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I run System File Checker as an administrator and, when the scan is finished, a message says it found corrupt files that it could not fix - refer to the CBS.log. The original installation disk is in the drive as I run sfc /scannow. That used to work with Windows XP. In addition, with Windows...

Last Thursday I tried removing my Ubuntu partition on my hard drive (I gave the partition 200 out of 500gb rather foolishly and I wanted the space back instead of buying a new hard drive), but failed to reconfigure the boot loader correctly. I ended up with a 500gb drive with about 200gb of...

Hi, I Hope someone can help. I have just run PartedMagic on a new Windows 7 system to shrink C: in order to be able to create an E: (Data) partition. On rebooting, I get the following error message: As it is a new machine, it was supplied with no system disk and I don't have a Windows 7...

After a recent power failure at my home, I tried to turn back on my computer and I get hanged at the windows 7 logo. I tried to restart multiple times but it don't work. So I to to do safe mode but it don't work either. It gets stuck when it loading to drivers. So I tried to put in the windows 7...

A couple days ago, some stuff got corrupted on my computer and it seemed like Chkdsk took care of it all, because it now reports C:\ as a clean volume. Windows boots fine, and it works perfectly, but when I went to go run an update on my Windows Loader, it wouldn't start. Somebody suggested that...

My Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit OS got messed up so I restored the original image I made from DriveImage XML successfully. Now when my PC boots, I get the mobo splash screen and then just a cursor. When I put my Win 7 install disk in I can "press any key" to boot from it and the DVD goes right to...

This happened yesterday, cant open any programs apart from the really basic windows stuff and internet explorer 64bit (not the other versions) Im running Windows 7 64bit (cant remember if its home premium or ultimate) I can open regedit after a large amount of tinkering, as I'm assuming that...

I have a 1TB hard drive divided into 2 partitions of 500GB each. On one partition I have installed windows 7, and on the other, windows vista. Several days ago I started getting a blue screen when trying to boot the windows 7 side. It occurs almost immediatedly after the splash screen. The...

I have Windows 7 on two computers. On one of the computers i want to downgrade from 7 to XP. I have the XP installation disk, but whenever I put the disk in to attempt to boot from it during startup, it bypasses it and boots normally. I checked the BIOS and disk is set to boot before the HD...

Hi I orignally had windows 7 professional 64 bit on my laptop. I had a 10 Gb partition, which i divided in SWAP and / mount to install Ubuntu Linux. My computer now loads into Grub loader. All is well, its just now i want to get rid of Linux. (I will install it on desktop and mess around with...

Hi I've been trying to upgrade my parents computer from vista x86 home premium to windows 7 x64 with a clean install. Everytime i go to boot the computer with my 7 installation disk, it begins to load files, then windows boot manager starts saying their is a problem with driver...

If Windows 7 develops a problem it can often be fixed by running this utility. The sfc /scannow command (System File Checker) scans the integrity of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible. It...

I'm running XP in a BootCamp partition on my iMac. I would like to upgrade the XP with Windows 7 when it is available. I have ordered the upgrade version. The Mac BootCamp doesn't let you use upgrade versions for Windows, because you have no way to verify that the earlier operating system was...

Hay guys, been a bit of a "lurker" of this place, providied some great info on annoyances of Vista an how to get by:) Anyway I'll give this ago an hopfully I can explain my self well enough to get some answers on my issue:D Basically after a weeks ( giving it as much time as I can) of trying...