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Just got a laptop to replace old HP tower system that was 32bit. New laptop has Win 7 and is 64bit. I would like to transfer all data on the old pc onto the new laptop. Can someone explain please if this is possible and if so how to go about it...Thanks

Hi Guys, Im new to the forum, but was wondering if someone would be able to assist me. I bought a hp dv6 laptop a couple of days ago running windows7 home premium. Unfortunately i am unable to instal reporting services 2005 on anything below the proffessional edition. My question is, if i...

Hello im hoping someone can help me. I was cloning a Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit install HDD on my HP Laptop and when it was done i removed the usb without safley removing it in the system tray. Now when i boot up (with the original HDD) i get an error: Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or...

i know this topic has been discussed before but my problem is a lil different then what i read everywhere. i have a hp dv6000 series. recently my cd drive stopped working. and my windows vista was giving me a lot of problems. so i did a partition on my hard drive and installed win 7 on the new...

Hello - I have recently started to get the Windows 7 BSOD error with in couple of months after buying my laptop. No 3rd party updates, basic programs for watching videos/movies and use of MsOffice thats all I use the computer for. I removed the trial version of Norton that came preinstalled...

Hello, As the title suggests, I'm having the common problem everybody is facing with file permissions and Windows 7. I have tried all solutions I could find on this forum, but nothing worked. Here is the situations: - I used to run WinXP Professional. I copied all my files to an EXTERNAL...

I have a three month old HP DV7-3085dx which suddenly stopped shutting down correctly. I hangs at the "shutting down" screen. I have to power it down manually to shut it off then of course I get the message that windows shut down incorrectly. I'm at my wits end with this. Today I restored the...

I've been having an issue with games lately it didn't happen before...So i went to the HP Chat..I updated BIOS...Re-Installed Video Drivers...and still my problem persists. My problem is that when i play games lets say about 5 minutes or so my computer goes into a black screen and it...

I have a hp laptop w/ w7 64 bit and I just bought an MSI all in one pc w/ w7 32 bit. Tried the easy transfer with a flash drive and was told could not transfer 64 bit to 32 bit files :(. Some tips said that this could be done manually but I'm not sure what that means. Is that w/ a data line? and...

I looked at this & I like this method for making a complete backup of my entire system. I use about 120GB of 400GB total on my x64 HP laptop and it has Windows 7 Home Premium installed. I am leaning towards a external device other than CD's so what would you recommend for this. If you don't mind...

Hi there, As a first note (I want to stress this), this problem didn't happen "once", but this is the 8-10th time it happened. I own a pretty decent HP laptop, "elitebook 8530w" with (apart from the HDD, which is 250 GB) the most high end options. First my computer seemingly becomes...

In the past, my backup strategy consisted of periodically copying user document folders to CDs or DVDs. I recently acquired a new HP laptop running Windows 7 and thought maybe I should try using the Backup/Restore utility that came with it. I ran backup but I have some serious reservations...

Hello. I'm completely new to this forum and I feel terrible for posting issues right away, but I'm so desperate and frustrated with this issue that I'm about to throw my laptop out the window. I also apologize because I'm fairly aware that this problem has been posted several times on this forum...

I recently bought a HP Laptop. And installed Warcraft ROC and Warcraft FT. Sincec I installed it, I usually receive random intervals of lag spikes while in game. I usually play at battle.net, or just in garena. Still having these lag spikes whenever I play online or offline. I already updated my...

hi guys i just bought HP laptop DV6 , windows7 , i took all the videos and pictures from my old pc and put them in my new laptop i installed programs like photoshop , illustrator and coral painter after a few days suddenly i found my picture and video folder are empty !!!!!!am so...

I have a strange problem from past few days. I use an HP laptop with Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG network adapter. I also use VPN connection (VyprVPN) over the internet. The moment I install and run any network monitor like BWMeter, Networx or DUMeter, the wireless connection disconnects...

Recently my Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit HP Laptop computer forgets all of the desktop settings and boots up like it is brand new. All my files and stuff are still there on disk but it has the initial background and desktop settings. If I turn it off and reboot it usually boots up right. This...

I recently bought a new HP laptop with Windows 7 and went to plug in my ComStar external hard drive and nothing showed up. It still works on my old laptop with windows vista. I check device manager, my computer, and drive manager and it doesn't seem to be seen at all. The hard drive is a usb...

I bought my son a new HP laptop - it has IE 8 64 bit version, so I thought I would install on my system. I can't seem to find it on the Microsoft site. I downloaded the Vista 64 version, but it will not install, says wrong operating system. Does a 64 bit IE 8 exist for Win 7? thanks dan

I purchased the Win 7 upgrade (Home Premium). I'm running Vista (64 bit) on my 2 years old HP laptop. I have opted for the custom install to clean up. I've saved all the docs/pics/mp3 etc and I have the programs I need to reinstall. I've uninstalled my anti-virus (AVG) as it seemed reluctant...