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Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone can give me some help on this problem I'm having. I'm doing a favor for a friend and fixing her computer. The problem is that as soon as windows boots up it starts up in Startup Repair. Startup repair does not fix the computer, it gives an error that...

I have a Win 7 desktop with many installed programs as well as much data, but the operating system is acting in such a way that I want to reinstall it, I have the installation disk as well. My question is, how do I go about removing the old O/S & do a clean reinstall. Can I use the Win 7 Backup...

[This is kinda related to HDs, so I hope this is the right place to post] Hi all, here's my problem: 1) I have a PC running Win7 with 3 HDs(not partition, different HDs). 2) I used Win7 to create an image of the OS HD( C: ) and placed it in D. 3) I used the image once or twice so I know it's a...

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...

Hi. I'm trying to install the developer preview on a seperate partition on my HP Touchsmart 610-1120a. The image works just fine in virtual box but fails when I try to install to disk. What happens is that it installs all the files, does the first restart and goes to "loading devices". It...

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...

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...

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 am unable to remove or install MS Home Preminum 2007. Win Diag. states I have a corrupt install file and to reinstall the software, however, when attempting to do this I receive Error 2329 and defaulted to a install window that request files I'm unable to retrive. Lastly; When trying to remove...

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...

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...

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on an eMachines laptop and it is stuck in a boot loop after uninstalling Linux. I searched around for a solution, and I came across many forums saying you need a Windows 7 install disk to repair the boot file. I talked to my dad and he said that if I...

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...

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

So I want to reinstall XP on my other computer. It has one to many viruses and whatnot on it to operate in a manner that doesn't drive me crazy. However, I don't know where my install disk is. So I turned to the internet. And I found this tutorial: How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup...