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    Windows 7 Random Screen Freeze / Intermittent and varied BSODs

    As per the title, I am suffering from recurrent system freezes and intermittent and variable BSODs. I've attched the necessary images and system spec. Many thanks for any help, The system is: Item: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit -...
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    Windows 7 SATA HD says not formatted in windows 7 or xp

    Ok, i had a complete system running windows 7 and i just did a new build. I took my sata hd's out of the first build and used them in the new build. I had a 320g and a 1tb. I installed the 320g by itself and installed w7. Now i plugged in my 1tb drive with all of my personal files that i had...
  3. Windows 7 Intel unveils next gen SSDs with 6Gbit/sec throughput

    New 510 SSD series takes advantage of high-speed SATA bus interfaces on new Intel Core platforms Computerworld - Link Removed a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) that are based on the serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 specification, which doubles I/O throughput compared to previous generation SSDs...
  4. Intel SSD Firmware Update

    This firmware update tool provides the latest firmware for the following Link Removed SSDs in all capacities: - Intel® X25-M/X18-M SATA SSD on 50nm (black case) - updates to FW version 8820 - Intel® X25-E SATA SSD on 50nm (black case) - updates to FW version 8850 - Intel® X25-M/X18-M SATA SSD...
  5. Windows 7 Intel confirms SATA issue with 6 Series chipsets, readies fixed parts

    This has turned out to be a heck of a Monday as Intel Corp., the microprocessor giant based in Santa Clara has revealed that it halted production of 6 Series chipsets (codename Cougar Point) due to a design flaw that can affect their SATA performance, significantly. The bug is with one of the...
  6. Windows 7 Windows 7 software raid problems...

    Hi. First, sorry for long post but I want to give you as much details as possible before asking my questions :-) I've two 1 TB disk running in raid 1 (2 partitions, both mirrored) under Windows 7 Ultimate. Its clean install on new computer. System was installed on single disk and then both...
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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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  19. 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...