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Windows 7 Format HDD from Command Prompt, X: drive or Boot volume
So I am wiping my hard drive by booting with the Windows disk and going to command prompt. I successfully formatted drive C:, about 100 MB of system files and D:, about 500 GB or the bulk of my hard rive. These were the same hard drive, but separate partitions apparently. In Windows it just...- jonfd
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- boot volume command prompt data wiping disk formatting disk management executable file system formatting hard drive hdd partition root directory system files volume label windows installation write protection
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 A wierd dual boot
I had a dual boot on my computer which was XP and Windows 8 Beta. I put the Windows 8 upgrade on XP. Now I have two Windows 8 that I can boot into. My computer say that my C drive is my system, and Default drive. However my Windows 8 upgrade in my D drive because it has Windows old on it. Now...- lostsoul65
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- c drive d drive dual boot partition restore point system files upgrade windows 8 windows.old
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Is shmedia.dll supposed to be present in Windows 8,64 bit?
I am having a problem with displaying media file tags in Windows Explorer and am trying to make sure that this DLL is present and registered as it should be. But I can't find out what the status is supposed to be for Win8. 64 bit. Should it be present, if so in what directory? What's the...- martienne
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- 64-bit dll file explorer file tagging media files registration shmedia.dll system files troubleshooting windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Copy only data changes on 2nd mirror drive
Can somebody please advise how to only copy data changes to a 2nd mirror drive (identical) is there any software free or buy that will do this job quickly as I have been doing it manually. I have 2 drive identical and I work on one for some time then I clone it to the 2nd drive but all I really...- cistec
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- backup cloning data changes data copy disk management file synchronization file transfer free software mirrored drives system files
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Strange File Name: ^.~
I've found a file with the file name "^.~" (as in file name "^" and file extension "~") in my Win7 C: root directory. It's just my luck that searching for this in any search engine brings up no results, so I can't get an answer that way. From what I can tell, the file wasn't already there when...- Leafsdude
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- c drive computer help file extensions file names file search malware safety system files unknown file windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't Get Past Login Screen
Hello, I was hoping someone here could help me with a problem I encountered earlier this afternoon, since I couldn't seem to find this particular issue anywhere after about an hour of Googling.After rebooting my computer, I found myself unable to get past the login screen. Windows boots...- Fernando89
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- black screen boot explorerframe login shell32 system files troubleshooting user account visual design windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Missing Login Screen
Hello, I'm having this weird problem. Randomly my login screen looks like this. imgur.com/0X5AH There's no way to get past that point. It doesn't seem to be loading anything, just sitting there. I have tried Safe Mode, Startup Repair, sfc /scannow, and nothing seems to work. I suspect...- blksith0
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- boot issues error file recovery login screen safe mode startup repair system files troubleshooting user interface windows corruption
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows resource protection
HI When i try to repair my system file inserting my win 7 DVD i get a a message as windows resource protection could not start the repair service windows 7 I tried fixing it through msc.services setting "windows Modules Installer" setting it to manual [Link Removed due to 404 Error but it was...- TrojanHorse27
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- resource protection services.msc setup guide system files system repair troubleshooting user help windows 7 windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD random times, fresh win 7 install, new motherboard, added another gtx 470
I keep getting BlueScreen errors and the pc is restarting after I switched motherboards from a gigabyte p55-usb3 to a biostar t5xe cfx-sli. I kept all the same components except I added another gtx 470. Thermal paste was freshly applied all around, all the idle and load temps seem normal...- jle7385
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- benchmark bios bsod components cooling crash drivers dump error gtx 470 hardware installation motherboard overheating shutdown sli system files temperature thermal paste windows 7
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 dbghelp-xfw dll missing when opening Photoshop CS3
I have a HP touchsmart 600-1370a 64 bit with Win 7 premium installed. I used to run Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS6 no problems (both 32bit and 64 bits were installed upon initial installation). Recently my graphic driver was replaced by a HP authorised repairer and as they had problems with the...- Kerrie
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- 64-bit cs3 dll error factory reset graphics driver hp touchsmart installation missing photoshop program issues reinstall software issues system files system restore touchscreen troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Deleting a specific file when W7 is shut down
Hello, I have some basics of programming but I don’t really know anything about Windows 7 scripting, so here’s my question: How can I make it so that a specific file (FNTCACHE.DAT if you’re interested but I doubt it’s important) is deleted everytime I shut down Windows? I guess it would have...- Carlotto
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- automation batch file command line file deletion fntcache.dat programming scripting shutdown system files windows 7
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 Sudden and Unexpected Blue Screen of Death, here are the dump and system files
I built this system early 2011, Ive been using it for well over a year with 0 issues, I stay up to date on all my drivers, graphics, BIOS, and others... I was watching a movie on NetFlix through Firefox last night then my screen started to artifact and boom, BSOD! My temperatures are all low and...- AttorneyGeneral
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- artifacts blue screen bsod computer issues drivers dump files error resolution firefox gaming graphic design graphics help request overclocking system files system specs tech support temperature troubleshooting web browsing windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 how can i chage dredded boot logo?
