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Windows 10 PC suddenly started giving blue screens, nothing I tried would get the PC to boot up properly, couldn't get into safe mode or anything. Tried to install from USB but that didn't work. I removed hard drive and using a reader I was able to access files etc....so hard drive is not...

Yeah, getting old has disadvantages. I think my brain is going soft. I have two old eMachines that are going out either to sell or pitch in the can, so I reset both disk drives with Windows 10 installations and opted to wipe each disk. When I turned on one PC Edge came up and before I could stop...

My desktop is a mess so I'd like to take one of my spare hard drives (wiped) and turn it into something like a large USB drive. I don't know how to reactivate a totally wiped drive though. I bought the two 500gb drives from eBay. Wish they could have put something on them so they'd boot. I'll...

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I'm building a new computer, ill make this question quick. Should I install a fresh copy of windows on my SSD that I'm reusing from my old computer, or just let it be? Should I wipe the drive completely and redownload everything? I know it doesn't really make a difference, but since I'm using...

I'm building a new computer, ill make this question quick. Should I install https://snaptube.cam/ https://9apps.cam/ a fresh copy of windows on my SSD that I'm reusing from my old computer, or just let it be? Should I wipe the drive completely and redownload everything? I know it doesn't...

I'm building a new computer, ill make this question quick. Should I install a fresh copy of windows on my SSD that I'm reusing from my old computer, or just let it be? Should I wipe the drive completely and redownload everything? I know it doesn't really make a difference, but since I'm using...

Hello, i'm having issues with my internet. It clearly isn't the internet because other computers go do fine. I am around at 0.28 mb download and 0.11 mb upload speed which unplayable in games. I believe that it is mostly like something in my computer. I did a wipe of my hard drive and...

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Hello, new here and hoping someone can help me please, I bought a Sony VAIO which came with Windows 10 (64) but i really dont like it and want to go back to Windows 7 (32) ...i have been trying to boot the USB installation of 7 but it keeps coming back with 'No OS Found' but i know the 7 boot...

Hello all. I am in quite a predicament here. I recently installed Win 10 because it was time to reformat and I figured that an upgrade from win 7 was a good idea. After installing and using win 10 for a few days I decided it was not for me and used the system reset function on win 10 to wipe...

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i decided today to wipe my computer because it was acting up and i just wanted a fresh start. before i wiped it, i saved all the pics and files i wanted onto a USB, and then i wiped it. but plugging my USB in now, i see that the folders i saved are only the short cuts... and all my pictured i...

I'm confused about the Windows 10 reset function and need some enlightenment. Today, I decided to do a Windows 10 reset and wipe out my existing HD of all of the old apps, files, etc. (I have it all backed up with Acronis backup). I thought the correct procedure was to burn an install DVD for...

I'm running a genuine copy of Windows 7 SP1 on my laptop, and it fills all the requirements for the free upgrade. Still, i cannot for my life get the "Reserve Windows 10" icon to appear in the taskbar! I've updated Windows, uninstalled the updates and reinstalled them again. I tried all the...

I bought this Acer V5-472-6893 laptop just a while ago. Want to dual-boot it with Linux. But first have to wipe the six partitions on this drive. THEN... make a partition for Windows 8.1, and for Linux. So I used JellyBean to find my 25-digit number. Just need a copy of Windows 8.1...

My Acer-V5 laptop has a hidden partition with Windows 8 on it. I ran Jelly-Bean Finder and got my 25 digit serial number. Could I get/download a copy of Windows 8, use MY serial number, and wipe the whole drive? Then install Windows 8, without any hidden partition? I want to do all this...

ohk this might sound dumb, but my mate has an oem version of windows 7 on his pc but his hard drive has failed and i was just wondering if it can be wiped of the broke drive then installed onto a new drive with same product key? thanks

I wiped a sata drive with wipe drive. And proceeded to reinstall windows 7. The program loaded part of the way and an error window came up saying “Boot MGR is missing”. I Google it but a lot of suggestions but no help. Any help would be great. Thanks funnnyfarm

As of a few days an external drive connected via USB has generated this error message: Link Removed popping up every few minutes, despite the disk being recently wiped, repartitioned and fomatted and working well. Why is this? It stopped being fun a long time ago...what can I do? (Windows 7...