reformat

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Pro and I've had it for a year and my computer is starting to run slow. I would like to reformat the HD and do a new install so it's will run fast again. Can I reformat the HD and reinstall Windows 7 using the same activation key? Or would I have to buy a new key?

To do a total cleanup of my laptop and reinstall Win 7 32bit. It is a: Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400. But a problem immediately with the error message: "A key driver needed for CD - DVD drive is missing" Then just my DVD / CD may malfunction (rails sometimes with CDs)...

hi all, i've had W7 installed for almost a year, but yesterday i had to reformat. after i installed W7 again, i noticed that the space between the lowest icon and taskbar is bigger than it was before (image attached). is there any way to lower the last row of icons? thanks in advance!

Well I reformatted and am back again, I figure there's a malfunctioning driver. Minidumps attached.

Hi guys, this is my first time posting in this thread. Recently friend of mine asked me to check his laptop for random shutdown cause. His laptop model is Dell Studio 1555 and the specs are Dell Studio 15 (1555) Review Ok, so this is his problem. He told me sometime when he using his...

Hi everyone, I've been getting a lot of BSODs lately, on my relatively new computer. At first I thought it might be faulty RAM, and ran Memtest, which showed a failure in one of the sticks (i had 3 x 2gb DDR3 RAM). I took out one stick, and ran memtest again, and it showed no errors after 10...

Hi hope you might be able to help. have attached the sf zip file. i deleted skype as that was the last software we remember installing. local computer shop tech said it is best to reformat and reinstall but as i argued that is not going to resolve the problem if it coimes back. the satellite...

Hi, I just did a reformat of my machine with new hardware. I upgraded the memory to 8gb. Im using 64bit windows ultimate and for some reason 4 of the 8gb are showing up in system resources as 'hardware reserved'. Any ideas why? thank you.

I'm not sure whether I'm being constantly attacked or my computer caught a virus. Whilst being online at a known network, my system got 'hacked' (unsure about the use of words as it was by someone i knew) and apparently created an image of my hard drive (which I was trying to stop during the...

Virus? Windows Update? Who knows... but here is the quick rundown of what happened. We cant open any programs. We click an icon... it thinks about it then nothing. Click on an exe... it thinks about it then nothing. Click on anything that would normally launch a program and nothing happens...

Hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem that I've only just noticed because there hasn't been a time for me to install fonts until today. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit and I had to do a reformat about a week ago. I just noticed an odd thing with regards to the...

Hello, I hope I can get some help here.. I'm using Acer Aspire 4937G laptop(1 yr old) and since day 1, I'm having this BSOD everytime during the 1st bootup of the day... I went to Acer Service Center and they keep saying is due to my software/application issue.. OK, and so what i did is I...

I have an Acer Aspire 7745g Core i7 8gb ram, that Started Giving me a BSOD shortly after I received it. I updated the bios and drivers but to no avail. I am attaching my minidump files in a zipped archive. I contacted Acer they suggested I reformat but would like to see if there is another...

Hello all, I've had to reformat my lapop and im unable to get my internet to work on my laptop. when i looked into my driver manager it says; Ethernet Controller X Device not found Base System Device X Device not found Base System Device X Device not found My laptop is a AlienWare M15x...

Hi, I was trying to uninstall my AVG and at the end of the installation, it says something about file not found and concluded. I made a check and found the AVG has been installed. The next thing I remember is that after I restart my computer, my computer can no longer detect network. I was on...

Hello all. Im having this problem. My router is constantly crashing every 5-10 minutes and sometimes cant last for 45 minutes or maybe more. I know that because my music stream is constantly stopping and it also makes me disconnects from online games. I am sure it cannot be software problems...

Some background: I have looked through dozens of posts and google results and tried many troubleshooting steps including over 15 hours on the phone with HP tech support. I cannot get my computer to recognize the internet at all. I have had 2 HP computers and am now on a Gateway. All have...

In Disk Management it show my hard drive disk 0 as No Name (OEM Partition), Recovery, and OS (C:), so my question is how do I format my hard drive, so that I do not have the recovery partion since I have the recovery disk, so I can get more disk space and reinstall windows? The reason I want to...

Alright... My predicement... I have been running my computer for about almost a year now perfectly fine with no issues at all with Windows 7. This last weekend I went out camping and when I returned on Sunday to do a few things on the computer it decided to go and give me a Blue screen of...

My computer is an Acer laptop and it came with windows 7 home prem. when I bought it in october 2009. I have recently been having troubles with it and decided to reformat it. I don't think my computer came with a reformating disk so I used someone else's disk, but the key code on the bottom of...