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Hello All I recently got a Dell precision M4800 basically free with Windows 7 Pro. I fired it up and everything ran normally for about 5 minutes until I tried to run normal stuff like Defrag, cleaner, disc checking and then it just bottle up, all icons vanished and then got BSoD....check Bios...

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next." 3. Click "Repair your computer." If you do not have...

Hi there, this is also posted in the Apple forums, as I'm running Windows and Mac OSX on separate partitions on a MacBook Pro, but it was suggested I might get more help here as it's a pretty specific Windows problem. Whilst editing the msconfig setup on my Windows 7 64bit partition (which I've...

So last night I dropped my wife's laptop about 8 inches onto the floor. It hit the corner with the HDD and then gave me the blue screen of death. I ran the HP disk check which told me the the HDD was damaged. I bought a new HDD to replace the old but I don't have the windows 7 home premium...

I initially had a problem with my my computer i.e. 'Windows desktop manager stopped working and was closed' - so having tried many potential solutions, and failed, I am resigned to restoring the computer to factory settings. It seems that I have to do with the windows installation disc. But my...

My computer will not boot past the Windows 7 logo. I have tried booting into safe more as well as booting with the last known good configuration. I have also tried booting with the Windows repair disc and windows installation disc but nothing seems to be working. Is it a hardware issue...

Okay, So it all started with m computer giving me this: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1.Insert your Windows installation disc and restart the computer. 2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next". 3.Click...

I have had problems booting up my Toshiba laptop. (Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit) When i would start my computer, Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert you Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose...

First off I'm sure there are many threads on this issue but, I am on my iPod and it takes forever to load and I just don't feel like searching on this thing. I am experiencing a"startuprepairoffline" problem. I try to start my computer and it shows a "launch start up repair" or a "start windows...

I just recieved a computer I bought about a week ago, yesterday. Last night, while it was on and downloading files, the power board it was plugged into shut off. Now, it's stuck in an endless loop of failing to boot. It keeps asking me to insert the Windows 7 installation disc and restart. I put...

I have been asked to look at PC desktop computer belonging to a colleague. Basically he said he has lost a lot of icons from the desktop and some of his short cuts to certain programmes. I have checked and the programmes are still installed so that’s not a problem in recreating some of the short...

I had a barracuda hard drive with windows 7 ultimate 64bit on it, installed it in another pc... now computer starts to boot into windows then restarts, gives the option to go into startup recovery or boot into windows normally, choosing to boot into windows normally results in a loop (computer...

My ASUS (quad core) Windows 7 (64 bit) machine just won't boot. It has 1.75 TB hard disk space: one 1 TB Western Digital HD, and a defective (stock) Seagate 750 GB HD (unplugged and disconnected because of defect). My first guesses about the possible cause(s): 1. Bad hard drive: No, because...

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...

What happens if Windows will not load for some reason? Well, if you have a Windows installation disc then it’s possible to access a collection of useful tools that may get your computer back on the road to rude health. Link Removed

I attempted to install Windows 7 x64 version on my new desktop, and about 20 minutes into the "Complete Installation" section my computer crashed for a reason of which I'm not aware. I now get the following error after windows attempts to "start services": Install Windows The computer restarted...

Hi there. I was using Windows 7 Professional for a few weeks (thanks MSDN Academic Alliance) and I have a huge problem since last week: I cannot boot on Windows 7 anymore after a registry defragmentation. Explanation: I used Glary Utilities Registry Defragmentation to defragment my registry...

HELP! My laptop battery died so went into hibernation automatically and tuned off. I turn it back on and all I get is a black screen saying: Okay I tried the steps but my laptop isn't picking up the disc. Its a samsung r60+ laptop running windows 7 7048? I think Please help, I have no idea...