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Apologies if this is elsewhere, but I've been searching Google for the past hour and am continuing to have issues, and can't seem to find the solution that works. I just got two new harddrives for my birthday - one for my desktop, and one for my laptop. The desktop drive is 3 TB, which Windows...

Hello. so this is a simple question but i just wanted to ask because i wanted to make sure i know what i am doing. So my moms old MacBook is no longer functioning, broken. It's a really old computer (2006 model) and sense she's not using it i thought why not take the 300gb hard drive thats...

Hi, I would like to thank you guys in advance! I have a 320GB External WD HD, I'm not sure what the problem is, but once upon a time, I pasted lots of files that it almost reached it's maximum allocated size, then the next time I plugged it in, it won't recognize it anymore. I can't see it in...

Hey, I just want to preface this by saying I tried troubleshooting using similar forums but was unsuccessful. Here's my situation: I have a Motorola SB6580 with a pretty fast internet speed. When I use my laptop (Windows 7 64-bit) via ethernet everything works perfectly! But when I connect...

Everything in my system is coming up compatible on the microsoft website. I installed 64 bit 2 days ago and got constant BSOD. I reformatted to 32 bit (couldn't take it). I did some research on my hardware, and only thing i have not found info about is my SD card reader. It's a pretty big drive...

Lets see, where to start.. First off, this problem is concerning a home build which I made personally. If you want more specs than what is listed in my profile, just ask. This home build was working perfectly until some misfortune happed on it. That will be in further detail in the following...

The day I got my Asus laptop I created back up onto 5 disks (because that's how many was required). Now my computer has been acting very weird and I just wanna reformat it from 0. As if I just recieved my computer. I don't want any help on what I could or should do. My mind is 100% on resetting...

Hey, New here, had this problem for quite a while (been using win7 for over a year with this hardware setup.) Well so basically, a few weeks after a fresh install (reformat every 3-4 months usually just a personal preference), it starts to hang after logging in. It happens anywhere from 10-45...

My Network Adapters has suddenly disappeared after a Critical update by Windows update, now my network is X'ed out. I already did reformat and still nothing and in the past all I do is to System restore but after a while it had errors and I was forced to reformat but after that there's still no...

Hi. I have a first generation envy 14 running windows 7 HP. Ports (COM and lpt) were showing up and working fine up until I reformatted the computer. I then noticed that they were gone. I installed all the drivers for my machine, most notably the chipset drivers, from the HP website. I enabled...

Hi there, I have been having headaches with my windows machine. Recently started. All my drivers are up-to-date, and i cannot figure out what the reason is. No recent hardware changes as well. I even reformatted and did a fresh install to have the same problems again. BSOD occurs without any...

I have an old Toshiba Satellite L355-S7905 that was handed down to me back in 2009. It gave me some problems beforehand (needed a new OS twice since I got it) but over the past year it's been fine. Suddenly, out of the blue, the OS crashed on me a few days ago. The crash was pretty bad and the...

Im having a recover from shutdown error for some reason or another, I was hoping someone might be able to assist me in determining what is causing the issue. I have also recently reformatted, and re installed my OS due to this issue, however the problem persists. Below is the windows...

So uhh, I'm new here and I am in need of some help. I just want to make something clear that I'm a major computer noob, so I might be a bit dumb when it comes to some things. Just now I tried to clean install my 32 bit windows 7 into a 64 bit and reformat my computer.Unfortunately, when I put in...

issue.. * I have know other people say , to remove the battery CMOS on motherboard of lenovo laptop G475 .. but i dont know where is the batter locate.. and how yea.. help me please./ this screen like ****. i lazy always need put in the password Elock of HDD Sata :'( .. has this problem on my...

Have an issues that's driving me crazy. I managed to do a drive image that also included my storage drive on an internal 1TB SATA drive. This, however, was the only one I was able to do. When I tried to run backup a second time, it would start, but then completely hang with only the...

Hi, I'm having a big problem with trying to reformat my computer. I've got Windows 7 discs which I've tried to boot from but having no luck. I think it has something to do with my motherboard. Which is a Gigabyte 965P-DQ6. I put the disc in the drive, restart and then enter the boot menu by...

I thought the cd key was the product id so now I have lost the cd key. I purchased it as a download so I am out of luck as the email is gone. I have completely reformated the drive, is there any type of data recovery I can do to recover the cd key?

Note: If I did not upload the minidumps correctly please let me know I read the instructions on how to in the sticky. Hello, this is my first time posting this type of info so correct me if I'm doing it wrong, I saw Elmurfuds post to fill out the computer specs in my profile to better help my...

hmm okay so here's the problem. Recently after updated my windows 7 my desktop folder appear in my pictures folder. When I expand it, I can see my desktop icon in it. Can it be fix or I have to run the hassle to re format??? Anyway thx in advanced.