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  1. Windows 8 Has anyone installed Windows 8.1 dual boot on a separate partition?

    Hi I have made my Windows 8.1 DVD, but I haven't committed to installing it yet. I'd like to just install it on a separate partition on my second hard drive. Normally I wouldn't hesitate to just go ahead and install it, but I'm not sure if the new Uefi bios will just except it and...
  2. Merge Windows 7 Partition with Ubuntu Partition?

    Hey guys, I have a question. I have both Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 13.04 installed on my laptop. Here's the partition details: Link Removed I wish to remove Windows 7, but keep all my personal data on that partition. I'm seriously done with W7 on my little netbook... it can't handle 2...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen Of Death >> Unmountable Boot Volume

    Hi helpers, It's a very strange situation I am stuck on since yesterday. When I turned on my laptop yesterday, that windows did not load properly and came up with Blue Screen of death with this 'Unmountable Boot Volume' error. After tons of research online, I found so many different tricks to...
  4. Windows 7 Hard Drive Is not listed

    [SOLVED ]Hard Drive Is not listed Hi Everyone ! Don't know where to post this Thread But posted Here !:( I am Using windows 7 ultimate In my desktop I have 160 gb Hard disk which is partition in 40*4=160 Gb I have total 4 partition C:\ (OS) D:\ (SONGS) E:\ (MOVIES) F:\ (SOFTWARES) Size is...
  5. Windows 7 Can't access Windows Recovery Environment (BCD issue)

    Hello all, this is my first post here so please be kind, haha. Anyway, recently my hard drive forgot that there were partitions on it and came up as nothing when I plugged it in a different computer. Disk management told me it was all unallocated space. I recovered the partitions C:\...
  6. Windows 7 Installing Windows 7 Error help

    I've come across this error message when installing "Windows 7 x64 Ulti" "Windows cannot be installed to this disk, The selected disk is of the GPT partition style". I have Windows 8 Installed, it came with the laptop. I have tryed all options on my side e.g. legacy mode, boot order. I am...
  7. Windows 7 Error 0x80070057 when installing Windows

    i have a big problems...........windows could not format a partition on disk 0.the error occured while preparing the partition selected for installation . error code 0x80070057 please help me anyone:(
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    Windows 8 Partition not detected

    Any help would be greatly appreciated Here's the scenario... PC crashed, I get Toshiba splash screen at start up then nothing. With recovery stick I can get tools but cannot use them... I get either missing partition or hard drive locked message. I can get to command prompt though where it...
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    Windows 7 Does Win7 Partion Resize Feature Work On Raid 1 Mirror?

    Can you use the built in Windows 7 Resize Feature to resize a Raid 1 Mirror (2 hard drives)? My C: drive is actually two hard drives in a Raid 1 Mirror and I would like to resize the partition so I can have a C: and a D: drive. Does the Windows 7 Resize Feature resize a Raid 1 Mirror?
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    Windows 7 Dual boot 2 win 7

    I have win 7 already installed and would like to know if I can install another legit copy on another partition. Tnx Bob
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    Windows 7 Lost all access to partition C: Drive

    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...
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    Windows 8 Is my MBR really 'broke'?

    OK, it seems my W8 system is possibly in a bit of trouble... I ran CHKDSK on my C: drive, and at the end saw this : ============= Errors detected in the Boot File. Windows has checked the file system and found problems. Please run chkdsk /scan to find the problems and queue them for repair...
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    Windows 7 Really Fubar Computer!

    Okay, here is the problem! Started out with Window 8 on new computer. Attempted to dual-boot Ubuntu. Went through all the steps to disable Secure Boot, etc. Somehow in all the different ideas folks have provided me, I have DELETED the MBR (i.e., there is NO NTFS partition), but only Ubuntu...
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    Windows 7 How to convert Bitlockered partition back to "normal" partition IN-PLACE?

    Assume I have a partition which is currently encrypted by Bitlocker. The Bitlocker key to access it is known. How can I convert it back to a non-encrypted "normal" partition? ..of cause without loosing current content .....and without backup of current content then re-format partition and...
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    Windows 7 Repairing MBR

    Hi guys I have the following problem: I had a Win7 x64 installed on my SSD. Now this week I installed a Win7 on my mothers Pc, sadly the install screwed up. I could not boot her System anymore even the RecoveryCD failed to load. Now thinking I could install her Win7 on my Pc I took out her HDD...
  17. Windows 8 Can't Boot XP after dual-boot

    I installed windows 8 on a new partition on my really old computer. Something I did made windows 8 not boot anymore (I don't want it on my computer, I want to fully revert back to XP). But, XP won't boot either! The error message when trying to boot xp is: Windows failed to start. A...
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    Windows 7 Deleted 1 Windows 7 partition and now I can't boot up my other Windows 7 Partition.

    I have 2 partitions on my HP Mini 210 and they are both Windows 7 but i deleted one of them and now when i start my computer I cant get on the partition that is still there, it says there is no boot device. All of the files are there still from the partition i want to get into, but it wont give...
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    Windows 7 Clone entire hard drive

    Windows 8. I would like to clone my present 500 GB hard drive onto my new 1 TB drive. My HP has a C: and D: partition. The recovery files are on D: I would like to completely clone the old internal HD onto my new External HD which has the partitions set up at C: and D:. What software do...
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    Windows 7 Installing W7 on SSD (GPT)

    So I try to install Windows 7 onto my SSD for a completely new comp - and in the 'where do you want to install windows' window I have 2 partitions. Disk 0 Partition 1 - 100MB total size, 86MB free space, System - type - 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT...