reformat

Hey there! I'm newly registered to this site, but I've visited it in the past and it's helped me many times with my various technical problems on my desktop. I've got another one I was hoping someone could help me with. I'm kinda stumped since I only have a basic understanding of computers. So...

I keep getting random bsods periodically. The first one happened a couple of weeks ago after a virus or shall I say multiple viruses cropped up, and I had to reformat after it happened; my computer wouldn't start as every time I tried to start windows it would automatically restart when the...

Recency my HP laptop was going super slow and so I decided to use my recovery discs I had to reinstall Windows 7. I was running a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Im not too tech savy and not entirely sure on how I managed to get this set up (lol). But I did. Basically when I started my...

I've been using Win 7 64-bit since the beta and no issues at all - until I installed SP1. Now I get constant lockups and it seems to be related to the video driver about 50% of the time. I've done a clean install of the latest driver, tried removing SP1, done a system restore to before SP1...

Hi :), I have a older hard drive that has win xp pro on it and I want to install it as a slave drive in my Win 7 ultimate computer. I was going to install it as a slave and make sure that none of the boot devices point to it in my bios. I will then reformat it. Will this cause any issues with...

On 25th of February i started getting this problem. My main PC cant connect to the internet and my bros can, we use the same modem (modem only no router) its a Motorola SB5100. I used a ethernet cable to connect mine, and a USB to connect my bros with the modem, worked for a year then on 25th...

I recently bought a new hard drive. I installed windows 7 on the new drive everything was fine until I went to register windows. I previously bought an upgrade key with a student discount. I still have my old windows xp key but when I went to register it said the key couldn't be used with a...

hi all. i'm facing a new annoying problem. i format the PC, but the built-in network card keep giving me, "No Network available", i tried to uninstall the driver and reinstall it, disable the the device and enable it, unplug the cable and replug it, and somehow it detect it but after long...

My system crashes and creates a crash dump file @ jst any time, then it restarts itself...i've done system restore thrice nd this has not rectified the problem. When it first started, d message it gives me is this Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen...

Friends laptop im working on had Vista, internet stopped working. Couldnt figured it out so i reformatted. Few days later, I am finally set up with Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit SP 1. Used a bootable flash drive, which was a task on it own to get working lol. Its a Toshiba laptop, According to...

Posted in incorrect forum: Running Win7 on a hard drive installed 4 months ago. Left my Win7 upgrade disc with vendor and they loaded. Getting BSoD 2 - 3 times a day. Had tech at work (he's a Linux freak and did it begrudgingly) check hardware and all seems acceptable. Ran 'verifier' for...

Running Win7 on a hard drive installed 4 months ago. Left my Win7 upgrade disc with vendor and they loaded. Getting BSod 2 - 3 times a day. Had tech at work (he's a Linux freak and did it begrudgingly) check hard ware and all seems acceptable. Ran 'verifier' for drivers and reboot freezes...

Hello, I've been having some frequent BSODs for the past couple of months. They usually happen when I play games but I've had them happen at other times too. A few things I've done: Reformatted and disabled fast user switching as someone once suggested to me. I tried about 3 other video cards...

Hey there, First off, im new here. So hi nice to see you and its my first time to use Windows 7 . Anyways, here's my problem. I just reformatted my netbook to home premium , i accidentally pressed the next button thats the time that i should put my product key, and yea its 30 days trial, and...

i'm been getting bsod since i changed my mobo, i reformatted my main drive so there shouldn't be any problem, but i get random BSOD from time to time, i also tried installing windbg but it get stuck somewhere like unloading symbols... attached is my minidumps TIA

So I recently reformatted one of my (oldish) HP laptops with Windows 7, and the hard drive is not happy with the driver that it's using. Once the system loads up, the hard-drive keeps lagging to read. It would read for a second, then stop for a second, read, stop, read stop. It's not the...

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 there, I just stumbled in your forums looking for a possible fix for this BSOD. Any inputs, advices, fixes are appreciated. What happened: BSOD caused by some ntoskrnl.exe with a BCS of IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL What I already did: Reformatted Windows to no avail OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit...

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!