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Hello everyone, I have been having random crashes which result in a BSOD for the last two months or so. Unfortunately reformatting and even removing an old hard drive I added a few months back has not solved the problem. I came across a video on youtube which lead me here. I...

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?

I had a folder that was set as private to prevent network sharing access. It's located on an internal hard drive other then my main C: partition. I re-formatted my C: and did a clean install of Windows 7 64bit. After words I tried access the same folder, and it said I didn't have permission but...

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...

A few months ago, I found out my processor was failing thanks to a computer store downtown. So we got a new one, and reformatted my hard drive in case. Then, I returned to the store again a few weeks later because I was beginning to get random BSODs. They said it was cause of a corrupt install...

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.

Random BSOD and program crashes have been a way of life for me for approximately three months now. My original set-up had been flawless since conception nearly two years prior. I have my opinions of what needs to be done but would really like a second opinion before i sink more money into this...

Ever since I recovered from the virus/trojan attack in December, my PC hasn't been the same. I keep getting a pop-up from malware-bytes and spy-bot about a smitfraud c.generic and svchost.exe problems. Needless to say, there is something happening that I can not put my finger on and realize...

I've started to get a BSOD more regularly on my Acer Aspire One and I am not aware of having installed any new hardware or changing the figuration much. I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and reformatted in the hopes it would solve the problem, but I got a BSOD after booting up for the first time...

Hi everyone! I've had an interesting week, but I'll try to give as much information here as I can. So I custom-built my PC last June (used the HDD from my old comp, which I made in 2006). I had one BSoD; however, since it just happened the once, I never worried about it again. A few days ago...

I made a thread on another forum about this, so I'm just copy and pasting what I wrote so I don't have to write another essay. Hi, So last night I went to reformat my laptop, halfway through I thought nah I don't wanna do this anymore so I clicked cancel. Now whenever I try to turn on my...

Hey guys I'm a first time poster to these forums. I'm currently experiencing an issue with my computer. About 2 months ago I started getting random freezes and would have to do a hard restart on my computer to restart. To see if it was a virus or any kind of malware, I did a clean reformat of my...

I have an issue pertaining to admin permissions and read-only files. It seems all my files and folders are read only, and when I remove read only it automatically reverts back to read only when I check again. I am administrator with full privileges. Sometimes I get a prompt saying 'i need admin...

I am working on a Dell Inspiron 2205 all in one touch screen running Win 7 home premium 64 bit with 4 gb ram and 500 gb hd. The original problem was lock ups on an irregular basis. Of course I eliminated virus and malware infection. I ran several diagnostic programs including memtest and PCcheck...

I am working on a Dell Inspiron 2205 all in one touch screen running Win 7 home premium 64 bit with 4 gb ram and 500 gb hd. The original problem was lock ups on an irregular basis. Of course I eliminated virus and malware infection. I ran several diagnostic programs including memtest and...

So I've been running Windows 7 and I have a Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q888. I recently started having random Blue Screens of Death. I was told it might be a RAM problem and I wanted to upgrade my RAM so I changed my RAM to Kingston 4 Gb x 2, and that didn't solve the problem. So I reformatted my...

My Asus G73-JH laptop is currently freezing at the Windows Starting screen. I've read a lot of other forum posts that feature the same problem, BUT there is artifacting (bunch of colored dots) on the top of this screen that goes across the "Starting Windows" screen in a sort of horizontal...

Hey guys I'm a new person around these forums. Just since yesterday my laptop was attacked by some kind of malware that tries to scare me into buying their products and hiding all my files. I managed to unhide all my files but somehow the virus still remains. I tried every solution on the web to...

hey guys, i tried to create a bootable flash install of windows seven on a reformated hard drive, the flash drive (16gb) was brand new and formated to ntfs, i followed the instructions from this link: Link Removed tried to boot from it and got the message "operating system missing", any ideas...