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  1. Veronika0x96

    Windows 8 Windows 8 Product key - where to find it?

    Hello, few months ago I bought a new laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. After some time, I installed W7 again and now I want to go back to W8. But unfortunately, I found out that my laptop has no product key sticker on it, I can't even find any certificate in the box that my laptop came in. Is...
    • Veronika0x96
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    • certificate of authenticity installation issues laptop support license recovery os transition pre-installed os product key restore windows windows 7 windows 8
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. Gary Branson

    Windows 8 Migrating Pre-Installed 8.1 from Hybrid HDD to SSD

    I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...
    • Gary Branson
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    • acronis bootable usb cloning drivers error messages hp envy hybrid hdd installation legacy boot migration operating system performance pre-installed os reinstallation secure boot ssd troubleshooting upgrade windows 8.1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
  3. Emilosg

    Windows 8 "There was a problem resetting your PC"

    Hi guys I brought a dell a couple of months ago (Inspirion 17R) I have been having huge problems with the internet on it, so i wanted to reset the computer to see if that would fix the problem, but it then comes up with "There was a problem resetting your PC" and i have no clue how to fix it...
    • Emilosg
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    • dell error messages help request inspirion internet problems pc issues pre-installed os refresh resetting sfc system repair technical support troubleshooting user experience windows 8
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. thorsonb

    Windows 7 Safest way to recover WIN Vista?

    I got a friend who apparently downloaded a Virus on his computer, and now his computer wont load past th BIOS /POST (power on system test) screen….. I was thinking… just get a Live Linux/Ubuntu CD, using that and retrieve whatever important he has saved on his HDD… and then re-install WIN_Vista...
    • thorsonb
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    • backup bios computer help data retrieval documents files hard drive installation live linux operating system partitions post pre-installed os recovery system restore troubleshooting ubuntu user data virus windows vista
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. S

    Windows Vista Vista will not boot up at all

    I have a Packard Bell Istart D2314 on which the Vista operating systen came pre-installed and without any disk or instruction book as it was an ex display. It has worked ok until now. I have allowed automatic download and install of updates usually carried out on shutdown. The mosy recent...
    • Stodger
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    • automatic updates boot data recovery installation operating system packard bell pre-installed os repair troubleshooting update upgrade vista windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. J

    Windows 7 CD/DVD Drive (D:) not showing up in "Computer"

    Hii. I bought a laptop a couple of days ago, with 32bit Windows 7 already pre-installed, but I noticed the CD/DVD Drive isn't showing up in 'Computer' section. Link Removed due to 404 Error After looking into it, I found in the divice manager that there was a little yellow triange by the CD...
    • jumala
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    • cd drive computer device manager dvd drive hardware issue laptop pre-installed os troubleshooting windows 7 yellow triangle
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. S

    Windows 7 Password?

    Just bought a Eee PC-1101HA with Windows 7 pre-installed, when start up the PC first time it wants an admin password to login? I have not created any and there is no password in the manuals!!! What is this? Just bought a Eee PC-1101HA with Windows 7 pre-installed, when start up the PC first...
    • steven605
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    • admin password eee pc first startup pre-installed os support windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. W

    Windows 7 Win 7 and PC upgrade questions

    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...
    • win7q
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    • activation compatibility computer upgrade desktop pc hardware upgrade installation license motherboard os installation pre-installed os processor ram recovery partition serial number support upgrade upgrade path windows 7 windows xp wipe hard drive
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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