reinstallation

I have W7 on a desktop and a 2.5inch SSD removed from a 'dead' laptop. Can I somehow remove the W7 OS, put in the SSD and re-install W7 onto the SSD? The W7 is on a CD which I bought. I would assume I would have to put the small SSD into a cradle then into a spare slot?

So I recently installed Virtual Box on my Mac, and it came w 90 day trial version of Windows 7 Enterprise. It works great, but I can't for the life of me figure out what happens when the trial ends. Can I purchase a license for the software I currently have, or do I have to reinstall a single...

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium , 64-bit OS, Acer Aspire 5253, 3GB Ram,AMDC-50 Processor, 1 GHz, with Internet cable modem, with 10mb download speed. My GF with a similar Notebook PC uses the building's Wi-fi network, via my router and the speed is 5X faster than mine. Whether I'm using a...

Which is better for the computer to get some life back into it. Should I reinstall windows 7 and start over and add the programs that I want or is it safe to uninstall the programs that I no longer use. Its been a while since I have had a fresh windows. The reason for this is that the PC has...

When Windows is reinstalled from the disc (from the "F8" boot window), is the hard drive reformatted automatically? If not how can I achieve this?

I bought a Sony VAIO laptop, SVE14113EN model, with Windows 7 and Office Starter 2010 preloaded in it. I have upgraded to Windows 8 around 6 months back and I was able to use Office Starter after that. Last week when I have Reset (Remove everything and reinstall Windows) my Windows 8, I found...

Unable to reinstall Windows 8 with Error code: 0xc000000f "File:\Windows\system32\winload.efi" Original title: ask the community I have got a problem in loading the operating system, only the following details are shown on screen. My laptop is DELL VOSTRO, Model 3560, windows 8,64 BIT 3RD...

I have the problem where my PC is stalling repeatedly at random. I was running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit before, but I formatted and reinstalled Windows today. I have run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware full scans on both my C: Drive and my D: drives after I reinstalled Windows, where I backed up...

My windows 8 pc is hanging so often for last 2 months. Previously, it worked without any problem for some 6-7 months. Now it hangs just like that. While I am working, mouse cursor stops responding, keyboard keys stop appearing on screen, the power led on cpu cabinet remains red without blinking...

Link Removed When you have your computer reinstalled, chances are you could have many problems such as audio is not working, display quality becomes primitively poor, internet connection drops occasionally, and even worse- your keyboard and mouse simply don’t follow your instructions! When it...

I had working w8 on a 1TB HDD and a working w7 on 40 GB HDD I had to format hdd and reinstall w8 due to some problems. It got installed without a hitch and is working correctly on 1 TB. However, the dual boot option is gone, and now it is working only on w8 on 1TB. There is an intact w7 on 40...

When my computer starts up i get this message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device". How do I stop getting this startup message? USING WINDOWS 7 OR SYSTEM BACKUP/STARTUP DISK INEFFECTIVE. REINSTALLING WINDOWS 7 INEFFECTIVE. GOING TO A COMPUTER...

I am running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit on an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO USB3, which is not 100% compatible with Windows 8, as it turns out. So I will be receiving from a vendor an ASUS M5A99FX EVO R2.0 tomorrow and will replace the older board. Fortunately, my current processor and RAM are compatible with the...

Hey there guys, I have recently started getting constant BSOD's, now to the point that I can't even use my computer. It started about a week or two ago, and has constantly gotten worse. I have gotten a variety of different codes. I really need my computer to go back to normal, as I am taking...

I'm sorry if this is a bit long, but I would like to provide as much detail as possible. I've searched high and low and found no solutions. I decided to finally take the plunge and install Windows 7 64-bit. Win7 32-bit worked great. I've tried installing 64-bit via both CD and USB and they both...

BUG? ** RESOLVED** FAX service broken in 8.1 After 8.1 install, FAX works as it should only once. Subsequent faxes hang and may report that the line is busy - which it isn't. Thereafter, the FAX attempts to spontaneously redial at boot up, though the program hasn't been opened, and...

Hello, Has anyone had my problem as listed in title? Auto update installed IE10 and now my music cds will not play. Uninstall IE10 and roll back to IE9 and the cds are read fine. Is there a fix or just keep using IE9. This problem caused me to reinstall my win7 64bit install twice until I found...

In the last week i have randomley BSOD's and total freeze's, just in windows and while i browsing on internet, never in games. So tuesday i decided to reinstall win 7, and bsod's and freeze's are still here. In last year i did not install new hardware, so this is not the problem, i try remove...

I keep getting this message every time I turn on my computer, I have reinstalled Windows 7, googled this messaged, and I got nothing. Additionally internet explorer will open then will have to close, then looking for solutions, then just keeps repeating such. I went into safe mode with...

A few days ago I reinstalled my windows 7 because my pendrive was not detecting (not detecting = no power in usb!!!). When I reinstalled the windows 7 it did not work. So I thought that the drive is kinda dead. So I got myself my friend's pendrive to check but his pendrive also didn't work. But...