startup options

I have been searching for a solution to allow boot up only if a third party hardware is connected. For the new tech people. A similar solution was possible during the days of Windows 95 up to Win Me by using Dos. The idea is to disable all the HDD from booting and enabling USB and once the boot...

Hi I have installed Windows server 2016 essentials on a system using Silicon Sil3114 Raid5 with 3 4TB Drives the install went find as normal but the system will not boot. When the system is starting up I hit <F11> and the Raid5 system is there as an option to boot on, but when I select it, it...

Specs: Windows 8 Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch I first noticed the problems when my laptop would freeze while booting sometimes, and I would have to restart once or twice in order for it to work. I REALLY REALLY need help; I’ve done all of the following things to try and fix my computer, and...

my friend's laptop did not successfully boot and it just keep on restarting after the loading screen appears. The safe mode didn't work either. As well as the installation disk, it get stucked when I press "Repair my computer". And also, when I press F8 and disable "Automatic restart ...... " I...

Yesterday I felt that my windows xp is corrupted due to which my browsers was not able to open any website. So i decided to format my c drive. When I started format procedure and file started formatting my c drive I noticed that instead of formatting c drive d drive is started formatting to...

Hi. Flabbergasted and distressed. I've read several of the related threads such as this one: (1) but none of them seemed to actually hit on the problem that's happening. I'm moderately computer savvy, but am so overwhelmed with other things that I'd really just appreciate the help of someone...

Recently had the "Error Loading Operating System" problem. I didn't have my original copy of Windows 7, so I downloaded one off the internet and used the product key located underneath my laptop, but I'm having some problems. I used Partition 2 to install the Windows 7 again and I was able to...

Hello Guys, I want to remove the "windows boot manager" on my HD that is installed with Windows 7, or do not want that screen when I start the computer and there is the option to choose which system to boot. I have only Windows 7 installed on your computer. Thanks, Samuel

I have recently upgraded to Windows 7. However, It seems as if Windows Vista is still installed on my computer. When starting up it gives me the option to start up on vista or W7. How do I delete windows Vista from my computer and free up the space it is using. Thanks, James Keeton

Ok so I originally have windows 7 rtm and i liked it but i wanted to boot windows xp so i made a new partition and installed xp on that. After the instalation it just booted up in xp and didn't give me an option to boot windows 7 or xp. So how could I get back to windows 7? thanks

My computer occasionally bluescreens with nvlddmkm.sys (nvidia graphics driver) when I boot on windows 7, but this time it somehow corrupted the hard drive, and it wouldn't boot. Even when I tried to boot on XP it would bluescreen with NTFS.sys as soon as the login screen should appear (never...

So my computer is down, not 100% sure what it is still, but figured one of you could help me. Here’s the way it went down: OS: Windows 7 RC 64-bit, System Specs below. 1) Computer was in “sleepâ€Â￾ mode. I hit a key to wake it up just so I could see if there were any CDs in...

I have my Dell Inspiron 530s connected to a Samsung HD TV monitor for use as a media center. When I power off my monitor, it causes the computer to shutdown/crash. When I turn the monitor back on, the computer restarts itself, occasionally going to a black screen giving startup options. The...

I have an HP laptop g60 120-us and now when I fire up W7 all I get is my HP boot screen then it cuts to the black screen of death, I suspect because I used 3rd. party software to change my loading screen, I need a way to boot into safemode or do a system restore from the selection of stuff you...

Okay, read through many dual boot threads here but none seem to be quite like my problem. My system drive failed in a media center PC I have built. I used my XP MCE 2005 install CD to create a new system drive, on a 1TB disc which had formerly been reserved for movies only. There was still...