fresh installation

Background: A messed up attempt at restoring my Windows 10 Pro state to 3 days earlier using a Macrium Reflect backup corrupted my PC boot record and I was unable to fix it using bootrec and diskpart. So, now I want to reinstall it without losing my programs from an ISO image that I produced...

I’m beefing up my laptop (which in any event needs a new cooling fan (sounds like a 737 starting up sometimes) and battery (short charge time and looks a bit lumpy) with a new SSD. I’ve retrieved the product key just in case, and this is going to be a completely fresh installation using the...

After the recent update (either on 10th or 24th of August, I can't remember, probably 24th) my computer won't shut down properly sometimes. The screen will go dark and the keyboard and mouse lights will go off, but the chassis and CPU fans are still spinning and the computer LEDs are still on...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 will be free for Insiders, even if the machine did not have Windows 7/8/8.1 on it beforehand. Testers will be able to do a fresh installation. "As long as you are running an Insider Preview build and connected with the MSA you used to register, you will...

So around a week ago I started getting BSoDs every time I started-restarted my PC.After the blue screen windows would be restored in a previous state and boot normally. I have noticed that every time this would happen, windows updates would pop up (13 essential ones). For some reason I thought...

Hi, I'm a computer noob. I have a 12 year old retail-purchased PC that came with WinXP Home pre-installed on the 160GB hard drive. The original OEM hard drive squeals terribly loud and sounds like it's going to die. I'd like to replace it, but not sure how to get WinXP installed on a fresh hard...

Hey Guys, It's only been two days since I got windows 8 Pro on my alienware. Recently I force shut down because it was not shutting down. And when I open it today it gives an error message saying that Automatic repair could not fix the problem. The error code is...

So I 2 weeks ago I did a fresh installation of windows 7 to try and get rid of persistent BSOD's, and it seemed to work until today when this morning I got a blue screen within 15 minutes of turning on the computer while surfing the web. I though okay maybe its because of the cold humid weather...

I got windows 7 x32 bits all updates, I have receive issues about BSOD, I had seen some dumps files, but honestly I don't know how read them and understand the meaning. Can some one help? but the file is 150MB. What I got in the small screen is this: BCCode:1a BCP1: 00000031 BCP2: 86B1F248...

Hi, i have recently installed a fresh copy of windows 7 ultimate sp1 on my machine and it has problems every time it boots. Everytime i start the machine it automatically goes into startup repair, does its repairs and then boots into the os fine. Once the machine is running the os it works...

Brand new Acer Aspire 4820 notebook Fresh factory settings restore installation of Windows 7 Home Premium I have local administrator access - 1 user only for this laptop Upgraded to IE 9 Cannot get Windows Updates Error received: Windows could not search for new updates An error occured while...

As the heading says I wiped my Operating Drive on my desktop. And created a fresh Windows 7 and other software. I am having problems with one program. I had it on the previous OP before I wiped it. Although I had a little problem connecting last time. The software worked great, the software is...

Hello, I hope I can get some help here.. I'm using Acer Aspire 4937G laptop(1 yr old) and since day 1, I'm having this BSOD everytime during the 1st bootup of the day... I went to Acer Service Center and they keep saying is due to my software/application issue.. OK, and so what i did is I...

I have been getting this error even after fresh installation of win 7.

Hello, I have 3 HP machines (out of warranty) with Visa on them and will installing 7 Pro on them. Clean install vs. upgrade...The computers have been slowing down over the past 2 years so I'd like a fresh OS installation. Will the upgrade option be starting fresh enough or is a format the...