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How do I create a safe system on a used computer (running Windows 7), once purchased?
I have recently purchased a used computer. It has Windows 7 Ultimate (OEM) installed, but didn't come with any recovery discs.
Even though the (private) vendor went to some effort to provide a fresh ...
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Keeping OEM software after reinstalling OS (Toshiba NB550D)
Ok, this is a problem i've had acouple of times over the years with laptops (But made worse by current trend of not giving CD's with computer, and instead have harddrive partitions with just a ...
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Reinstall Mac OS X without DVD on a new hard drive
I need to reinstall OS X on my MacBook, but the DVD unit is spitting out any DVD I insert into it. Also, the hard disk drive was dead, and I replaced it.
Can you please tell me an alternative to ...
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Install Windows on laptop using HP-provided License Key
I have an HP (dv6 6119tx) laptop which came with Windows 7 Home Premium (64Bit) pre-installed, I have a factory provided recovery partition (13GB) which recovers Windows, drivers and crapware I don't ...
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Fresh install Windows 7 bootloader with Command-Line tools only [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get the Windows 7 bootloader back after installing XP, as well?
How can I freshly reinstall the bootloader? Using the tools bcdedit.exe, bootrec.exe, and/or ...
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re-downloading windows 7 only having my cd key [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I reinstall Windows 7 if I lost my installation DVD?
I recently had a hard-drive failure and had to get it replaced. Unfortunately this was the hard-drive that ...
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Is it possible to upgrade (not clean install) Win 7 from safe mode/cd boot
I can't load my win 7, there are a lot of DCOM-related errors in e vent log.
I want to repair my installation and install win 7 to the same drive/directory without wiping the disk.
But I can't choose ...
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Reinstall Windows under TrueCrypt
I usually partition my hard-drive so that the OS and applications are on C: and ll the data, including user folders such as Documents are on D:. I do this not for any performance gain, but just so I ...
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Restoring Operating System & Preloaded Apps on Dell Laptop
I got a virus on my computer and wanted to do a complete re-install on my computer. I got the re-installation disk provided when I first got the computer. I had three partitions OEM, Recovery, and OS, ...
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XP comes up with black screen and mouse cursor only [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Black Screen on Startup even after running chkdsk
My computer caught a rootkit, and after many hours of trying to remove the infection I thought I would just do a repair ...
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How do I reconfigure my computer after an OS reinstall?
Every so often I am required to reinstall a standardized image on my job computer (basically a ghosting). When the process is complete I have to reinstall all my non-image software manually ...
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Re-installing Windows on an old laptop
I have an old laptop and I want to re-install Windows XP on it. The problem is that this laptop does not have an optical drive. I checked the boot sequence in the BIOS. It does not show an option to ...
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Windows 7 incremental backup: continuing backup after reinstalling the OS & restoring the data
I really like how Windows 7's incremental backup works.
However there's one big problem: after reinstalling the operating system and restoring data from the backup, there's no way to continue to sync ...
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How do I safely reinstall a (audio) driver?
I suspect my audio driver to be misbehaving. As my previous question didn't return anything useful, I'm trying to do anything I can think of.
I now want to reinstall my sound drivers. But I have no ...
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How do I remove Windows 7 from a dual-boot install with Ubuntu
So I've been running Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 for a year or so.
Is there a way to remove Windows 7 from my system without having to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch so I can use all the disk space?
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How to re install Windows 7 (64bit) without a resource CD and without internetand get all the drivers installed?
I spent half a day trying the different choices I have to re install Windows 7. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bt edition. The OS came with the laptop. So, I never changed it and of course I don't ...
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My notebook does'nt want to boot from ODD nor USB just from HDD
I have a Toshiba Satellite C650 notebook and I have a litlle problem.
I would like to make a full Windows reinstall, but unfortunately the computer doesn't want to boot from ODD. I have tried a lot ...
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How can I reinstall Windows 7 without an optical drive? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Install Windows 7 from USB flash drive
My wife has a Neo netbook with a manufacturer installed Windows 7 OS.
Is it possible to reinstall the OS without an optical ...
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Windows 7 slow despite clean install and copious hardware capabilities
I recently got a nasty piece of malware of some sort that forced me to do a complete re-install. It was actually probably I good thing - my old windows was filled with random junk that should have ...
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How to resume seeding a specific torrent after re-installing Windows?
Assume we downloaded a torrent completely and seeded it for a while; now we're gonna re-install Windows and install the torrent client again. We also have downloaded files here too.
So, how could I ...
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Ubuntu - cannot uninstall/reinstall apps properly
Uninstalling apps is a nightmare. For instance, I use 'sudo apt-get install nginx' and then when I go into Software Center, and uninstall it... it still keeps all the configs and some folders and I'm ...
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How to tell if a Windows 7 re-install disk (and subsequent installation) is OEM or not?
How do I tell if a Windows 7 re-install disk is OEM (and subsequent installation) or not?
Can I explore the disk to look for a certain file or setting. And once installed can I go into the control ...
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Which install DVDs do I need to buy to reinstall Snow Leopard on my MacBook?
I want to reinstall Snow Leopard on my MacBook, but I don't have the original DVDs.
I'm worried about buying DVDs that will only let me upgrade, rather than reinstall from scratch - the difference ...
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How can I backup Windows 7 with programs and files?
Is there any way that I can reinstall Windows 7 and put all my programs and files back on the system without reinstalling programs one-by-one, like a Mac?
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how to install os x on my MBP
So in my quest to do a clean install of OS X Lion, I deleted the recovery partition. I managed to install Windows 7 (Enterprise .iso from my uni), but I am having a lot of trouble figuring out a way ...