how can i chage dredded boot logo? this blue winodws logo looks horible im ready to switch it alredy i wana know where its located in the system anybody know/? in winodws7 its simple as C:\Windows\System32\oobe\background.bmp BUT thers no bmp file in thare but i think its in an mui or dll...- jackrabbit72380
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- boot logo customization dll graphics mui files resource editor system files user interface windows windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 RunDLL - ansdp.dll - Access is denied
I just rebooted my desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) and received the following error message: RunDLL There was a problem starting C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\ansdp.dll Access is denied. I've never heard of this dll before and a search of Google returned nothing. Searching...- Logmeonto
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- access denied ansdp.dll desktop issues dll file search hidden files malware rundll32 security software issues sp1 system files tech support troubleshooting virus scan windows 7 windows ultimate
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How can I fix user folders in windows 7?
Ok, hopefully this will make sense to you guys, so here it goes. My husband and I just got a new desktop, I originally planned on sharing a user account but since we're both in school I figured it would be helpful to have our own user accounts just to keep our files more separated and...- Rubberbucket
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- account creation data recovery file management folder issues music files privacy system files user account user folder windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 System File Replaced But Still Corrupt
Hi, everyone. I had Windows Vista and I upgraded using the 'clean install' to Windows 7. I had been experiencing BSODs (blue screen of death) and I thought a re-install, or an upgrade would solve those issues. However, I continue getting those BSODs now with Windows 7 as well. I can't quite...- Litha
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- antimalware bsod clean install computing corruption diagnostics error installation memory management msdrm.dll performance performance issues sfc system files upgrade virus scan windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Why is bootmgr Invisible on My Host Machine Compared to Virtual Machines?
no, bootmgr is not missing, but 'missing' in a another way. here is a screenshot of my root C: with the proper folder options to see bootmgr. Link Removed - Invalid URL I am confused because the bootmgr (compressed on vista+) is not visible. however with the exact some windows 7 pro it is...- kpox
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- backup bootmgr compression debugging file visibility root directory system files virtual machine windows 7 windows 8 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to get rid of Speedbit ?
I don't know how Speedbit got into my computer but it keeps hijacking both my homepage and default search engine. This is not a browser issue though, the filth is in my System folders (I run Win 7 Ultimate x64, but this is in the x86 segment). First, of course, I tried to uninstall it, but, of...- Georgey
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- common files cybersecurity file deletion hijack home page malware norton preventive measures search engine security software removal speedbit startup management system files task manager total commander uninstall user help windows 7 x64 architecture
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 x 32: ALL FOLDERS set to READ ONLY - Can't be reset
I realise that this question has been asked before but I don't see anything recently so am not quite sure whether to add to a thread start a new one. I decided to post a new one so forgive me if I have posted badly. I am running Windows 7 x 32b Recently, and all of a sudden, ALL of the folders...- JayOh
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- bug report command prompt data management data recovery document management file access file system lockhunter nas network drive privacy read only system files tech support unlocker windows 7 windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Understanding the Role of the ReadyBoot Folder in Windows 7 Prefetch System
In my Win 7 Windows folder I have a Prefetch folder and in it is a folder called: "ReadyBoot. What is it?"- Rus
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- disk usage file management optimization performance prefetch readyboot system files windows 7
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support