second hand

hi i bought a computer second hand and wanted to reinstall windows on the ssd but it seems to be locked with trusted installer cannot wipe the drive tried everything i can think of boot in usb disk manager etc etc files just reappear every-time im getting to the point of a heavy hammer

Hi, So I ordered new ram (second hand ram) one of the sticks failed on using memtest86 and the other worked, I asked the seller for patial refund he said not to use memtest as it damages ram and said to use the windows one. Anyway, upon trying to reboot and putting the bad ram in to check with...

I have bought this second hand laptop. I checked the systems specs and I saw that 1.91GB RAM can be only used out of 4GB. I was looking many methods on youtube and the internet and it's not working. PC: Dell Inspiron 15-3552

I've never understood how the Serials thing works. And I've had all kinds of hassles with it over the years with different O/S's and upgrades and second hand machines and broken machine needing repair and reinstalls and whatever... Is there a clear outline of it somewhere? Say I have a...

hi I've just purchased a second hand laptop which has a sticker under the battery for windows 7 professional. the laptop actually came with windows 8 installed but not activated. when trying to upgrade it to windows 10 I get the message " the product key didn't work ". any ideas on why this...

i have just installed windows 7 professional onto my new pc... the mobo is an asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0 the problem is that the mono was second hand and didn't come with the disk, so i have no drivers... specifically the ones relating to internet... i can't connect with wifi or ethranet...

Hello so I bought a second hand laptop and the os it is meant to run is windows xp home edition I have tried installing windows 7 32 bit home premium but when I try to install the drivers it is only giving me the option to install through vista is there a way to trik the computer into running...

Hi, in need of a new laptop but not got much money. I want to buy a laptop second hand with no OS, buy the OS and then install it myself. I am not sure what version I need to buy? I've seen versions online for as little as £40 but are these legal??? I ideally want Windows 7 Professional 64 bit...

Hi All - This is my 1st post on this Forum. Apologies if I get things wrong. I just bought this computer from a friend who has emigrated. My previous one suffered 'electrical strike' to the MB. So I am getting used to a load of new stuff. (Windows 7, 64 bit) These problems are giving me a lot...

Hey, I bought a broken second hand laptop for parts to fix my computer, and once I had finished switching the parts, I thought I would try and boot the broken computer. To my surprise it booted flawlessly into my older windows 64bit hard drive. However, despite brilliant performance, when it...

Just got a new laptop (well second hand) and it is supposed to be ACPI compliant. I cant install windows7 as it says it isn't ACPI compliant on the bios, i cant find anything in the Bios to enable it. It comes up with saying the Bios is not ACPI compatable, i have tried looking in the bios...