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Windows 11 24H2 Update Disrupts Veeam Recovery Media Connectivity A recent hiccup in the Windows 11 landscape is shaking up the backup and recovery community. Users relying on Veeam Recovery Media for data restoration are encountering a series of connectivity errors following the installation of...

Disruptions in Recovery: Windows 11 Update Throws a Wrench in Veeam’s Recovery Media A recent twist in the Windows update saga has left many IT administrators and Windows enthusiasts scratching their heads. The latest Windows 11 update—specifically affecting systems running Windows 11 24H2 with...

Few things are more frustrating than your PC throwing up an error that you definitely didn't schedule into your plans for the day. If you've been hit with the dreaded “Insert Your Windows Installation or Recovery Media” message while trying to reset your computer on Windows 10 or 11, fear...

Hi all, I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and I replaced HDD. The old hdd has recovery partition contains win7 installation files. Therefore, I want a procedure to do the same recovery partition and windows installation files of win10 So that when i to boot for recovery from the box to install...

The Windows 8 Lenovo Yoga Pro 2 machine says 'Default Boot Device Missing or boot failed. Insert recovery media and hit any key', when we boot. I've followed these instructions, with no luck: Link Removed The machine cannot recognize the hard drive. Can I create a bootable usb drive, boot...

Hi, My friend has an 8-year old Dell Studio One all-in-one desktop computer that appears to have a bad hard drive. My friend doesn't have a recovery USB nor DVD. Question is, if we get a new hard drive, is there a way we can install and activate Windows Vista legally, without buying Windows...

So I recently upgraded to win 10 from win 7 and my internet speed is really slow. I went from 8mbs to 0.7mbs. Cant watch streams and it takes a while to open any sites. Meanwhile on my laptop which is using win 8 the internet is fine on that, even when im connected to the internet on my win 10...

I have just upgraded my PC from Windows 8 to Windows 10. My antivirus software needed to restart and boot in to Safe Mode. But, for years I have used the 4 digit pin login from Win 8,but I cannot remember the normal password. Safe Mode ony allows login via the normal password and not the pin...

I bought my computer last November, since then, I installed windows 10 technical preview, now whilst the OS is good, its getting too buggy for me too handle at the moment, saying this, I would like to downgrade to windows 8.1 which was my original OS. The only problem is I don't have any other...

I was running 8.1 Enterprise and decided to try out Windows 10 Technical Preview, I think it was called. Didn't make recovery media. Didn't like it so I downloaded an .iso of 8.1 Pro onto a bootable USB drive using Rufus. The install worked fine except I cant connect wirelessly to the internet...

A couple of years ago I upgraded from XP to Windows 8 when Microsoft where charging £30 for the upgrade, which seemed to be a no brainer. Two years down the line my Dell Precision desktop feels sluggish compared to how it was performing with a fresh install (upgrade) to Windows 8 (I have since...

I have read most of this thread & really, tried to keep tabs on it as it continues to have additions. W/out bothering w/ whether an original Key is lost or replaced, whether an original Recovery partition is lost or replaced when a production OS is overwritten by a beta OS, I'm going to suggest...

Just thought I would bring you up to date. I went over on the Toshiba Forum and about the problems I was having with my Toshiba A665 Satellite Laptop. They told me to buy the Toshiba Recovery Disks. After getting those disks I did everything as the downloads instructed and when I got to "Now...

Ive been having a bit of trouble with my windows 7 Toshiba laptop computer lately. It started with my computer running slow one evening so I tried to restart it but when it started up, it blue screened for half a second and shut off. I tried repeating this but it just kept happening. I tried...

I have a new Lenovo G710 Laptop with UEFI bios and Win8 Pre-Installed. I want to make a clean installation of Win8 so I can change patition C & D sizes and get ride of all un-wanted pre-programs. My Qs are: 1) where I can find Win8 ISO file to download? (Microsoft and Lenovo) didn't wand to give...

Due to malware issue (snap.do) i want to refresh or reset my windows 8 (updated to 8.1). but on restart it gives the following error The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains error. File:\Windows\system32\winload.efi Error code...

Hi iam new to this forum. i recently bought a vaio VPCX113KG off ebay. after a month of use the pc wont boot. it comes up as "operating system not found" but the laptop doesn't have an optical drive and I can find downloadable recovery media. what should i do ? i think the hard disk is being...

In my 8 years of serious computing, I have never had to replace a HDD but I am going to have to do it for the first time sometime earlier next week when the new one along with the recovery media from Acer gets here. I have managed to locate a service manual for my Acer Notebook model series...

I recently aquired a computer and ordered acer backup recovery cds to reinstall windows 7 home premium 64 bit the included options all very staright forward.none have worked ! these are the included directions below however when i try either of these options it seems the cd just spins and...