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    Windows 7 HELP! Lost the system recovery option on boot!

    I'm really enjoying Windows 7 but a lot of my key programs don't work so I've decided to switch back to XP using my recovery partition. Prior to this installation I had an option at boot that would tell me to press F11 (I think) to start the recovery console. That option is now gone. However...
    • rickytenzer
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    • boot options dvd boot f12 key recovery recovery console recovery partition system restore tech support windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Fixing Error 0xE0000100: Autorun.dll Corruption During Windows 7 Setup

    I've just burned the disc from the ISO and when I try and run setup I get: "The file 'autorun.dll' could not be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. Error code is [E 0xE0000100]" I have found a knowledgebase article referring to a problem installing Vista giving this error but...
    • confucious
    • Thread
    • autorun dll cd burning corrupted files dell e0000100 error installation iso recovery partition setup issues storage system issues tech support troubleshooting vista business windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation

  3. Windows Vista Reinstall VistaHomePremium from recovery partition?

    Hi all, I've been cruising the web for hours trying to find an answer to my situation. I purchased a new HD and installed it. My main drive has VistaHomePremium and all my programs. Using Photoshop and music software, I wanted to have a second drive to free up the main drive from slower...
    • styzer
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    • backup formatting hard drive music software performance photoshop recovery partition reinstallvista vista home premium
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation

  4. Windows Vista Not Able to Login to Vista Partition After PCLinuxOS Install

    Here's my situation: I have a Gateway T-6836 running Windows Vista Home Premium. A couple days ago I installed PCLinuxOS on the primary drive, partitioning about 60 GB of the drive for the Linux file system, the rest reserved for Windows (250 GB total HDD capacity). After successfully...
    • ITGuy
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    • black screen blank screen bootloader computer boot disk management gateway t-6836 grub hdd activity linux filesystem linux installation mbr repair operating system partition pclinuxos recovery disc recovery partition system restore troubleshooting windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Dynamic Dsik not booting after conversion

    I have installed VISTA Business on my Computer on a 500gb SATA HDD. Yesterday I resized the partitions using VISTA partition manager. In the process the setup changed to dynamic disk. I am a newbie to vista. After I rebooted the syetem I find thesystem looking out bootable media. But using...
    • tabascal
    • Thread
    • boot issues data recovery dynamic disk newbie operating system partition management recovery partition resizing sata drive windows vista
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista System Restore Help

    Alright, I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5472 on my computer and want to go back to Windows XP (some programs I need do not work on Vista) but instead of a XP disk I have another hard drive in my computer. On XP when it starts up it says "To start system restore press F11" or something like that...
    • Andy
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    • beta testing boot issues clean install computer help hard drive operating system recovery partition system restore windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support