usb installation

Hello there, I have bought an ex-demo pc (that has previously run Windows 8. HP Pavilion 23 B090EA all-in-one desktop PC), and I am having a bit of trouble setting it up for my use. At first, I was running into the 'no boot disk detected or disk failed' and 'Getting media test failure, check...

Hi friends I have dell with Windows 8.1, my system crashed, it's not starting, after dell logo, black screen is coming after some time error saying unexpected error due disconnection of external device, tried to boot through USB flash drive, it's not installing, what to do now? Pls help Sent...

I've tried for the past two days issuing everything I know to get a copy of Windows running on my computer. Things to know: -I'm planning on dual-booting with Linux. -It is a desktop. -I have access to a Linux machine that is currently running. -I have the Digital River copy of Home Premium x64...

I am now on my 4th time downloading this upgrade. When I ran it, it told me "Something went wrong..." and an error number 0x80004005. So I turned off virus scanning. I removed my dual booting and linux partitions. I made a bootable usb stick and rewrote the MBR, just in case. No change. I...

Hello, I installed Windows 8 with the program PWBOOT in USB disk drive and some of the apps in the metro Start Screen they didn't installed. Also the Windows store app is missing so I can't download the apps from the Windows 8 store. What should I do to bring em there? I also have a Windows 8...

Ok 3 days ago my laptop had a problem where it said no bootable device, insert bootable device and press any key. So i went on google so i did a recovery thing i put on my usb flash now then i went in system recovery and i did Startup repair, so by the morning it was finish so i restarted my...

I have Windows 7 installed (32-bit) and want to upgrade to 64-bit. My PC is 64-bit ready. I have read that to do this I need to do a clean install however when I boot up from the disc drive it says press any key to boot from DVD and when I do it just loads windows normally, it won't load in to...

No Beta OS should ever be installed, except as, follows: 1. On a spare machine 2. Virtually 3. As a dual-boot. 4. Run from a USB stick Never as an Upgrade or replacement to an existing, current, non-beta OS. Never on a production machine. Nor, BTW, can one move from 1 Beta of an OS to the...

RESOLVED - Bad MEDIA/DRIVE. USB Install got me running. On a new PC (Asus P8Z68-vLX, Intel I5 2400, Corsair 4GB one stick Vengeance Ram) I can not install Windows 7 64 Bit. I get a black screen, with a cursor, and after brief (10 secs)time, I get fast system speaker beeps. It hangs there. I...

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...

Alright guys. I guess I'll start with some system specs: ECS Black A780GM-A rev.1.1 Mobo AMD Phenom X4 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz 4GB G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-1066 250GB Seagate SATA AMD/ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB I want to start with, this isn't a new build, I've successfully installed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate...

I am trying to install windows 7 ultimate x64 on a new build, I am getting the error in thread title when it begins to install. I've scoured this forum to see what others had similar issues and tried the fixes. I tried with one stick of ram, tried re-burning the iso, i've used 3 different discs...

My issue, no matter what source, or what ram I use, Windows 7 will freeze during install at random points (Mostly during expanding windows files, however, also occurred before even selecting a partition to install on). When I say freeze, i mean the mouse is not able to be moved, and waiting...

I want to install Windows 7 ON (not FROM) a USB key (instead of disk) and run from it. But without VirtualBox or VM Player or something. Directly to the USB key. But how? ...so please help :(

Requirements: 1. MultibootISO > Install Grub4Dos easily into USB Flash Drive Get it here: Boot Multiple ISO from USB (MultiBoot USB) | USB Pen Drive Linux or here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/MultiBootISOs/MultiBootISOs-v1.4.8.exe 2. Windows 7 DVD, ISO or Source Files 3. Notepad++...

I have formatted and copied windows 7 to my 4GB USB key and I have installed a new HDD into my Dell Optiplex 745. When I boot up the computer I am notified with: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Existing Broadcom PXE ROM I have searched and found out that this can be caused by...

Well, unfortunately I have a serious problem. To go ahead and get this over with. I'm not sure what kind of drives they are..GParted failed to boot [ "BootMGR is missing"] Anyway to figure this out? I'm installing via USB, due to me not currently having the disc. The USB is bootable 100%...

Upon installation of Windows 7 check that your drives are visable by Disk Manager, if not you will have problems as time passes, most notable is the inability to do disk fragmentation either by the built in defragmenter or by programs such as Perfect Disk. The operating System will perform like...

Last night after all the troubles with getting W7 Pro 64bit installed, I finally managed to do it using a USB. This morning I start installing all my programs and I noticed that my "Windows Experience" number was 1.0 (it had formerly been 5.0). I assumed this was down to it not recognising my...

A friend gave me Windows 7 on a USB disk. I created a new 16GB partition on my hard drive because i wanted to keep XP as a backup, then ran it from the USB. The installation ran fine, but now when I try to start the computer, all I get a message saying BOOTMGR is compressed Press Ctrl+Alt+Del...