system setup

Right to the point. I am haveing a problem with my windows 7 ultimate. My current setup is Windows 7 ultimate 7600 build. I am duel booting 7 with vista home premium(7 on one 500GB hard drive and vista on another) This install went fine without a hitch but the problem start when I try...

I'm slowly but surely starting to enjoy this learning experience. And this forum is playing a good sized part in that. I'm a cranky little old man who has finally given up on XP Pro. I was never good at it-I'm still a novice-but I was able to deal with most problems on my own. Now I have W7 Pro...

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Hi guys, Since installing Win7 Professional I haven't been able to use Instant Messenger. Everything looks fine, I can see my contacts online and they can see me but I can't message them. I'm wondering if it is anything to do with a firewall problem although I can't see anything untoward and...

Hi, I am trying to install Windows 7 RTM from MSDN subscription on my new PC, it is Intel Q6600 2 GB RAM 200 GB SATA HD (2x100GB partitions) Windows XP has been running like a champ on the partition 0 for a long time, but when I try and install Windows 7 on patrition 1 (dualboot from same...

My HD has 2 partitions, one for the OS (c: drive) and a second (unused D: drive) data partition. Just installed Windows 7 Professional on the OS partition - works great. My Questions - I had planned to put all my applications on the data partition but now I'm reconsidering and may want to put...

ok so at a certain point during the install i get an error saying that it can not change to boot order and can not be installed....any one know how i can get passed this so i can get windows 7 on my gaming pc and kill the red headed bastard child of vista

Ok, you have Windows 7, either the 32 or 64 bit version and looked over the new features and either burned the image to disk or set it up on a 4 gig memory stick and are ready to jump in the deep end and install Windows 7. My advice is to do a CLEAN install on a NEW hard drive. 500 gb drive...

Well Well, Let me explain my experience of Disk Management in Windows 7! To start off I ordered a brand new hard drive, installed it into my pc. I booted up win7 "at the time with the current hard drive I was using for win7" , at first windows 7 recognized the new drive but asking for "Win7" to...

Hello, I have Windows 7 curently installed on my personal computer. I uninstalled Windows XP to get it. After trying Windows 7 I like it alot except I changed my mind. I would like to have Windows XP installed on the machine just in case I ever need it. I want to keep Windows 7 as the primary...

Does anyone have stuff showing up in W7 that is random stuff from the "other" boot drive. To try and explain, let's say you have a plug in for an audio application installed on the XP partition, but for some reason the manuals from this plug in are also in windows 7:eek: Now, not the plug in...

I have 3 hard drives on this workstation. I use Boot Magic to boot into Win98 DOS, Win Me, W2k, XP. hd0 had WinMe (1), W2k (2), XP (3). hd1 had Win98 DOS on partition 1. I installed Win7. I wanted to install on hd0 but there were no more available Primary partitions, so I chose hd2 (sata)...

Now that I have used XP Mode enough to feel safe with it, I want to remove the dual boot from my system. My boot drive has two partitions. Drive C boots to Windows 7 and D boots to XP. If I format drive D will I still be able to boot up in Windows 7? Thanks in advance, Cygnus333 (Chris)

Hi, I have XP Pro 32bit installed on a 160Gb Sata disc and I wanted to install the 64bit version of Windows 7 on another disc. My question is to protect my XP install should I disconnect the disc or is it safe to leave them both connected and just run a dual boot system. Cheers J. :razz:

Hello, I have an odd problem where I have downloaded the Win7RC, burned the .iso image to a dvd, multiple times with 4 different programs, and every time I have the same result when attempting to install. When I start my pc, select boot from cd drive, I get to the prompt "press any key to boot...

I have W7 installed on my 'C' drive and I have a 'D' partition that I would like use for Vista. Can I just install Vista and point to the 'D' partition? Do I need to install Vista first?

That one puzzles me. Install of RC started from Vista but clean install - freezes at first reboot - reboot safe mode continues - next reboot works ok - next reboot freezes - reboot safe mode succeed to boot but failed to continue setup because cannot be done in safe mode - normal reboot, works...

How do i install windows 7 on a 2nd internal harddrive, without it writing a MBR to my main drive. I want it to totally not touch anything on my primary drive. I plan on booting it at the bios startup by my bios selection menu Im afraid to install it, i dont want my main drive touched in...

Hello all: I've found several others having the same problem as I on this and other forums but no answer yet. I have a home network that includes an XP-based home server of sorts. I hang my Drobo off that server and share it to my home Network. On all my other PC's I access it as my "N" drive...

I'm trying to install Windows 7 32-bit build 7000 on a new computer I had just built. Now, this is not because I'm choosing to, but because I couldn't install Windows Vista Home Premium either. I had to settle for something. What happens is that my computer is booting regularly into the DVD...