installation media

Creating installation media for Windows has long been a crucial task that enables users to install, reinstall, or repair their operating system. Whether you're upgrading to the latest version, troubleshooting an existing installation, or performing a clean install, having a reliable installation...

Navigating the Windows installation maze can be quite the adventure, akin to finding Waldo in an extensive crowd. With the latest iterations of Windows, including the intriguing Windows 11, users are keen to dive into new features like the Copilot AI assistant. However, the journey to...

Hello, I work as the sole member of the IT department of a small business. I spend much time replacing dead storage drives or setting up new workstations. I was wondering if there was a way I could write a script that I could put on a USB drive that I could plug into a PC with a fresh...

Hi there, Good day, Sir/Madam When I ran TronScript (r/tronscript) with the auto restart option, an error message appeared saying Windows could not startLink Removed When I load Hiren's Boot CD into my Ventoy drive, I receive error code 0x0000001. The contents of my Ventoy drive are as follows...

Can one convert an existing OS from .ESD to .WIM or is it just the installation media you convert such as a flash drive?

I bought a used computer that was completely emptied of the operating system. On another computer (with Win 10 Home) I created a Windows installation media on a USB flash drive. With this USB stick I installed Windows on my computer. During or after the installation, no activation code was...

Hi I'm a Windows XP user. When I try to install win 7 ultimate on my pc, a error occurred 0xc80070570 and win 7 installation stopped. When I restarted my pc, my pc (win XP) is not starting and showing error 0xc000000f. So I made one bootable usb by android by app (iso 2 usb). And used this...

Is it possible to insert drivers in .exe format into ISO with MSMG toolkit? Will they be actually installed during Windows installation? Does anyone have experience with that? I have never done this and there is someone who needs a customized Windows installation ISO. Unfortunately the...

Toshiba laptop W10 Home, version 1803 Hi, all. I'm trying to refresh my PC and getting message: "Cannot find recovery environment. Insert your Windows installation or recovery media and restart with the media." I've done a refresh in the past and it went ahead automatically. I thought the info...

Lately, I have been getting some odd messages when I turn on this HP desktop with Win 10 Home. It had Win 7 before and it has all the latest updates. More the updates, the more odd messaged I get. Here is one that came up this morning when I first turned on the PC. "You PC/Device needs to...

So yesterday i shut down my computer, and today when i started it up (about 2 hours ago) i can see the startup Motherboard message and all the BIOS stuff, but after that it is just a blank black screen, can't see the blue Windows logo, or that spinning circle indicating that it's loading. I...

For those of you who have SSDs, limited space, or just want to keep your user data on another drive or partition, I wanted to share the results of some experimentation as a followup to my own question on this subject. I know that there is another method of relocating the User Profiles to...

Is there any way to find an old product key for windows? I first upgraded from windows 8.1 to windows 8.1 pro for students through the 'students on the hub' website last week. When I upgraded to windows 10 using installation media, windows wouldn't accept it. I then did a clean install of...

Hi Yesterday while I was trying to get my computer to boot again, I discovered another option for recovering your Windows install. Starting with the blue screen... I recieved this message, File\boot\BCD Boot configuration data contains errors. It told me to insert the installation media to...

Lost your Windows 7 install disk but still have the activation key then Microsoft have launched a website which allows you to download the iso: ref: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsoft-software-recovery-windows-7 Unfortunately the link below still doesn't seem active. Link Removed

A couple of years ago I upgraded from XP to Windows 8 when Microsoft where charging £30 for the upgrade, which seemed to be a no brainer. Two years down the line my Dell Precision desktop feels sluggish compared to how it was performing with a fresh install (upgrade) to Windows 8 (I have since...

This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and games like Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...

Okay, so I've used the Windows 8.1 setup utility to get the installation files, I have an 8.1 Pro key. I was previously using Windows 7, and already backed up my data and all that jazz. Anyways, so when I have the files I select the "install from media" option and select a 16gb flash drive that...

When I power on my computer (toshibba satellite) it comes to a screen that says RECOVERY: you need to use installation media. And I never thought of it to make a recovery disks. It is windows 8 and only a year old. Windows 8 actually cost more than this computer. Both toshiba and windows didn't...

Unable to reinstall Windows 8 with Error code: 0xc000000f "File:\Windows\system32\winload.efi" Original title: ask the community I have got a problem in loading the operating system, only the following details are shown on screen. My laptop is DELL VOSTRO, Model 3560, windows 8,64 BIT 3RD...