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Ok so i had a dualboot setup with windows 7 and ubuntu. I decided to remove the ubuntu partition to install windows 8 instead. I used Easybcd to change the bootloader from grub to windows 7 bootloader, and i then deleted the ubuntu partition. I also deleted my windows 7 recovery partition to...

I have 3 hard disks of 2 TB each with plenty of space for partitions. I run a multi-boot manager with a number of Windows OSs including Windows Vista and Windows 7, along with a number of Linux distros. I would like to install Windows 8 in its own partition, not upgrade Windows 7. I am...

maybe a few weeks back my laptop with windows 7 hung up on boot, so I just powered it off and after the start up recovery ran (finding no problems) it booted. No more boot problems until today, it booted pass the window logo to the black screen just before the blue screen login, but just sat...

I'm having trouble with my very new computer (Lenovo Y480 with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit), which I've narrowed down to the following sequence: 1. I restored computer to original factory settings (to rule out possible causes) 2. I ran msconfig, and checked the boxes 'Safe Mode' and...

While installing windows 8 i ran into an error. It said that this disk is mbr and is needed to be converted to gpt. So I tried formatting it and it said We couldn't create a new partition [error:0xc983c160] <- googled it and no results at all. I went to cmd and tried to convert mbr to gpt...

I messed up whilst installing windows 7 over older windows 7 drive. I formatted the windows 7 drive and again tried to deleted that partition, but that deletion process took around 10-15 minutes, so restarted my system. Now i cannot install any of the windows os or even linux :(. Please anybody...

Well,first of all I d like to congratulate the people who startd this forum. It trully is a wealthy source of information on many many subjects! :) My situation is as follows. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed on a new drive I bought recently.Run setup from scratch.Re installed OS ( C: )...

Hi Guys, I think somebody my help Using VM Virtualbox 4.1 working fine in Win7 I am trying to set a network using all OS installed from External Disk so far installed from 1TB external Disk 1 Server Windows 2008 configured as AD DS + DNS + DHCP (working fine) 1 XP 1 Windows 7 My Question...

Hey all I know this is a common problem but so far I have been unable to fix it with any of the answers I've found anywhere. Let explain the situation in detail. I recently purchased a new OCZ 64GB SSD to install Windows 7 64 bit on. I have a separate 500 GB HDD for storage, but I completely...

Hello !! Recently I want to install Windows 7 as my previous OS was Windows xp... Now, I am unable to install windows 7 as , when I start the install and click on install it shows that setup was unable to create a new partition or locate an existing system partition... I have 2 hard disks ...

Good morning dear Win7 Team! I am writing to you today with a problem I did not find in this (or similar form) in previous threads. The challange should however be a small one... Question (i assume): How do I enter the on-harddrive recovery? __________ For the office we have new Acer Laptop of...

Hi , I installed this edition of os because i got this message when i tried to install the ultimate. I getting a blue screen that says :irql less or not equal" with this code: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033...

ok.. I have Win 7 Ultimate on Drive A Win 8 on Drive B Win 7 Premium on Dive C (just installed) during install.. all is fine, after 1st reboot, i see the win 7 boot menu... showing Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 7 Ultimate finished installing.. reboot again Win7 Ultimate boot option is gone...

This is a long story and I’m not sure where to start. I’ll start with the problem THEN explain what I’ve tried (for those who think they can help and want to keep reading). PROBLEM: I can’t get online. Icon in taskbar says I don’t have a network connection. Upon exploring, I find that Windows...

FYI: This is due to folks asking about changing things in a duel-boot scenario. An OS was installed then, another, hence the dual-boot... we'll call them 1 & 2. NOW, they want OS2 to exist and boot w/out OS1 The following is a way to do it: I had a dual-boot, Windows 7 x86 & x64. x86 was the...

i have a question i had windows 7 home premium and i had to formatt the HDD because was a problem with the windows installation, could not do recover because got into a eternal loop the system and had to use a version that friend of mine lean to me of windows 7 i do not erased the...

One of our kids' laptops stopped booting a couple of days ago. I have confirmed there is nothing wrong with the laptop itself; it's a hard drive issue. To narrow this down I have: Placed the offending hard drive in an external drive enclosure attached to another computer. The other computer...

Hello, i recently bought a new hard drive to put my os on, and i stupidly changed my old hard drive type from basic to dymainic, and its not letting me reformat it or convert it back to basic. When i try it says "Windows cannot format the system volume on this disk." Does anyone know how i can...

All right so first ill give some of the basic specs of my system. I have the following hardware: Phenom II x4 955 CPU ASRock 870 Extreme 3 motherboard Corsair vengeance 8gb RAM An 850 OCZ PSU a HDRadeon 6870 GPU and a basic optical drive also, i...

Hi I've had this BSOD a few times now, can't seem to find a solution for it.Thanks!! EDIT:Is Windows 7 . . . - x86 (32-bit) or x64 ? 64 bit - the original installed OS on the system? fresh install - an OEM or full retail version? - Full Retail - What is the age of system (hardware)? days - What...