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Hello everyone, Lately while I was working on linux, I wanted to extend the linux partition and accidently the windows recovery tool partition got deleted. The windows were running normaly for 3 days and suddenly this morning something occured (picture below). So apparently, I can't run as you...

I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...

I have an ACER laptop that has died on me. The 2M SSD is blank. This happened as I was updating the machine with MS Updates. It never ran again after 6 hours of the little marbles going round and round. This is a UEFI booter. Can anybody here reload the OS for me. Acer only shows W-11. I could...

PC : Acer aspire M5700, Windows Vista, I installed Windows 7 Pro. in 2009. CD: Bought Windows 7 Pro. DVD install disc in 2010 & install Win 7 on M5700. Use: Not much, 4 to 5 hrs a day, editing photographs, 2010~2015. Then a standby PC storing backup files. A moth ago, started having start up...

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...

hello, In an effort to renew my wifes desktop, I bought a SSD and installed Win10 on it. Everything is fine. Her factory HDD still has her factory winxp on it. I created a 25Gig partition and moved music etc to the storage partition of the winxp hdd. How do I remove winxp ? so just to...

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...