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Windows 7 Cloning a drive in Windows
I am a Mac user, but at work I use Windows 7. How do Windows users clone one drive to another? Norton Ghost no longer exists and it was the software used to do such a task.- jwolf6589
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- backup cloning data transfer disk cloning disk imaging file recovery norton partition management windows 7 windows tools
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Windows 10 Boot record messed up.
This Dell XPS 8700 started out at Windows 8.1. Before I even started using it, I used Paragon's Migrate OS to SSD 4.0 to move the C: partition to an SSD and be able to boot to it. Prior to doing that I shrunk down the original C: to basically match the SSD size and created another data partition...- IrvSp
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- backup bcdedit bios boot record data recovery dell disk management dual boot easybcd error resolution paragon migrate partition management ssd upgrade troubleshooting uefi windows 10 windows 8.1 windows upgrade
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How To Uninstall Botched Win7 Install on XP machine?
I have an old XP machine. An Acer Aspire. I put Win7 Ultimate on it but it hasn't taken. Always gives me an error message and asks for the install disk again - which was a USB stick - but when i provide it nothing changes. So I need to get it off and start again. I have 3 physical disks...- abrogard
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- acer boot manager configuration data loss data recovery disk management folders legacy systems partition management program files tech support uninstall usb installation virtual drive windows 7 windows folder windows xp
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Windows 10 recovery partition full after windows 10 upgrade
Hello,, My uncle asked me to help him with his HP Pavilion laptop that was upgraded to Windows 10 (presuming he had Windows 7 before but don't really know). Although Windows 10 is working just fine and he has 80 -90% of his hard drive space still free, he is now getting disk space full...- Dave Fandrey
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- disk space file deletion hard drive hp pavilion instructions partition management recovery partition storage issues system restore technical assistance troubleshooting upgrade user guide windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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UltimateBootCD (V5.3.5 )
William B submitted a new resource: UltimateBoodCD - The diagnostic/make-ready/fix it "Do-it-All" toolkit for serious technicians Read more about this resource...- William B
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- cloning data management data recovery diagnostics dod standards file repair hard drive partition management power delivery resources sata drive software temperature monitoring toolkit tools ultimate boot cd v5.3.5 windows repair windows tools wipe drive
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Windows 10 How to delete an unintentionally dual booted OS in windows 10?
So I had win7 32 bit on my machine, then I installed the 64 bit version. I don't think the 32 bit install ever got removed, because after I upgraded to 10 it began taking me to the dual boot screen on startup. Now I can't delete the 20gb of windows 7 files off my ssd (it won't let me- says that...- pmang6
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- 32-bit 64-bit boot screen cleanup dual boot file management installation partition management remove os ssd tech support troubleshooting trustedinstaller upgrade user guide windows 10 windows 7 windows forum
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Windows 7 Read errors for one block on harddisk a problem if I re-format harddisk?
Assume I have a rather new external (Toshiba) 3TB USB harddisk. During the last days I experienced a data loss because one of the data blocks on the hard disk seems to get damaged. I run a surface test with one of these hardidsk management tools like Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows...- pstein
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- backup tools bad block data integrity data loss disk health disk management error recovery external storage file transfer hard drive hdd issues minitool partition management reformat smart technology storage safety surface test tech support toshiba usb
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows XP Seeking Help to Reformat Sony Vaio VGN NR220E from Windows XP to Vista
I have a Sony Vaio VGN NR220E. I bought it in 2008 with windows vista. It did not came with a reformating CD or anything. I am just assuming that the vista is installed in it. I love my laptop and want to keep it. My brother used it for some years. Now I find my laptop running with XP. In the...- Doan
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- document issues laptop maintenance microsoft support mmc problem partition management reformat service pack sony vaio windows vista windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Factory reset - help with removing disk partition and windows 10
I installed Windows 10 on my laptop a few weeks ago, only to discover that the laptop in question is not compatible with Windows 10 which unfortunately Microsoft forgot to mention when I was offered the free upgrade. I have now done a factory reset to return the computer to Windows 7, but I now...- dleckie
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- automatic startup boot issues computer setup configuration factory reset hard drive laptop compatibility memory issues partition partition management system restore tech support upgrade user help windows 10 windows 7 windows recovery windows upgrade
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Drive partitions all read only after reinstall - problems solving :(
Hi guys I just reinstalled my Win 7, 2 days ago, only to find that now all my other partitions are Read Only. NP I thought, just untick the box and reset them, but some partitions are proving rather stubborn to my efforts. I've used Taken Ownership to undertake the process, and then unticked...- DeltaD
