hardware refresh

Alright so today I decided to clean out my cluttered gaming laptop and start completely fresh. So I decided to do a full system refresh. All was going good until my computer began to get stuck at the windows OS install screen saying "Installing windows 10%. Installing drivers 16%" for 3 hours...

A couple of days ago I was on my computer and everything was fine except I tried to open Itunes and it wouldn't. I got an error message but I can't remember what it said. I restarted the computer to see if this would fix it. However It wouldn't load and I got a blue screen on start up. I can't...

Recently I had a bad Windows 10 computer crash. The PC totally locked up, and the only thing I could do was power it down and power it back up. The first thing I noticed was that my entire Windows Live Mail database was gone - not a single message of the thousands that should have been there was...

I was trying to update to windows 8.1. I kept getting an error code so I searched up how to fix the error. Someone recommended to someone else with the problem to uninstall the software distribution folder and it worked for multiple people so I tried it to no avail. Along with multiple other...

I have an ASUS vivobook S500Ca which came preinstalled with Windows 8 Home Premium in Oct 2013. I had made a USB for the purpose of reinstalling it at any point. Name on this USB is 'Recovery'. It has around 13 GB size with 6 .swm files of around 2GB each. So it happened and my hard disk...

Yesterday, I uninstalled Daemon Tools VHDs in device management and restarted, and after that, I couldn't boot properly anymore, the automatic repair doesn't work, pc refresh is not working because the drive is apparently locked and pc rest is not working either because a required drive...

I have been running windows10 for almost a year. Im an old retired coder with 45 years under my belt. Until windows 10 came along ( this latest build) I had little love for windows. That has changed. Windows 10 is awesome, Microsoft finally got it right. Uninstall all your tuneup software and...

By mistake i turn on the safe mode 5 months ago.. i have to re-fresh my PC i ticked on safe mode by mistake that time i was trying to control my PC From mobile via Microsoft application on Android and when i connected it putted me in safe mode.. i saw the video how to reduce lag and in video it...

A couple of years ago I upgraded from XP to Windows 8 when Microsoft where charging £30 for the upgrade, which seemed to be a no brainer. Two years down the line my Dell Precision desktop feels sluggish compared to how it was performing with a fresh install (upgrade) to Windows 8 (I have since...

Hello, I am in dire neex of help. I am using an hp pavilion g7 notebook with win 8.1. About a week ago I downloaded 3 windows updates. I restarted as required, but all I got was a blue screen that says: YOUR PC RAN INTO A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO RESTART. next screen: PREPARING AUTOMATIC REPAIR...

After installing build 9879, I have the issue of some shortcuts turning generic. Icon Rebuild , Restore default associations of ico, browser cache cleanup, IE reset, none of those work. So, I did a Refresh. After an hour, it came back with these messages.................. "There was a problem...

hi so i have a toshiba satellite C855D-S5900 and im having trouble with the web camera driver im to the point now that i want to refresh my pc but im not sure if that will work so im looking for the driver for just the web cam i tried to install the old one from my old hard drive since i have a...

I had my computer custom built for me about 2 years ago from Micro-Center, a computer store near me that sells every PC component you can think of, and they'll put it all together for you too. My PC is still running fast and does everything I need it to do, but I'm ready for a refresh! Overall...

Last night, my HP laptop (I'm not sure which kind) would not turn off, so I took the battery out to shut it off that way. When I put the battery back in and tried starting it up, it started, but told me that it was "Repairing Disk Errors" so I waited for about an hour and a half, and it blue...

I was wondering if anyone knew about what time of year newer Models for all-in-one type OEM systems would start showing up. I have been checking some sites and some models are out of stock which would lead me to believe they are about to release a new model. Or it could just be a slow time of...

My brother and I built identical Windows 8 PCs earlier this year, we were both virgin system builders. His has been stable but mine has been crashing a lot, something in the order of 50 BSoD in 5 months. I've been trying to solve it myself but I'm running out of ideas. It has never been stable...

I recently did an update of my machine from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. The update process did not show any errors or warnings and by the time it finished I was under the impression that everything went smooth. After the update I was testing the environment and discovered that one of my desktop...

Hi all, I appologise in advance for the question I am about to pose as 1) it has probably already been answered to 'death' elsewhere in the forum (but having searched can't find specific answer to the question that I am about to post. 2) I have read the 'official' blurb with regards to what...

A few days ago, I started a new thread about Windows 8 OS called, “After two weeks with Windows 8, I find it the least stable OS”. http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-discussion/18137-after-two-weeks-windows-8-i-find-least-stable-os-new-post.html My opinion was based on my personal...

Microsoft executives offered an in-depth look at some of the key features of the upcoming Windows 8 OS at an event in The Netherlands. Here are the features of Windows 8. Six Microsoft executives today briefed technology professionals, analysts and IT journalists at an event called Exploring...