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Hi, Apolgies if this topic has already come up. I couldn't find the appropriate thread. My office was disposing of old computers, so I snapped one up. Before they handed them over, the tech guy "wiped everything clean" (Windows XP was the OS). So now I have a "clean" computer, and I'd like to...

I bought a brand new laptop a week ago. It was loaded with windows 7 professional. When I switched on for the first time it didnt have any user account. So I have created an account for myself as administrator user account. Say 2 or 3 days back I have downloaded GTalk and other softwares and...

hi guyss i want to know something...before i asked a Q that i want to make backtup of my pc C drive so i dun have to install OS just i run the backup...n many voted for acronis tre image software...i also found it on top ten reviews website...it was ranked much above... but there is still a...

My Dell Precision 670 will not boot Windows 7 after upgrading the memory to 8GB. Configuration follows: *BIOS A06 *2 x 4GB SIMMS in slots 1 and 2. These are correct WS670/4GB PC3200 EEC registered modules as recommended. *memory fan is installed *3 SCSI drives with Adaptec 7901 RAID...

I encountered a problem installing win7 64bit resp. win2k8 r2 to a IBM x226 computer. The installing routine did not recognize the onboard hostraid adapter with the AIC-7902B chip. Furthermore I could not find a suitable driver for 64bit on the ibm-support page. Desperatly I tried the...

Trouble with Dual Boot two installs of Windows 7 on different partitions - SOLVED I am a musician and use my computer for my recording. I also use the same machine for everyday use. In order to keep my music system clean and optimized, I would run a dual boot of Windows XP. I successfully...

Hi there, I had both XP and 7 installed on my PC, the XP was on an old 500GB drive I wanted to put into my GF PC, so I pulled it out, but it seems the boot manager was on that particular drive. I no longer get the option which OS to boot, XP was on the 500GB drive but the 7 is on a new drive...

roblem description: Windows 7 fails to boot. I was playing a game when I was no longer to input anything (kb/mouse stopped working) although animations and sound continued. I restarted and the windows 7 animation appears, plays for awhile then freezes. I can start in safemode but that's it...

As the title says, can i fit one of these and install a fresh OS on it like Windows 7 for example or will i be just better adding the HDD to my tower case. I already have two HDD's in my system with Vista Ultimate 64bit and Vista Home Premium 32bit. What would i have to do if i fitted another...

Hi, if anyone could help I'd be eternally grateful. So I installed Windows 7 on my machine, but I didnt have enough memory on the C drive (16gig min), so I customer installed it on my E drive. Now when I boot up, I get the option of two OS's in the bios/green screen mode (Vista and Win 7)...

I currently have a Vista Home premium 32 bit on my Hp laptop. My laptop qualified for the Windows 7 free upgrade scheme. However the upgrade will only let me upgrade to Windows 7 32 bit, where as i wanted to a 64 bit windows ( i have been using that on my desktop and want to use it on my laptop...

I'd like to install Windows 7 from the 32-bit Vista-to-7 Upgrade CD. Currently my Program Files exist on a partition separate from that which contains my OS files. If possible, I'd like to leave things as they are (reinstalling my programs would take quite awhile). When I run the Upgrade...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW140E with a broken LCD that I am attempting to put 7 onto. After the second restart, the restart that leads to you inputting your username, computer name, password, and date time, during the OS install the signal stops being broadcasted to the external monitor that I...

My laptop came with windows vista in C: I installed win 7 in H: I currently can choose what to boot when i start the laptop. What if i format C: while using windows 7 ? While the boot have trouble? (i think that the boot file is in C: or am i wrong?) What should i do?

Ok so I originally have windows 7 rtm and i liked it but i wanted to boot windows xp so i made a new partition and installed xp on that. After the instalation it just booted up in xp and didn't give me an option to boot windows 7 or xp. So how could I get back to windows 7? thanks

this happened with two hard disk drives. ill only talk about the one im using right now. i installed windows and some programs. i right clicked on the C partition where the OS is installed then properties. 97.9 space used 11.1 space available. Total size is 109 as you can see. thats right. I...

I upgraded from Vista 64 to Windows 7 Home Premium 64, and I'm having some major issues. My control panel is completely borked. If, for instance, I load up control panel and on to uninstall a program, control panel will freeze and become unresponsive. Sometimes this results in explorer crashing...

Hi. I am planning on upgrading from XP to Windows 7. Right now, I have 2 hard drives on my computer (C: and F:). All of my files are on the C: hard drive (300GB) and F: (1TB) is empty. When I install Windows 7, I'm planning on installing it to F: , and later copying files over from C: instead...

Hello, I am currently using Windows XP Media Center Edition on my desktop PC which came pre-installed from the vendor. I dont have any license/serial number for this OS. The PC came with a recovery partition on the hard disk from which I can boot and reinstall Windows XP Media Center Edition...

I am having some trouble installing Windows 7 on Ubuntu 8.04. I am planning on removing Ubuntu and doing a clean install, but when I get to the part where it shows the drive partitions, it displays that they are not in the correct format and I cannot continue. How would I change the format of...