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  1. Windows 7 I have decided to buy an SSD

    Link Removed It will allow me to do demanding things with less overhead . Less heat while converting videos to dvd . It is not that large 64GB but plenty large to run the software and system I intend to use . I will have standard hard drives for the more mundane backup tasks :) Now just a few...
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    Windows 7 Random BSOD, COMPUTER FROM HELL

    I am so glad I found you guys! I've been getting random blue screens for the pass 3 months on my new system I put together myself. I ran memtest and it did not detect any errors. So I suspected it my was Sata 3 1tb Western Digital HD giving me issues. So I tested a Sata 2 WD HD in my sata 3...
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    Windows 7 BSOD when installing Windows 7 in AHCI mode

    Hi guys, I'll try to explain my problem in as few words as possible. First thing, my build: Board: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 CPU: Core i7 870 @ 2,93 Ghz Graphic: Sapphire AMD Radeon 8670 Mushkin 2x2Gb Red Culvert Kit @ 1600Mhz CAS 6-7-7-18 Seagate 320 GB SATA II HDD + WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III...
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    Windows 7 Trouble installing SATA harddrive

    I am about to tear my hair out so before I do that, maybe somebody here can help. I am working on building a home server so I am trying to install a second hard drive in a Compaq desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate. The drive is a 2T Western Digital SATA WD20EADS. I have also installed a Sabrent...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Backup Restoration FAIL

    So I've been trying to restore my computer fully for days now. I used the Windows 7 Backup method about a week ago to backup 3 drives: C: (SATA-Primary), D:(SATA), and H:(IDE). They were successfully backed up, however restoring them has been a nightmare. I re-imaged the C: drive back to its...
  6. Desperate to solve partition deletion issue :(

    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...
  7. Windows 7 Windows 7 Install: Select A Driver To Install

    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...
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    Windows 7 A key driver needed for CD - DVD drive 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)...
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    Windows 7 Trouble installing a second drive, which is IDE

    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...
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    Windows 7 Interrupt Exception Not Handled - Random

    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...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Dual Boot install - does not wan to take 2nd OS

    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...
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    Windows 7 [DRIVERS?] 100GB IDE Maxtor drive reports ~2TB and won't work.

    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...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 64 bit RE - install and drivers for raid 0

    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...
  14. Windows 7 Need Help!! Maxtor Sata/150 Pci Card Drivers No Working On Win 7

    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...
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    Windows 7 Permanent BSOD 0x0000007B Windows 7 Ultimate

    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...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 installation hangs on 'Starting Windows'

    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...
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    Windows 7 Special Win7 multi-boot config.

    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...
  18. Windows 7 New HDD Problem

    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...
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    Windows 7 Problems formatting HDD after windows 7 install

    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...
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    Windows 7 Unexpected BSOD result in Win7 Home premium 64bit

    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...