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Windows 7 optical drive wont read any dvd/cd including windows 7 original dvd
hi everyone, me and my boyfriend just built a new pc and everything went well except when we inserted the windows 7 dvd..the optical drive does not read it..it only gives us a readme file which says that i have the original copy. the new pc has: ASUS P5QL/EPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel...- ryuo
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Windows 7 2TB Hard Drive not compatible with Windows 7 64
Need help on determining if my Western Digital 2TB hard drive is compatible with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I have a HTPC with 5.5TB in total. One of my drives is a WD 2TB GP drive which after completing a fresh install of Windows 7, I can no longer detect the drive. I've reinstall all MB...- snwboarder159
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- compatibility data lifeguard drivers hard drive htpc installation troubleshooting ultimate western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Win7 installation driver issues
i recently just built my own computer and got windows 7, and when i try to install windows 7 it says there is not hard drive found to install it on. i know there are a lot of threads already about this topic but iv tried almost everything and nothing seems to work. my specs are- asus m4n78 pro...- spikezone2003
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- asus caviar black compatibility driver issues hard drive hardware hyperx installation motherboard pc build power supply sata tech support troubleshooting upgrade user help western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Raid 0 Error Message on One Hard Drive
My computer has two Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB hard drives configured in Raid 0. As the ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard begins to POST both hard drives are shown on the POST screen but one of the two hard drives is in red letters with the message "Error Occurred (0)". Windows 7...- DWP
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- asus p6t bios boot issues data recovery hard drive raid sata cable western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 D drive icon missing
Hi my D drive icon has gone, the drive is working other than this, also to mention my Western Digital My Book can open folders but says all are empty when on vista and xp they are full. when i first installed windows 7 pro everything was fine but has updated about 50 updates since and now this...- cbart1
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- amd phenom boot issues d drive disk management drive issues file access graphics card hardware ram safe mode sata drive storage troubleshooting update vista compatibility western digital windows 7 xp compatibility
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Windows 7 Cannot see my USB Drive ????????????????
Hi I have tried to seek a solution without success so I am hoping that someone can help. Since installing Windows 7 I cannot see my External USB Hard Drive. It is a Astone 1TB External Hard Drive and the drive itself is a Western Digital WD10EAVS Hard Disk . In Control Panel / Devices and...- Wazzaf
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- astone data access device recognition disk management external drive storage issues troubleshooting usb western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Unknown devices listed in Device Manager - cannot find drivers!
Hello - Just finished my Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit HTPC build and install with following components: 1) ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x 16 ATX Intel Motherboard 2) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6600 3) CORSAIR XMS2 2GB...- blacksheep
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- asus audio control chipset drivers device manager drivers geforce hardware htpc intel motherboard sata drive seagate storage support turtle beach unknown device upgrade usb controller western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows 7 loses contact with Western Digital Mirror 2 TB HD
I successfully installed Windows 7 on my computer this week, but the computer sometimes loses contact with my Western Digital Mirror 2 terabyte hard drive. When this happens, I restart the computer, and the drive usually reappears. I contacted Western Digital support, and they said this drive...- cpmorganesq
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- driver issues hard drive hardware support intermittent network drive power issues startup issues usb issues western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 I need a disk driver to start Win 7 Install
I recently bought a custom made machine off Ebay. The hard drive is a Western Digital Caviar Blue 750Gb SATA II 8.9ms 16MB cache. When I start Custom install for Windows 7 I am prompted for a Disk Driver so the install can see the drive. I couldn't find a driver for this HD on Western Digital's...- ELPDave
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- caviar blue custom build disk driver ebay hard drive installation sata western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows 7 not seeing hard drives or partitions
So here's the situation: I have a 300GB IDE drive partitioned into three parts, and a new Western Digital 1 TB drive I just bought, along with a 500gb, and an 80 gb for my OS. Windows 7 recognized all of the drives, and all three partitions when I installed it, but after the installation was...- blizzardwolf
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- 64-bit access issues bios data recovery disk management drive recognition file system hard drive hardware ide drive installation my computer partition storage issues troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Laptop HDD Replacement Choice
Hey Guys, just trying to get some info. I need to change a HDD in a Vaio VGN-N130G The system came originally with a 80GB with a 1.6GHz processor I ve narrowed down the HDD to the following 2: ( to be honest mostly due to budged restraints!!) Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD1600BEVT)...- Bad.hair.spray
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- 5400 rpm 7200rpm cooling issues hdd replacement laptop performance seagate storage upgrade vaio western digital
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Windows 7 New Hard Drive Benched-n-Rated.