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- access issues data recovery file system ownership partition partition management read only reinstall windows 7
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Windows 7 How to turn an external USB GPT into MBR hard disc? Get full capacity
I have got a 3TB hard disc which contains a 750 GB GPT partition. It is not my first main hard disk but an external USB hard disk. My first main hard disk based on MBR. With a tool like Easeus Partition Manager I deleted the existing GPT partition on the new external USB hard disk and turned...- pstein
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- 3tb disk data management data recovery disk capacity disk conversion disk formatting disk usage easeus external drive file system gpt hard drive mbr partition management partition tool storage unallocated space usb windows windows tools
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Windows 8 Help Needed: Safely Moving Windows 8 from E: to C: Partition Without Data Loss
Hi there, I'm really in need of some help with my Windows 8. When I installed my Windows XP, for some reason my Windows 8 moved to E: Partition, when it previously was on C: Partition, now C: Partition is a System Reserved partition. Now what I want to know, is moving my Windows 8/E: Files to...- Llew
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- boot issues data recovery file transfer hal.dll partition partition management system reserved windows 8 windows xp
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Windows 7 Dual Booting questions
Hi all, I was wondering something and is hoping someone can give me a lending hand. Ok, here is what I've been thinking.. lets say I made my system dual boot, Boot A as Windows 7, Boot B as maybe , lets say windows XP. after making this work, in windows 7, I go to Advanced tab in system...- hamiksu
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- dual boot group policy os security partition management system properties system restore virus windows 7 windows xp
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Windows 7 help formatting drive c on windows 7
so guys, i had originally windows vista on drive C and then i installed windows 7 on drive E, then i wanted to try windows 8 so i deleted windows vista form drive C and installed windows 8 ... now i tried deleting/formating Drive C to put another OS on it but i couldnt delete the windows folder...- RICHO
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- boot issues c drive computer help drive deletion dual boot easybcd formatting installation partition management system setup tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows 8 windows vista
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Windows 8 Changing User Directory (C: to D:)
Hey all, i\'ve upgraded my win7 yesterday to win8. But in win7, i\'ve chaged the user directory from c:\\users\\NAME to d:\\users\\NAME, creating in c:\\users an alias from d:\\users. But I dont know how can I do it in win8. All my files are in d:\\ and the partition c:\\ is only 17gb free, i...- Renan Louzada
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- alias c drive d drive directory change partition management storage upgrade user folder windows 7 windows 8
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Windows 7 Win7 boot in boot recovery mode
Every time I boot my computer, it come up loading files, the open the boot recovery mode. If I leave it, it says that it fix one error, then it restarts and does the same again. The error was that it the boot.ini was missing. So I booted it up with ubuntu, and created an empty boot.ini file...- CalvT
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- boot issues boot.ini error minitool os recovery partition management recovery mode safe mode ubuntu windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hard drive size shows different in windows and a partition manager
i tried to used pc disk clone x to clone my win7 to a smaller hard drive. now for some reason My Computer shows as 381 gig size instead of 682 gig here is a pic Link Removed tried to make the partition a couple megs smaller to make it realize the actual size and its not working. any ideas?- Guy Stevens
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- disk cloning disk management file system hard drive migration partition partition management storage size troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 The Ultimate Boot CD
Boot Up Any Computer, Rescue Windows and Data in 5 mins!, well maybe not 5 minutes, but fairly close. Many of you already know and have probably used this CD before as it has been around for ages. This is for those who do not know about it and that you may find it extremely useful. The CD...- Adamsappleone
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- bios boot manager boot tools cleaning tools computer peripherals cpu data recovery diagnostics disk cloning freeware hard disk information hard drive low-level editing memory partition management software download system rescue ultimate boot cd user guide
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 7 Including some commands in an unatttend file
Hi Running the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot /unattend:c:\Unattend.xml command in Audit mode, how do I create an answer file that allows to: 1) include a partition in the system protection of Windows 7 SP1. 2) rename and put a password to the Administrator account. 3) permanently...- balubeto
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- administrator answer file audit mode command line file deletion partition management sysprep system protection unattended windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Window moves different way
Hello! I'm not sure but I think I have this problem after extending the C drive with Easeus's partition manager. When I move some window it doesn't move with the Windows 7 style but something like Windows 98 style. Link Removed It's not a big problem but I really don't like it so I hope someone...- Yani
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- backup c drive easeus partition management restoration tech support user interface window management windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support