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Windows 7 Problem during installation Windows 7...please help me
I am using Windows 7 since one year and during this i did not change my PC. I reinstall my Windows 7 many times on this PC but last few days i want to reinstall it but the is a problem during installition... Load Drivers.. "A required DVD/CD drive device driver is missing..." i do my best after...- azmizryk
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- dell drivers dvd hardware installation optiplex reinstall sata windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 What would happen if
I have 4 SATA HDD in my Windows 7 x64 desktop. 2 configured as RAID 0 on which the OS live (C) 2 non raid disk members (D-M) What would happen to the bootmgr on C if I installed a second instance of the same OS on a non raid partition, say M? Does it get re-written and countinues to live on C...- Camu
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- bootmgr desktop hdd installation os instance partition raid sata storage windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 hard disk driver required while installing W7
i'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and its working great , lately i wanted to install windows 7 alongside Ubuntu because there's no itunes on it, the problem is W7 can detect my Hard Disk and it says a driver is required ,thought that W7 has all the sata drivers ,i've installed W7 a millions times before...- BobBass
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- drivers dual boot error hard drive hp pavilion installation sata support ubuntu windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 Just for fun!
We've touched on the topic about the speed of Win-8 compared to XP and Win-7, but tonight I decided to do something about that. I moved Windows 8 from an old 80 gig Sata II drive to a new Seagate SATA III (6GBM) drive on a SATA III controller card. Windows XP would not run on the SATA III...- OldTimer
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- boot time computer speed controller card hardware performance reboot registry sata seagate shutdown speed test task manager time measurement upgrade vbscript windows 7 windows 8 windows xp
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Windows 7 making a hdd image
hi all. need some help, so hope someone can oblige. have used ATI for a long time with no problems on various machines, including my Windows 7 Ultimate, x86 computer. this machine has a WD black caviar sata lll 500gig hdd, but is connected on sata ll (mobo doesn't support sata lll). have just...- Prettygrim
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- acronis true image backup drive recognition file size hard drive hardware hdd image installation issues overclocking recovery disc sata software alternatives system restore troubleshooting user support wd caviar windows 7 x64
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 problem with computer , wont start , ide drive doesnt exist or all primary partions are occupied
ok so i have a build computer by my dad , it is windows 7 home premium . i wanted to format the computer using the CD that i have which is GIGABYTE 6-quad/ S-series . Ok so i was playing around to see if it could load ( but nothing was loading until it came a point that when i try to start...- josh1
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- ahci bios boot issues disk issues formatting gigabyte hardware ide drive installation partition pc build raid recovery sata startup system drive troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 7 Can I plug-in SATA cable (to hard disc) when computer is running?
I am not sure: Can I plug-in (and -out) a SATA cable (to hard disc) from (ASUS) motherboard slot when computer is running? Or will this cause a damage to hardware? Peter- pstein
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- asus computer hard drive hardware motherboard sata
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Windows Vista IDE driver appears in Device Manager
hi all I had numerous BSOD, each time the error ranges from0x1a to what have you. Had replaced all parts within except for harddisk, and reinstalled all drivers from HP website. But still BSOD, from startup to anytime (at least twice a week). Notice the device manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers...- Windfield
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- ahci driver bsod device manager driver installation hardware issues ide controller intel sata windows troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows XP Windows XP new install, WD5000AAKS not found
Installing Windows XP new & fresh, with a sata WD5000AAKS. Windows of course won't detect my drive cause its SATA. I searched everywhere and can't find the necessary drivers. I know to hit F6 to load drivers upon Windows XP install, and the system does have a floppy, but can someone lead me to...- Chewy
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- download drivers floppy drive hardware installation recognition sata storage wd5000aaks windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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After you change the SATA mode of disk devices to use the AHCI specification, the computer or certai
Updates Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to fix an issue in which the whole system or some applications randomly stop responding for 60 seconds or for longer. More...- News
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- ahci application freeze fixes performance random crashes sata system issues update windows 7 windows server
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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You receive various Stop error messages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to re
Fixes a problem in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 where various Stop errors occur when you try to resume a computer that has a large SATA hard disk. More...- News