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My laptop takes ages to startup, after recent format. Whats up?
After a boot sector crash, I formatted my hard drive and reinstall Windows 7 from scratch.
Although my laptop now takes ages to startup (about 10-15mins!) and after I'm logged in, everything lags!
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Reinstalling Windows 7 without CD [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
How can I reinstall Windows without a CD/DVD?
Installing Windows Vista without system restore CD with OEM key (ie: from underside of my laptop)
I am trying to do a ...
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No Windows Install Disc [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
How can I reinstall windows without a CD/DVD?
Need to reinstall Windows XP Professional - but no longer have the CD
My in-laws bought a used PC that came with XP ...
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OEM Office 2003 without media - how to reinstall?
I'm re-installing windows and I found that I don't have the install disk for my office 2003 (standard edition). I extracted my CD key before the re-install. Where can I find an iso or installer so I ...
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Reinstalling MS Project on a new computer with old key?
About 3 years ago I purchased MS Office Project Standard 2007 and installed it on my Vista notebook. Now I'd like to use the same piece of software on my new Win7 x64 notebook. Unfortunately I lost ...
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Can you reinstall Windows Vista without wiping your machine?
A friend’s computer, which runs Windows Vista, appears to have become somewhat borked — Internet Explorer doesn’t display some images, and Vista Service Pack 1 fails to install via Windows Update ...
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Easy way to remove unused security descriptors?
I am planning on re-installing Windows soon. All files on my disk D:, which I am not planning on erasing, will have security descriptors from the current Windows installation with new security ...
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Wipe PC and reinstall Windows from upgrade disc?
My parents got a new computer. I'm going to prep their old one for sale.
So, first step of course is to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the OS. But, there's a potential problem: They installed ...
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How to get windows 7 cd key from command prompt or linux live disk?
Recently my windows 7 installation broke and refuse to boot (see here).
I wish to reinstall but only have 1 cd key.
Is there a way to retrieve my current cd key with the use of only command prompt ...
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Problem with Reinstalling Windows xp
I'm tring to reinstall Windows xp but I keep getting the message that "This CD contains a backup of the software originally installed on an HP Pavilion PC and can only be used with an HP Pavilion PC. ...
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After installing another version of Windows 7, what should I do to refresh my computer?
I had Windows 7 installed on my Laptop's C-Drive, but lately it wasn't working well, so I re-installed it on the D-drive. It now seems to be working better, but none of the old programs work anymore. ...
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Windows OEM vs retail difference
My laptop has an OEM version of Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I need to reinstall Windows, and I've made sure that disk I have downloaded is the same as the one on my system (32-bit Home Premium).
Is ...
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How to reinstall Mac OS X on OS X/Linux dual-boot system?
My setup: I have a MacBook Pro 5,5 with a Mac OS X Snow Leopard partition and a Linux partition. I use rEFIt to boot into Linux. I didn't use Boot Camp when I originally installed Linux; instead, I ...
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How to recover Windows Vista product key?
Two years ago I bought an Asus laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I also received a recovery DVD with it. I now want to reinstall Windows and fully format the hard drive - however, the sticker ...
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Re-register programs from old disk when installing OS on new drive
I got a new SSD disk on which I did a clean installation of windows. At the same time I still have the old HDD installed, and on it there are a lot of programs that I still want to use and run from ...
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How do I get XTNDConnect PC working again?
On Windows (XPSP3), I need to use a dead-ware application past its 30-day trial period. The editor has gone bankrupt a long time ago, so there's just no way to buy a license.
So I need to completely ...
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Why can't I repair my Windows XP installation? Partitioned [unknown] [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME (0x000000ED) on my Windows XP DELL laptop?
I have a computer that I need to do a installation repair on. It's running a SATA drive and ...
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Downgrade from ubuntu 11.04 to 10.04 LTS
I'd like to return from ubuntu 11.04 64-bit to 10.04 LTS 64-bit and as I S -ed TFW I've found only reinstal option which I'd tried before.
My problem is that I'm using dual-boot with Win Vista ...
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Windows BSOD - memory problems
A Windows Vista PC would regularly produce blue screens of death. A memory test proved that the memory was the cause.
The PC had a motherboard several years old, and memory to fit that mother ...
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How to best re-install software and setup computer after re-install
I always wondered if there are any good ways to provide a fast re-install experience.
Whenever I setup a new computer or re-installs an existing one I'm using a day or more to get all the software ...
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What's the Best Practice reinstalling windows 7 on a dual boot with ubuntu 11.04
I've posted a question here that I have a 32bits windows 7 on a dual boot machine with ubuntu 10.04 upgraded to 11.04. From the responses I had from the questions, I decided to reinstall the windows 7 ...
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Notebook does not boot from bootable USB to install Windows XP
I have a Dell Inspiron Notebook which has an Atom processor and which had a factory set-up of XP onto it. I had opted out the CD-ROM drive @ the time of purchase. Now my Windows XP is corrupted.
I ...
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subversion reinstall (source, Makefile, etc)
I installed subversion from source. I forgot the --with-ssl option when running ./configure. Now, I reconfigured and reinstalled, but the binary doesn't seem to change.
How do I uninstall and ...
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Google Chrome is taking forever to set up sync
I did a clean install of Windows 7 yesterday, and am now trying to sync my bookmarks and other preferences back to Chrome which I had prior to reinstalling Windows.
Unfortunately it is taking forever ...
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Should I reinstall Nero after Hardware is changed?
My XP box has an old BenQ CD Writer(the drive itself is pretty capricious)
I recently purchased an ASUS DVD Writer for another box
To test the DVD functionality, I installed the DVD drivers etc on ...
