Now, I am unable to install windows 7 as , when I start the install and click on install it shows that setup was unable to create a new partition or locate an existing system partition... I have 2 hard disks ...
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    Windows 7 How to Partition and Format a 500 GB Drive for Windows 7 Installation

    Hello. Tomorrow I want to uninstall windows XP and install windows 7 64 bit. My question is . When I go to the partitions I have to delete all of them and have the huge one 500 GB then I should format the 500 GB or first split it to 2 different partitions ( because I want to have C and D )...
  6. Windows 7 Windows 7 Changing system partition

    Earlier I had two partitions, D(logical) and C(system). Now, I have added a new HDD and I've made two new partitions, B(logical) and S(system), now I want to format C and install Windows in S partition. What's the best way to do it? I hope you can help me guys!
  7. Windows 8 Can I do a clean install to a blank drive w/ a Win8 Upgrade?

    Ok, here's the answer... after a couple of E-mails & a long phone conversation w/ my cousin who works in Redmond, for MS, who was, actually on the Windows7 Build Team & is, obviously close, in his position, to what's what w/ Windows8. Furthermore, before we talked, on my behalf, he took the...
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    Windows 7 blue screen error ntfs

    Hello everyone, I do not know how to explain this thing: I have 2 hard drives from 80 GB on a secondary ide channel and the other of 300 gb on the primary channel. in these 2 hard drives are installed respectively in fat32 windows 2000 and the second hard drive windows xp, vista and...
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    Windows 7 Changing the MBR In Windows 7 Pursuant To A Quad Boot

    I have an Asus X64 desktop machine. Last year I formatted the [1 terabyte] hard drive for a clean install of X64 Windows 7 Ultimate. I tried numerous times to install the X64 Windows 7 Ultimate, but it was a no-go. I ended up installing the X86 Windows 7 Ultimate on my X64 machine instead...
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    Windows 7 How to fix this Problem..

    I do not know what I do but I have formatted a local disk C in my laptop and now I can not start the boot because the system has gone by I formatted a local disk C .. How do I solve this problem. Do I have to use DVD windows 7 because there are file boot. T.Q sorry my bad english.
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    Windows 7 BLEY SREEN OF Death !!! I need help

    Hello I want to ask if i reinstal windows 7 ultimate does this help to fix blue sreen death. Because i have instaled ar formated new copy of windows but the Blue sreen of death isn't fixed. So how do i repair this blue sreen of death could someone help me ?
  12. Windows 7 new laptop is wrecked

    bought new laptop few days ago and went to factory reset via the recovery partition, it stuffed up few times during instlallation and got few blue screens and was stuck on formatting so i formatted laptop to win xp to burn myself a win7 installer into disc so i did and tried installing via disc...
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    Windows 7 hard disc showing less capacity then accepted. #HBCD

    K.. so i got this problem for the the first time.. I had 2 partitions of my 500 GB Hard disc (408gb + 60Gb) in the 60 gb one. i installed ubuntu os couple of months back, and today i formated that partition, using HBCD. i formated that partition and deleted it and then i expanded my 408 gb...
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    Windows 7 No desktop after Installing Windows 7

    Hello, I had Vista, and then i installed Windows 7.I formated my Drive, the whole Installation was good. But then, after i finalized my installation (Choose Computer name, choose Network, and install updates) It restarted for the last time (As it should) and when it loaded, an Acer Wallpaper...
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    Windows 7 i need help

    I am constantly getting the BSOD error. i fear my laptop may crash soon. after a lot of google search i am no closer to finding a solution. i am hoping someone here can help me figure out what to do as i believe my only other alternative is to re-install my windows 7, effectively formatting my...
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    Windows 7 Errors and Crashes with Windows Update

    Latest week, I've bought a new motherboard and a DDR3 Ram, as my older MB was DDR2. But my computer started acting weird, so I formatted my HD and installed Windows 7 again. When I tried to open Windows Update, Explorer.exe suddenly crashed and I had to restart it. Then I checked for updates...
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    Windows 7 Trying to clean install Windows 7, wont install

    So uhh, I'm new here and I am in need of some help. I just want to make something clear that I'm a major computer noob, so I might be a bit dumb when it comes to some things. Just now I tried to clean install my 32 bit windows 7 into a 64 bit and reformat my computer.Unfortunately, when I put in...
  18. Windows 7 Swapping main hardisk? help!!

    I have formatted my Acer Aspire 5552 and Installed Windows 7. Previously, my ''main drive'' was my Local Disk (D: ) (450GB) and now it is Local disk (C: ) (20 GB) So there is no room for my programs, etc.. so how I swap them around? Have tried to save the programs on Local Disk (D: ) , but then...
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    Windows 7 how to recover lost partition

    i have 250 GB hdd in my computer ,but due to wrong usage of partition software i lost my hdd partition. For recover this i format my hard drive but not successful to recover my hdd partition .Now this time in "my computer" only shows the 125 GB partition . I tried to recover from the...