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Explanation: So, at least for now, once you join the Windows Insider Program and join the DEV Channel, you will NOT be able to revert back to perform a roll back after 10 days. That is how long Windows internally keeps a backup of the previous OS installation. So the Windows Dev Channel is a...

Hello, I have some experience setting up Windows Linux Dual boot, but unfortunately yesterday I ran into a problem. The grub menu does not have Windows 7 on it, and I don't know how to get it on there. I installed a new version of Linux onto an old laptop. The laptop does not have UEFI, it has...

Hi, I have laptop which came with windows 10 OS. I have installed ubuntu also along with windows. duel OS worked fine for few months .. Now windows is not booting and its showing " your PC/Device needs to be repaired" Error code: 0x000000f I dont have recovery or windows 10 CD. I can see...

In this tutorial we will be manually creating the system boot partition. This is for a system that is BIOS booting (sometimes referred to as legacy or legacy CSM) which utilizes the MBR. The MBR is the first sector on the hard drive that contains a small first stage boot loader which hands the...

Tried installing Lubuntu on my D: drive which contains only files, no OS! But when i selected this drive in the boot options got message "Bootmgr is missing". Lubuntu gives the option to select which partition should contain the "Bootmgr", and i selected the same partition for the OS to be...

Hi, Have an Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT. I created another ntfs partition on my ssd C: drive. It is is to install Linux Lubuntu. My idea for a 2nd OS is purely for rescue purposes so i can access internet from lubuntu and try to fix windows or reinstall it without having a dedicated usb with...

Hello everyone, I'm trying to install the latest version of Zorin on a Toshiba Tecra A9 s9015x laptop it currently has windows vista. I'm getting this error EDD: Error 2000 reading sector 750555 No default or UI configuration directive found. I've attempted this twice with to diffrerent DVD...

Hi I have a problem which googling hasn't provided an answer too. It's not really a BSOD but a startup issue. If I start my laptop normally (from powered off), it only gets as far as the first windows logo (no rotating icon) and then powers off. If I start from a recovery USB and continue to...

I have an xp machine with a new install on a 1T drive. Now I think I should have had a system partition so's I have the option of reformatting and installing another OS on there - without destroying all my data. Win10 has a shrink partition ability that leaves used portions of a drive...

I have an HP laptop (17 ") with 1windows 10 loaded with bloatware-Tried everything to get rid of windows 10 including windows 7 install disk which will load everything and comes to the install screen. When I click on it a box comes up saying not supported. Can I format the C: drive and then...

Hello, markm here. Samsung RV 515. Purchased 2011. OS win 7 home premium 64. sp 1 is on disk. I reinstalled os 2 weeks ago. I could not before and can not after use system restore or create disk image. Hopefully I can upload the screenshots. Also I'm having trouble updating. I downloaded win...

I've recently got a new computer without an OS, I bought a windows 7 disc, install went fine but I've got a problem, I can't update. When ever I try the update windows it just keeps checking for updates, the OS is Windows 7 Premium 64bit SP1. I've tried updating the update agent. Tried...

Hi If you aren't creating back up images of your OS, you should read this that I copied from a web page. I like sharing these things, but I never know where to post them. If this is a appropriate thread and needs to be moved, please do so! This is so important for users to know about! Thank you...

sorry my english is not 100% I have installed win 10 on a separate hard disk as a test , no big problems. I use separate disks for separate OS-systems ,always at the start of an install of a new OS i uncouple the other disks untill the install is complete then i connect the other disk again. Now...

Hello, I have a question I'm going to buy a PC without any OS. I have an old laptop which runs win 7 and I've signed up for the free upgrade to win 10. I read somewhere that it's possible to download windows 10 from that free upgrade to my laptop, then put it on a USB. Then put the USB in my PC...

I bought a laptop from an estate sale which has XP as the OS. But it appears that it must have been a corporate machine and there are a number of administrative restrains present. I am thinking that a complete fresh reinstall of XP is the best solution. So my question is, being that I bought...

Hi, I have a Microsoft Surface 3 (non pro version) currently running Build 10122. When Build 10130 came out I went ahead and download via the Windows Update in Settings. However, upon restarting the device for the installation, the device got stuck at the "Surface" screen, with no racetracks...

How can i add Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 i want to do Dual Boot So i can use both os. I have made the partination but don't know what to do next.

I used the disc with a generic key to install and my 8 key to activate. All went well but the cleanup system files will not close. It removes bits at a time but the fan is humming and it does not say successful or close. It does chip away so there are a few mbs left. I was hoping to close so I...

I guess I'll start with what gave birth to this problem: I was curious about OpenSUSE so I thought I'd try it out, I dual booted Windows with OpenSUSE and everything was fine, I gave it a go, exactly what I wanted to do, and then I was done with it. In the process of installing OpenSUSE however...