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    Windows 10 Failed Windows 10 Update 21H1: Troubleshooting a Missing June 2021 Update

    This AM EST at 7 AM I failed at updating Windows 10 21H1 19043.1081. I am sorry I cannot remember the #. I tried everything including recovering an image to no avail. I tired about 6 times and it always said that red waning it was not good. Inexplicably, I ran windows update successfully, no...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 Installation Issue

    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...
  3. Windows 7 I need my icon images back on my main screen.

    Hello out there, LostInCyberspace calling for help! I ran a cleaner, System Mechanic to be precise, and lost all my icon images. I know, sill of me, I was warned that it would be a problem replacing the Registry Keys that held the images, since that portion of System Mechanic deleted said...
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    Windows 7 UEIF and Image recovery

    I don't have any experience with UEIF machines. My nephew is autistic and learning disabled and I got him a new HP Windows 7 PC and it is UEIF. I've been setting it up for him. I made the repair disk and figured out how to boot from it but it says disk error or not a system disc. I burned an ISO...
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    Windows 7 Restoring old system image

    Trying to figure out how to restore the old system image on the left. Just made the one on the right. When I try to restore the info is not recognized. Link Removed
  6. Windows 8 Windows 8 image backup fails-"Backup engine could not be contacted"

    Since Microsoft is removing the Backup utility from Windows 8.1, I have been exploring alternatives to that very useful utility. I know there are third party utilities that will work fine, but I would rather stay with a native version, if possible. It seems the utility WBADMIN is capable of...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 to Win 8

    Hello I copied this from my MS Word to keep for reference. Most of this is Win 7 that is why I selected this instead of Win 8 's forum. I am about to take the plunge but wanted to tie up a few questions so if someone had the time I would appreciate the help. I am going to install Win 8 in my...
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    Windows 7 Can't boot computer

    [I'm really struggling to type this on my phone] (Fixed the grammar on another computer), basic info: I can't boot my computer in normal mode or safe mode. When I try to do so, after the "starting windows" page the only things that come up are my mouse, a black screen/background, and a...
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    Windows 7 Cannot boot from recovery partition

    Hi all, My sister just got a new laptop with 7, then accidentally installed a friend's version of 7 on top of it, thinking it was Microsoft Office. I'm trying to restore to factory settings so she doesn't lose all the software that came with the computer. I know the recovery partition is on...
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    Windows 7 Black screen after reboot

    Dear users, My system is configured as follows: Dell Dimensions 8400, 8GB RAM, two hard drives with over 500 GB, one holds the operating system and the other data. Windows 7 Home Premium Nvidia GE Force 6800 About a day ago I rebooted and all I got was a complete black screen, no...
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    Windows 7 Restore cannot find Network Image

    I am trying to restore my Dell E6510 Windows 7 64-bit Pro. laptop from a image created by Windows backup that is located on a share on a network drive. Using windows explorer, I can view the image folder. I have not renamed or moved the folder. When I run the Windows restore process, restore...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 x64 StartUp Failure

    I have been running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate for 9 months without any major problems. My set up is as follows: Motherboard: ASUS Striker Extreme, chipset NVIDIA 680i CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6600 RAM: 2x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 8500 & 2x1GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 6400, giving a total of 6...
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    Windows 7 Restoring a backup image from USB external hard drive

    Hello, I hope someone can help me. I have a problem I wasn't expecting. I am using Windows 7 Home Prem and have used the OS software to create a back up image of my hard drive onto an external one, no probs so far. I then go into the repair computer section on boot up that has a restore from...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Image Recovery Tool Bug

    Hello anyone, I'm experiencing a bug with the Windows 7 Image Recovery Tool. Yesterday I made a backup image of my Maxtor 250GB HDD to an external 1TB USB drive, and today I have to restore it back on the Maxtor disk. When I tried to recover the system from the image I received the message...