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If any Mods read this - can you just delete the post - no longer require help on it - thanks. =================== My system is a self built one with 3 SATA drives - 2 x 250 1 x 500 Gb. Win 7 is on one of the 250's while I have XP + 6 other partitions on the 500 Gb disk. My problem arose...

I have recently finished building my computer and brought a copy of windows 7 (home premium) 64bit to go with it. But when I try to install I never get past "collecting information" where I am being asked to "Select A Driver To Install" as a driver for my "DVD Device" is missing...

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)...

I recently bought a new PC (Intel Core2 Quad, 6GB ram, Sata with 300GB HDD) and installed a new (OEM) version of Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) Everything was running fine until I decided I'd physically add the old 'primary' drive from my old Pentium 3 as a secondary/backup. It's only 120GB so...

I built this computer several months ago and have already tackled 2 other BSODs. This 3rd one is annoying me a great deal so any help is much appreciated! I've barely used the computer because I don't see it ready to use with all these problems. I'm not an overclocker. I just want this...

Hi everyone, After installing Win 7 ULT 32 and 64 several times I have exsosted all ideas. Hope someone can suggest how to resolve this: - I am able to install either 32 or 64 version as a first OS, but when trying to install it as a second OS on the SEPARATE PARTITION OF THE SAME SATA3 HD, it...

When I first built my pc, my Seagate SATA drive arrived DOE, so I used a older 100GB IDE Maxtor and used Windows 7 x86 without problems for about a month. The drive has since been used as a backup drive by my brother for the past 9 months. It has had no problems till now. I installed it...

Ok guys I'm stumped. I have been lurking around dozens of forums and have read until my head is gonna explode, I can't figure this out. I am sorry in advance that this is such an elaborate thread.... I added 2 identical WD 1/2 TB green drives to my rig, and I want to re install windows on that...

I bought a new graphics card and it's one that takes to pci slots and it covers the sata ports on my mobo. The only hard drives i have are sata drives so my friend gave me the card to use till i can get a new mobo. So i need to install the drivers becuse when i try to use it windows crashes half...

I will try to make the long story short : system : Dell xps 1645 HDD: Seagate ST9500420ASG SATA PGP full disk encryption - including the boot sector I installed Windows 7 Manager Utility - I accidentally disabled AHCI feature from windows. => permanent BSOD STOP 0x0000007B I tried to set...

I have recently upgraded my complete system hardware and cannot seem to load Windows 7. The setup begins and loads the windows files and then when it gets to the screen 'Starting Windows', the hard drive and the DVD ROM lights stop blinking and the installation just freezes. I tried to boot my...

Greetings, Many weeks ago I built a new desktop system around an Intel Clarkdale i5-650 and Asus motherboard. Installed a newly licensed copy of Win7-64 Home Premium OEM. After weeks of installing programs, configuring, etc, I find that Win7 is not the system on which I choose to place primary...

I just installed a new internal HDD. First, I created a system image using windows backup. Then I made a windows recovery disk on CD. Next I took out the old HDD, and replaced it with the new one. The new one is hooked up to a different port with a different wire because it is a sata 6.0 gb/s...

I"ve read several of the entries here about getting rid of unnecessary services and speeding up boot time...... I've gotten rid of some of the services....... Is there any way to have Windows 7 provide a timing of what it's starting up for every program, service, and/or whatever? I'm talking...

Having multiple problems im trying to resolve after installing windows 7 pro. The back story is this computer had xp on an IDE harddrive. Then i wanted to upgrade my harddrive and windows os to windows 7, so I bought a sata 1tb hdd and got win7 and installed the hdd (while still using xp) then...

Hi everyone! I have recently had *.dump files appear in my comp. I cannot specify what is the cause of this problem. I am uploading it here and for those who may wish to review it. thank you!:p here is the spec of my comp. -os - Win7 Home premium 64bit -asrock n68c-s ucc motherboard -amd...

My mother asked me to fix her computer, his window XP is badly corrupted, so I tried to install Window 7 on her computer. However, the hard drive didn't show on the screen. I found it quite odd because BIOS detected it as IDE driver, and it's a SATA driver. I tried to install with old Window XP...

i just upgraded to Windows 7 ultimate. I have 2 striped 250g sata running my OS. 1 IDE 150gb as back up and another 1TB SATA as back up. all my drives are reconized in my BIOS and all but my 1TB WD is showing up in my disk management and device management. All my drives have been formated and...

Hi, I have just replaced XP with Windows 7. I unplugged the old system disk and put in a new one in the same place, and then removed all its partitions with the Windows 7 installer and set up from scratch. The system disk is always a primary master on the motherboard ATA controller. I have...