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- computer issues fixes hard drive microsoft support resume issues sata server 2008 stop error windows 7
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Windows 7 bsod after insalling windows 7
hey everybody good day. anyone here can help with this?? after i install my windows 7 os i got bsod Link RemovedLink Removed this is the dump file please help me with this thanks a lot system: intel e6600 asus p5kplm-am epu 250gb hdd sata 500w psu dvdrom - ide pci wifi card 2gb mems- blackparteee
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- asus bsod dump files hardware ide installation intel memory sata troubleshooting wifi windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 HELP...new HD and will not recover from disk
I have an HP dv6-2155dx and purchased a new HD just like what came out actually a Seagate 500GB 7200RPM SATA new HD. I turned it off and put disk 1 in the drive and turned it on. It loads windows and asks for each of the 3 disk but no luck from there. When it restarts it goes to the black...- mike62
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- black screen boot drive boot process disk issues disk replacement hard drive hp dv6 installation laptop issues reboot recovery sata seagate system restore tech support troubleshooting user help windows
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Windows 7 Taskbar Unresponsive Upon Boot, other oddities x64
I am about to tear my hair out. :mad: A a little bit of background information. Parts were ordered and my system was put together by a friend and I back in May 2009. It has never run properly since the beginning. I started with Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and got occasional random BSOD that were...- ThatOneGuy9
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- bios boot bsod clean install clunkiness drivers event viewer gaming hardware memory test mouse issues mumble performance sata system information troubleshooting unresponsive voice chat windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Reformat & re-install
Hello All, As a matter of habit, I tend to reformat my machine on a fairly regular basis (every 6 months or so). The last time I did a clean out, I had the problem below. I am about to clean out again, and would like to know if there is any way to avoid the problems I had last time. My...- navbor
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- backup boot issues clean install data safety data transfer drive management hardware hdd installation guide licensing ntlr error reformat reinstall sata storage system restore tech support windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can You Connect Multiple Devices to One SATA Port on a Motherboard?
IDE cables have 3 plugs on them, One end for the MB, and two devices can be plugged into one slot on the motherboard. Is this possible with SATA? I have never 'seen' a SATA cable with places for two devices and I wondered if this is possible and are there cables available to plug two devices...- jtpcamp
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- cable compatibility connection devices hardware ide motherboard plug sata technology
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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VIDEO 2011: A Year of Solid State Hard Drives
This forty minute video demonstration examines the impact of solid state hard drives on various laptops, new and old. A Dell XPS 15z and Dell XPS M1330 are compared through boot tests, benchmarks, and actual gaming experiences. A solution to a problem with SSD installations and Sandy Bridge...- Mike
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- benchmark boot tests crucial ssds dell disk migration esata gaming hardware upgrade intel rst laptop performance lenovo mobile hardware performance issues reliability sata solid state drive ssd usb 3.0 video demonstration
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7 Installation Issues on ASUS P5VD2-MX SE Motherboard
I have windows 7 bootable DVD and want clean instalation. i boot from DVD and opened stup and i chuse Custom (advanced) instalation and i formated my hard drive instalation started copying files complited on expaning files i got blue screen Link Removed - Invalid URL and this happens evri...- milosss
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- asus blue screen compatibility cpu custom install driver issues dvd boot geforce graphics card hardware hdd installation ram reinstall sata system components troubleshooting vga windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Install w/ Intel Matrix Storage ICH9R
Issue: After completing the Windows 7 64 bit install, the screen goes black with a white blinking cursor. After rebooting the screen freezes at the ‘Starting Windows’ screen which should proceed with the configuration of the Windows 7 install (select computer & user name, etc.) Before the...- kalensk
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- ahci bios boot issues bsod configuration drivers ich9r installation intel matrix raid safe mode sata storage system freeze thinkstation user settings windows 7 windows storage management provider
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7 Boot Issues: Possible SATA Hard Drive Problems and Overclocking Failures
Greetings. This screen appeared : Link Removed Before windows loaded. Precursors to this included : All freezes for seconds\minute the unfreezes, sometimes while cpu 100% sometimes not. It also could freeze and show BSOD and start scandisk or something. It occured more often in-game (wic)...- ZKR
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- 0xc000014c asus bsod desktop issues detection error freezing game issues hard drive hardware old hardware overclocking p4 processor sata scandisk storage touch cables troubleshooting ultimate windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support