system setup

I'm scared of partitioning D: drive to install Linux. My most important files are backed up in the cloud but have loads of stuff i don't want to loose. The process went fine for my C: drive which already had windows 7 in it. Should i expect a similar scenario for my D: drive?

I installed windows on an USB flash drive. When I boot a computer with this USB flash drive inserted I press F8 to get into the boot device selection. I selected the USB flash drive as boot device and hit RETURN. But then I am always asked again: "Press any key to boot from USB" in white...

Hi all! I'm hoping this is an appropriate place to post this question. Here is the rundown of equipment: Three laptops, each running a different OS-7, 8 (or 8.1), and 10. Three external hard drives that are used and accessed regularly (and one back up) Currently, I have a Homegroup hosted on...

I have very sensitive company documents that I have to work with on a daily basis. It is critical that these documents not be accessible by others (mainly competitors). The documents are created, maintained, and stored on a secure, never online Linux machine. However, a couple of times a week...

Hi guys I hav an activation loop issue on my win xp for quite a time now and was using the method below that is going into safe mode and run cmd and using this regsvr32 regwizc.dll regsvr32 licdll.dll rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk And that worked great for 3 or 4 times, now my...

I just set up a brand new laptop running Windows 8.1. I am not new to Windows. I have been using it since the first version came out. Since I will be using this for work and would like it to run as efficiently as possible, I installed Start8, so I can just use the start menu and not have to...

Windows ( in the case Vista home Premium a system i am restoring on a VAIO for a friend). Setting it up with an Admin account and a standard user account. a Few questions: When is the best time to add the standard user account for everyday use? Here is why i ask, i notice that sometimes certain...

Okay, let me start off with a run down on the situation: At one point the security system in the building was connected to the Internet and able to be accessed remotely and now is not. The Tech, that still rules the network but never comes to the building, still has all the information for...

I just bought a SSD drive that I'd like to install Windows 8.1 on. I probably need to set the PC to boot to DVD and select this drive as the drive to install the system to. I am currently on Windows XP which I still would like to keep. So how can I install Windows 8 wihtout losing my old system...

Hi, On XP Drive 0 I have C: with XP and have another couple of drives as well. and Drive 1 is F: Primary and G: Extended each about 37GB. I have Drive 2 D: 80GB Extended partition... I want to join both F and G together as 1 partition mainly the G: one. Though Disk Mgmt Storage...

I had Win 7 Pro running on one SSD and something screwed up the registry in a minor way so that a few things didn't work right any more. I added another SSD and installed a second Win 7 Pro copy on it to run the two copies in a dual boot config while I got the second installation up to speed to...

After reformatting and reinstalling W7 Pro and getting it all set-up and updated i am going to do an image ( with one of the tools on UBCD). But it occurred to me that in the near future i am going to be upgrading my system entirely and am curious, what happens if i take the image of my current...

So, I have a Windows 7 box that I use as a home server. I store all kinds of shared files on the machine include music, pictures, videos, home movies, work related, kids' homework, everything. I created the computer with two hard drives including a SDD drive that i use for the System's core...

i had windows 7 and i install windows 8 also i was choose from the both and they was good .. but i install windows 7 again in c:/ and it's working but i cant choose from it and windows 8 so windows 8 is disappeared but it's already in e:/ but i can't go to it my laptop go to windows 7...

I'm wondering if it's possible to do the following: I have Windows 8 installed on my SSD. I also have Windows 8 installed on my HDD. Is it possible to install programs on only one of the instances of Windows 8 and access those programs from both instances of Windows 8? I was hoping to install...

Yes, Uninstallation. So I've been running Win7 and Win8 in dual boot on the computer. The problem is that I'm never using 8 because everything is on 7. And I have no reason to move to 8 because it offers nothing that I don't already have besides a really fvcking ugly and impractical interface...

On my computer there is a pre-installed Windows 8 which works fine for UEFI boot (Secure boot not necessary). Now when I switch in UEFI setup at boot time the UEFI mode into the CSM (BIOS) mode and restart then Windows 8 is not starting any more. As far as I find out an UEFI-based Windows 8...

Have just installed Windows 7. The sound very bad, with clicks and lots of distortion. Moving volume up/down causes crackles. Soundblaster X-Fi on Gigabyte GA-M56s-S3 motherboard with the correct drivers, Windows updates and latest BIOS. I have kept XP on another drive and swap the boot drive...

I set up a dual boot on a 500 GB SSD. Cloned Windows 7 from a smaller SSD then installed Windows 8 on a second partition. It takes a full 60 seconds to reach the dual boot screen. It then loads very quickly. Here is what I've done to try and correct the problem: 1. Refreshed windows 8 2. removed...

I have a boot mgr problem. When I boot up I get two choices one is a good working win7 and the other is a partial win 7 install that comes up as windows setup. What I need to do is remove the win set up choice and nothing I've tried seems to do that. What do I need to do to get rid of the win...