os installation

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...

Hey , I had a problem installing some softwares such a google chrome on a drive but not the primary one winfows used as preferred (c:) My os is 8.1,i need to have the on another partition... Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk

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...

I have a few laptops that run Vista and I need to do a clean install on them. Instead of having to buy a new OS disc for each one is it possible to buy one and use on all machines? I was hoping that I'd be able to get the validation key for each machine and install from the one disc? Thanks

Hi Just a really quick question about running a OS in VMware Player (I said VB in the title and I can't change it now). I installed Ubuntu into VMware Player and it runs really slow. Everything works even the sound but video stutters etc, I'm assuming that's because my computer is really...

Hello! I'm using Windows XP 32bits(original)(in C:\) and i'm trying to install Windows 8.1 x86(original)(in D:\), but i'm trying to do without using flashdrive or dvd. So, to do that, i did what read in internet: 1- Copy the following content from your Windows 8 disc or ISO to D:\ 1.1- Boot...

I have problem in windows 7 OS installation.Here are the details of the problems which i came across first of all for clean installation i deleted the existing OS and there is no existing OS in my laptop.I have 48GB of unallocated space but unable to use it to make a primary partition and I...

Hello.I bought asus laptop k551ln-xx250h 2 months ago from Malasiya.It was fine bt 4 days ago it ran into a problem and started automatic repair.After waiting about an hour it started checking the c drive.Then the loop continued when i started my laptop.I tried to fix it by refreshing and...

my laptop is not booting properly. while installing window it shows it is lock first unlock it. and in diskpart there is only one drive ( disk 1) which has 22gb. but my laptop has 2 drive disk 0 which has the main window. but its not showing there.

Have a Dell laptop, started getting the start windows normally or repair screen, each option did nothing. Windows 7 64-bit and it's a DELL-Inspiron 15-3521 Decided to just reformat, didn't have anything important on it. After a lot of trial and error I'm lost, I deleted the partitions, got an...

Intel i7 950 CPU @3.07 ghz 3.13 ghz EVGA GTX 280 card 6gb corsair ram hd is an old hp laptop 5200 rpm drive So i used to have a gtx 580 on the computer, which served over 2 years perfectly, until recently it decided to act up, and it would crash the drivers every time i did something that...

I have not messed with laptops much except for doing clean installs on the OS's. I am having one given to me tomorrow and they tell me the screen needs to be replaced. They tell me when they turn it on all they get is a black screen. I am wondering if maybe the hard drive may be what is bad. I...

I'm using a Toshiba Laptop(L750-X5317) with windows 7 home premium. Last week while starting the laptop, it got stuck at "Starting Windows" screen. I then switched it off and restarted it again. It asked for "Start up repair" or "Start windows normally". I chose start windows normally. It...

I'm preparing to do a clean re-installation of my OS, but I've only been able to locate one of the two licenses that I have, and I'm uncertain to which computer it belongs to. Therefore, I want to check what the license key is on the current installation. I've tried several programs that are...

Hello friends I just installed 2x4 TB disk from HGST. When I first connected them I only saw 1.6 TB per disk and I had to install a third party driver from HGST first. After driver installation I could see the whole 4 TB per disk. Since I wanted mirrored drives I went on and converted them to...

Hey guys, I was trying to reinstall my os after my computer had been acting oddly and during the reinstall I got the nysf.sys error. I tried rebooting but I just get the screen that says windows could not repair the computer automatically. I'm completely lost as to what to do. I'm sorry if...

Hello Everyone, MSI laptop - Windows 7 32 bit very recent fresh install (1 month). 320 GB Hard drive partitioned in two= C" & D" for data. The other night, I started my laptop and the first thing that appeared after boot-up was the windows utility. The message said: " Drive C has to be checked...