tonyd48
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Running Win7 on a hard drive installed 4 months ago. Left my Win7 upgrade disc with vendor and they loaded. Getting BSoD 2 - 3 times a day. Had tech at work (he's a Linux freak and did it begrudgingly) check hardware and all seems acceptable. Ran 'verifier' for drivers and reboot freezes stating "have a bad driver". Turn off 'verifier' and boots and runs until next BSoD. Lasts about 4 - 5 hrs 'tween BSoD. Figure easier to just reformat the hard drive and start with a clean install. Can't go back to the hard drive vendor since warranty only covers hardware and not software and it's 7 days before system even gets to the bench. Have Win7 upgrade disc and Win7 Recovery Disc only. Once I format will the 'recovery disc' be enough to get me started and convince the system to let me load using the Win7 upgrade? Do not have original recovery discs created at computer purchase 10/2008 (Vista and moved to 7beta as soon as it was released). Since I'm not real certain if the Win7 recovery disc is even the correct one, how do I go about creating a new recovery disc if the recovery disc will be enough to get upgrade going.
Read the stickys at the beginning and posted online here: Link Removed due to 404 Error and zipped the dump files. If I can salvage without doing a reformat that's always easier but willing to just wipe the slate clean and start over.
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Running Win7 on a hard drive installed 4 months ago. Left my Win7 upgrade disc with vendor and they loaded. Getting BSoD 2 - 3 times a day. Had tech at work (he's a Linux freak and did it begrudgingly) check hardware and all seems acceptable. Ran 'verifier' for drivers and reboot freezes stating "have a bad driver". Turn off 'verifier' and boots and runs until next BSoD. Lasts about 4 - 5 hrs 'tween BSoD. Figure easier to just reformat the hard drive and start with a clean install. Can't go back to the hard drive vendor since warranty only covers hardware and not software and it's 7 days before system even gets to the bench. Have Win7 upgrade disc and Win7 Recovery Disc only. Once I format will the 'recovery disc' be enough to get me started and convince the system to let me load using the Win7 upgrade? Do not have original recovery discs created at computer purchase 10/2008 (Vista and moved to 7beta as soon as it was released). Since I'm not real certain if the Win7 recovery disc is even the correct one, how do I go about creating a new recovery disc if the recovery disc will be enough to get upgrade going.
Read the stickys at the beginning and posted online here: Link Removed due to 404 Error and zipped the dump files. If I can salvage without doing a reformat that's always easier but willing to just wipe the slate clean and start over.
ThanksLink Removed