repair disk

I apologize if this question has been answered somewhere else, or seems too simple, but everything I've been reading about repair disks/recovery disks/etc has me completely confused. After I got my new laptop, I installed antivirus, windows updates, etc, removed bloatware and installed the...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F 15" laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit) Home Premium. 320 gb. Oh i'm also out of warranty. Problem: Computer always freezes at the point where it says "starting windows" and stays frozen. I even left it for alone for 24 hrs and it stayed on that screen. Things I've...

First: A little Information: Full Article @ Microsoft Offering Improved CHKDSK Utility in Windows 8 -- Redmondmag.com Tutorial for running CHKDSK: There are 2 options to running CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 8 Option #1: Run CHKDSK from "My Computer" 1. Open "My Computer" either from...

I have an old Macbook Pro that dual boots OSX Lion and Windows 7. Suddenly now if I try and boot Windows, I get this message: Non-System Disk. Press Any Key To Reboot I can't actually insert my Windows 7 disk because my cd drive is broken and at the moment I don't have an external disk drive...

Hello - I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7 Premium 64, and have my computer back up daily, with weekly system image back ups using the Windows back up utility. This backs up to a DLink DNS 323 network storage device. Last Friday my hard drive failed, and I didn't feel too bad becuase of my back...

So I have been running Windows7 for quite a while with no problems but yesterday, I noticed that some of my programs weren't loading so I decided to restart. On the restart, I saw a flash of the terrible blue screen, then it booted, recommending a disk repair. I ran the disk repair, which took...

Windows 7 32bit on Dell 9200 4 GB RAM 2 x 500GB HDD ... with all OS updates. Been working fine ...booted up, used for an Hr .. left PC running, returned to it, power on but screen was 'black' Had to power off to reboot - on start up (normal) desktop paints in, the spinning wheel runs...

Windows 8 Consumer Preview System Image Tutorial: Step 1. Whether your on the Desktop or the MetroUI, mouse over the bottom right corner to expand the Menu and select "Search", then select "Settings" and type in "File Recovery" and select "Windows 7 File Recovery" Link Removed This will open...

I have wrecked my wifes' laptop, so you can guess just how much trouble I am in. I turned the laptop off by holding the power on button depressed for as long as it took to power down. I have done this many times before. This time the laptop will not start windows after power up. Win 7 offers 2...

I have a computer running windows 7 that I purchased online (no windows disk). I get a message saying "This copy of windows is not genuine" Tried to activate in control panel. No good. Tried to activate with slui.exe 4 command. No go . Tried to make a repair disk but it doesn't do anything...

Hello, everyone! I really need some help this time. Last week I've reinstalled my Windows 7 because my notebook was slow and I wanted to went back to the factory setting. I've picked my Seagate external HD (2TB) and moved everything I had into a folder called "[Acer]". Well, I had some...

Hi ! I've divided my disk into partitions and accidentally removed boot loader of windows and now I get "boot mgr is missing", so I cant load my windows :( I have a disk and put boot order in BIOS but it still does not give me an opportunity to install windows, so I have only openSUSE right now...

Hi, first up I'd just like to say any help is appreciated :) Now here's my problem. I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and recently after doing a virus scan it said I had 3 infiltrations. I deleted these without thinking. Then the next time I started up my computer and got on to my account...

Past situation: Originally I had XP and win7 working in a dual boot with XP the computers original OS and Windows 7 added later and everything worked fine. This is on an SSD harddrive. Yesterday- I needed to use Gparted to make Windows 7 partition larger as it was getting a bit small. Gparted...

I've discovered this a.m. that I can't access Safe Mode through the normal F8. I used to listen to the post beep and then press F8 once and I'd be straight in. Now pushing F8 once or repeatedly tapping F8 just carries on to the normal boot. What have I changed recently? Well, I removed Windows...

I have an Advent Roma 2001 configured, in PC World style, with a "recovery partition" alongside the system partition and, after resolving a hard disk problem, I found that the machine would not start/boot Windows 7. clearly some necessary files are missing or corrupted, but the normal system...

I've looked around these forums for answers on how to solve this but have come up empty/there wasn't enough information for my specific problem. After I had a Windows 7 update install (8/12/11), and restarted my computer (ASUS), all that my computer will go to is the Startup repair. Ater...

My hubby's PC is running Win7 32 bit. Typically he "hibernates" his PC rather than shutting it down. Yesterday he hibernated the PC as usual and then proceeded to remove the power cable while he was re-routing various cables. He has his hard drives mounted in front loading bays (no need to open...

Create a system-repair disc, get a report card on your PC's health, analyze your machine's performance, add Web search to the Start menu, and improve the look of onscreen text with these built-in system tools. More...

I recently update Adobe on my computer. Actually, that's what I did on the 30th. It shut down just fine that evening, but when my wife went to reboot it on the 31st, it froze on the Starting Windows screen and then from there would go to a totally black screen containing only a cursor. I've...