reinstall windows

i am looking at selling my gaming pc, so i can build or buy another one, and i am looking at erasing this hard drive, and i was wondering if a recovery disk can reinstall windows? i have lost my book disk. thanks

For years I have been the "go-to" guy for fixing friends and family's computers, which usually were desktops (which i could rip open and replace the hardware in). lately a majority of the issues that i have had to address were laptop issues. while a lot of issues can be fixed with some sort of a...

So today I went ahead and installed some windows updates, and while they were installing I went downstairs to eat dinner and came back to my computer not being able to start up at all. http://imgur.com/a/iJM0r The computer starts up but flashes a blue screen and just restarts, I went ahead...

So today I went ahead and installed some windows updates, and while they were installing I went downstairs to eat dinner and came back to my computer not being able to start up at all. http://imgur.com/a/iJM0r The computer starts up but flashes a blue screen and just restarts, I went ahead...

hello, sorry if this is already somewhere on here couldn't find it. so what happened was i was playing Tomb raider and my computer froze, sound was buzzing and so i restarted it. after that it ether froze on start up or even when watch YouTube. i decided to do a complete re install of windows...

Core i7 3820 ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard 16gb Samsung 30nm RAM 2x Diamond AMD HD 7970s in XF 2x Samsung 830 256gb SSDs Seasonic X 1050 PSU Custom Liquid Cooling loop Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Lately I have been crashing every time I start up a steam game, specifically Metro: LL, Borderlands...

Hi guys, I'm new here so I'll introduce myself If you dont care for introductions, skip it I'm just doing it as a formality =) ***** I'm 25 years old, and have been using computers as a hobby for more than half my life. As a teenager I never had owned a brand new computer, always received...

When I log in to Windows 8 I get the Error in the Picture. I'm missing AUInstallAgent or its there and not working. Because of this I lose Administrative Privileges. Meaning I can change nothing in my Account, Windows Files, or even Rename, Add, or Remove a File to the Programs Folder and...

Hi guys Looking for a bit of advice on creating recovery disks. I have a Dell laptop. I am wanting to completely flatten it and start it fresh (wipe the HD / reinstall windows ect). how do i create a recovery disk that also includes all the drives? I've been in a situation before where I...

Hey Having the com surrogate error come up when i run 2 clients when playing eve online. The error comes up at random times, could be 10 minutes or 3 hours. The game runs fine when only running 1 client. Have tried reinstalling windows and the game client, codecs, drivers are up to date. Any...

Hi, So Ive now been getting random BSODs on my desktop for a month now, and was troubleshooting the problem all this time. Finally, to out rule any corrupt/conflicting drivers I freshly reinstalled windows (which didnt help though). Since this reinstall, however, no more dump files are created...

This happens every time I format and reinstall Windows. Media Player only imports a portion of my music library. I can't remember how I've solved this problem before.

Hello, I have a problem with my IBuypower desktop. I have only had it for 3 months, and recently I've had this problem when trying to open certain programs. This is the message that pops up. "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your...

Hi all, heres a quick run down of my problem. about a month ago my pc started having errors at bootup. it would get as far as the desktop, then freeze the desktop, allowing me to still use my mouse but i couldnt select anything and the system would hang. After restarting on average about...

Okai, so I don't know exactly where to start, but it all started when I was looking for a live stream on an NFL football match. I had been looking around different sites with no luck, when I suddenly saw UAC popping up about "Microsoft inc (etc)" want to install some software on your pc. I was...

My computer does not have internet access anymore. On my network, I have a wireless laptop, a wii console, a dsi console and two desktop wired computers. They all work fine on internet except one of my desktops. The defect one can obtain an IP address from my router or from my ISP if I bypass...

I have done everything I can to figure this out and I can't seem to. The RAM has no errors on MEMtest x 3; I have re-installed windows and I am getting the same error. Hardware or software?

Problem description My problem is as follows: When the computer has been turned off for at least a few hours, I'm getting BSOD's while booting but it is rarely. When cold booting (computer has been turned off for at least several hours), I get a BSOD just after the Windows 7 `Starting...

Hello W7 forums! So not too long ago I rebooted my pc as it was running a bit slow that day, as I was rebooting I got an error (I don't remember it now sorry) and it started startup repair. This startup repair went for almost a week straight before I gave up on it. Not being able to boot into...

Hey, I was playing Skyrim, closed it and steam and only had firefox running, left computer for ~5 min, when came back, I had BSOD. I shut computer and restarted it, now it gives on start BSOD. It has done this couple times before, but then it usually starts to work instantly after BSOD or...