setup problems

Hi All, Have a problem upgrading to 10. I booted from my original win 7 x64 home edition, clean installed, deleted all files. It may be worth noting when I was prompted what disk to put OS on, i deleted 2 100mb partions as I figured they weren't needed, and loaded the OS onto my main 1000gig...

Was trying to install W7F Diagnostic Tool and I have to have .net framework 3.5 but get this error. It will download, but once the install begins this error comes up.

[1] First i decided to format my laptop for because of a problem i thought a virus this video detail of problem is on description. Hope someone can help me with this [2] Back to topic I format my laptop using windows 10 (Settings> Update & Security> Recovery> Advanced Setup> and something in...

Hi, i'm new to this forum so please forgive me if i'm posting this thread in the wrong place. I have my toshiba laptop running windows 7 64 bit system. I use to have a vpn installed until today as i thought this was causing the problem i am about to explain. I just purchased a hp all in one...

Hi ! Another 'lost' soul found his way to the forums. Pleased to meet you. So, Im doing a clean windows 7 install. Here are the facts: Disk is 2TB, partitioned into 3 (in this order): 1480GB, 300GB & 105GB. (Partitions also show in this order @ the point where you select what disk to install...

Hi: Looks like I'm not the only one to have had this problem, but since the posts seem a few years old, one would HOPE that Microsoft might have gotten the big hint and fixed this problem. I have Windows 7 professional. First, when setting up, there was a typo in the user name and the...

Hello, I am having trouble installing Windows 7 (currently using XP). I am booting off from the CD and it passes the "Loading Windows Files" (with the gray bar) and also passes the "Starting Windows" black screen with the logo. But after that, only the blue screen background pops up. The...

An issue of a friend, who just bought a brand new Gateway NV5378u which had Windows 7 pre-installed. When he first turned it on, the Internet did not connect. We later found out it was an issue with the router, which is on the compatibility list but was not, for some reason, being compatible...

I have tried to install Terminator Salvation on my new Windows 7 but it keeps giving me an error as soon as a pick the language for the installation the error is Error Code: -5006 : 0x80070002

Ok, so long story short my hard drive died. I had to get a brand new one, but I don't have any OS disc since they never included the disc with my PC. I 'got' windows 7 home premium 64 bit edition, went through the install, got to completing installation, then just as it finished it told me some...

I'm attempting to install windows 7 ultimate on a desktop. It's a dual core AMD, 2 gigs of ram, etc. It has a DVD drive out of a HP a640N, which HP says is a Philips DVD8401 (this is a IDE drive, not SATA). I mention this because after I select my language and keyboard type, after it says...

Hey, I tried to search for this problem but could not find what I was looking for. I downloaded Windows 7 64 bit from my university via the MSDN AA program. I know that I need a clean install to upgrade this PC from XP to Windows 7. I downloaded the files and made the iso which I then burned...

So here's yet another addition to what seems to be an ever-growing list of drives behaving badly. I've got two DVD drives, neither of which are working properly in 7, the main one being a Lite On (Atapi DVD A DH16A3L) SATA drive. It's a DVD +/- RW Dual Layer that was working perfectly 2 hours...

I have tried to install windows 7 four times today but every time it does the last restart and says preparing for first use or what ever that message says, I get the ERROR in red writing and it's say's that is can not open c:\recovery.dat. I originally had a hidden recovery partition, a C: &...

Hi Guys ;) Ive been trying to install Win 7 64Bit for a long time now but i havent succeeded with my own computer:( This is the fifth time im trying, every time with different releases but every time same problem. This i how i proceed: First i unplug everything except the dvd drive...

Hello, I read that you can install W7 without using a thumb drive/DVD by simply using Virtual Clone Drive. I downloaded the 7127 iso, mounted it using VCD, and started the installation on a new partition. However, the setup expands the installation files, it stops and gives me the error...

Hey everyone, just joined the forums as I just tried to install Windows 7. I used the word "tried" because I did not succeed in doing so... Background I was using Windows XP SP3 on a very old computer when I decided to try out Windows 7, just for fun. I knew the OS might be slower than XP, but...

Hello, I have same problem like guys before me but with one different. My PC is after first restart turned OFF or maked menu with start in safe mode start in safe mode with command .... blah blah start normaly I maked clean instalation on my 160GB Hitachi Sata2 disk. Only 1 disk and 1...

:confused: I burned the windows 7 image on a DVD with 4x write speed. I have tried to install it from within Xp but Xp says something like this " this application can not be executed...etc " Something to do with XP being 32 bit and windows 7 64 bit? Then i inserted the DVD and rebooted and...

Guys, I have downloaded the offical 64bit windows 7 ultimate. The problem I am having is as follows: I have a c: partition with XP Professional I have created a d: partition formatted with NTFS. I have created a VMWARE client, and ran the dvd I created with the ISO I downloaded, and the...