Ordered a new WD5001AALS Western Digital Black 500GB 32MB Cache a week ago, received it Monday. its Nice-n-Fast. Results.- epk1950
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- 500gb benchmark cache hard drive hardware performance review storage upgrade western digital
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Windows 7 No Connection when restarting with external HD plugged in USB port
Hi, I recently picked up an external HD (Western Digital MyBook 1TB). When it's plugged into the USB port and then I turn on my Win7 machine I don't seem to get an internet connection on start up. I can get a connection after start up by going to "change adapter settings" and disabling and...- spacetoast
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- adapter settings connection external drive internet network startup issues troubleshooting usb western digital win7
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Internal HDD converted to External HDD
Hi, I currently have 2 HDD's 1 - Western Digital 640 GB (SATA), partitioned into 450 GB and 190 GB 2 - Seagete 160 GB (IDE), paritioned into 100 GB and 60 GB When I installed windows 7 (fresh install), all four partitions were recognized properly. Though the drive letter assignment was a...- schlitz1231
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- compatibility data transfer disk management drivers enclosure explorer crash external drive fat32 hdd mapped drives ntfs partition performance issues seagate storage system specs usb western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows 7 64bit Install Error 0xE000100
I am attemtpting to install the win 64bit 7 RC on a brand new build. I am using a USB stick as my install media. The install boots, although it takes a VERY long time to get from when windows begins to load the setup files to the place where I have issues (about 15 - 20 minutes). Where the...- jamiej831
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- 0xe000100 asus m4a79t bios update custom install error ide mode installation crash installation issues installation media media error memory issues performance issues phenom ii radeon hd4890 sata drive system build troubleshooting usb installation western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 External HDD Problems - Clicking Sounds/Not Recognized On Windows 7
I recently purchased an External Hard Drive: The External HDD consists of: Western Digital 3.5" SATA II Caviar Green 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Link Removed - Invalid URL Welland 3.5" SATA To USB2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure Link Removed - Invalid URL When I plugged into my laptop I...- vims213
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- clicking noise computer issues data recovery enclosure esata external drive file access flash drive hard drive hardware issues my computer not recognized power supply safely remove hardware sata storage issues troubleshooting usb western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Build A Kick Ass $ 500.00 Gaming PC
As of August 3, 2009 these prices I'm about to qoute dropped to $460.00 (Last Time I Checked at New Egg) Here's the List: Video Card- Power Color AX4870 412 MB Price $ 175.00 CPU- Intel Pentium E5200 2.5 GHZ Wolfdale Price $ 71.00 Motherboard- MSI P43 Neo3 F LGA775 Price $ 90.00 Memory-...- Celestra
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- assembly build cpu crucial crysis gaming pc graphics card hardware intel memory motherboard optical drive performance power supply price rosewill storage unreal tournament upgrade western digital
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Windows 7 Windows 7 freeze all the time. (long post)
Hi all. The last two weeks of my life have been very frustrating. I have bought a brand new gaming computer over eBay, with the following specs: CPU: Intel 920 2.66GHz GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 295 RAM: 12GB G-Skill 1333 MHz HDD: 750GB Western Digial PSU: 750W Corsair Sound Card: Creative...- DJ Rebel
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- bugs clean install computer drivers error freezing gaming hardware installation intel nvidia performance issues ram support system performance troubleshooting upgrade western digital windows 7 windows xp
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Windows 7 Black screen after POST
Immediately after POST the screen goes black and flickers a little. It's an intermittent problem, once in a while I can get the computer to power on completely with no problems, but it's very rare. If it does power on completely, it has no problems after that, I've completely reinstalled windows...- Oneris
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- antec truepower athlon 3000+ bios settings black screen computer boot flickering gaming graphics card hardware intermittent motherboard post power supply ram reinstall replacement parts sata cable troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Install doesn't progress beyond desktop wallpaper load
I can't get Windows 7 RC to get beyond the loading of the desktop wallpaper. I have burned the .iso image with Nero on 4x speed twice, finalized the disk, error checked it with no errors. Once the wallpaper loads nothing else happens. No menus error messages or anything. I am attempting...- jmorris415
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- amd opteron boot issues corsair dfi lanparty dvd drive error checking formatting geforce 7300 hardware installation loading issues nero system requirements tech support troubleshooting wallpaper western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation