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Need a little help. I Have a usb created via Rufus that I now want to use to do a fresh install on my Del Inspirion 3543. As far as I can understand I need to set the boot priority to that of USB. BUT for UEFI mode there is no usb option. Only Legacy has this option. So what now? How to I do...

I'm building a new computer, ill make this question quick. Should I install a fresh copy of windows on my SSD that I'm reusing from my old computer, or just let it be? Should I wipe the drive completely and redownload everything? I know it doesn't really make a difference, but since I'm using...

So I recently did a fresh install of windows, did NOT keep any files, wiped every drive. Upon installing Windows 10 version 1803, I installed all my drivers, and all was normal. In device manager I saw under system showing the proper things, including an Intel 300 series controller with (Z370)...

New computer, had first a GPU issue, the place I bought it from sent me a new one after they checked the computer and saw it was the GPU. Then i got it back, and more issues, turned out PSU causing havoc so they give me another one. Yesterday I got the computer back, played for about 8 hours...

Hello Users, how can i format my windows to install a fresh Windows 7 and use the product key of the bottom of my notebook?

Old Dell M1530, fresh install of windows 7. has a fingerprint reader but using Dell fingerprint software= not finger print reader installed. windows reporting that AuthentTec is present device manger it shows driver is up to date and is working fine. uninstalled dell software. Control...

Some idiot tech at msft fudged up my PC over an issue I was having. I couldn't boot to my desktop after that. So I inserted my installation disk to install a fresh new copy. For some reason I got an error saying, "we couldn't create a new partition. Error: 0xe6774cc0." To correct this, I entered...

I'm getting a laptop that's been used for business so the Windows 7 is Enterprise and has a lot their corporate software. I'm just interested in the laptop for one of my kids to use for school. So my question is how could I buy a Windows 10 Home license and do a fresh install of it on this...

I have inherited a Lenovo H330 pc complete with HDMI monitor. It was apparently bought c. 2013 and at that point came with windows 7 home premium pre-installed: the processor shows as an i5 2320 3.0ghz and it now has 8gb ram fitted (4 originally) and a 500gb hd. At some point it was upgraded to...

I'm stuck and need help. Hardware: asrock pro gaming x399 (latest bios) 1950x (custom liquid cooler with phantom block + 420gtx nemesis rad) msi gtx 970 gaming 4g (latest firmware, stock dual fan cooler) crucial ballistic elite 2x 8gb sticks at 3466mhz corsair commander pro for the fans...

My browser speed is at a crawl, online tests put it at 0.6 mbps. However when I check the connection status it says 56 mbps. This happens in any browser. I've reset Windows and still no improvement. There are no non native programs installed or even any personal files. Just a fresh install...

My pc: 8700K stock 2x8GB DDR4 GSKILL 3000mhz ( XMP Corsair 750 i Asus Z370 Pro Gaming. I have 2 disks. SSD Crucial 525 GB MX 300 and Toshiba 500GB. I have an question about system Windows 10. I installed from Pendrive USB Windows 10 from here: Link Removed On a fresh formatted ssd i...

Hello Yesturday i did a fresh install of Windows 10 and I have deleted a lot of bloatware from the computer but I am still very limited in space on the C drive. Only 38GB out of 97.5GB is free. I feel there should be alot more space than this free, and if I am not mistaking, the computer had...

hello to all im tring to resolve a friend issue with his HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-b173cl Sleekbook where the screen touch stop working. since it has also different issues, i installed fresh new windows 10 64bit OS on the laptop. i download and installed newest driver for graphic driver and...

Hey everyone. Yesterday, (30th August) I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 10 after I noticed that there was loads of viruses on the operating system. How did I reinstall it? I went onto Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Reset this PC. After doing so, I left the computer doing...

Hi, I bought new hard drive and installed fresh Windows 10 and then upgrade to 1703 Build. Now, I want to return it to it's original version then upgrade to 1507 or 1511 Build (Cuz one of them was the installed version in my previous hard drive). I want this because a problem with files names...

I have a Dell vostro 200 that someone gave me. I'm trying to share my 4g lte card to the Ethernet. I've done this 100 times on any other windows 10 machine and all I have to do is click the sharing tab and enable sharing on my 4g interface and then select the Ethernet from the drop down menu...

Hello, Hello. I have a problem wih bluescreens. Short History: first I upgraded my windows 7 to windows 10 and got these bluescreens. So I decided to completly reinstall windows 10. Did not work with any form of backup, the windows install is completly fresh (or was about a month ago when I did...

Hi, Everyone, a friend of mine has had trouble with his laptop recently, he had upgraded it from windows 8 to windows 10 a long time ago and says it has been buggy and running slow ever since, after much messing about I did a factory reset which has taken his system back to windows 8. I am just...

Could some one help me ive just done a fresh install of windows 7 . but I keep getting error on both the browsers I've installed .its saying internet browser has stopped working. I've installed all the windows updates uninstalled both versions and reinstalled them and still get error could some...