Questions tagged [reinstall]
A reinstall is the process of installing something (such as a piece of software, hardware or a peripheral) again.
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How to backup (WSL) Linux Subsystem for Windows 10, before system reset or reinstall?
My problem is that I have to reset or reinstall windows because of some problems but I spent a lot of time to configure WSL for development and don't want to lose it.
Is there any way of backing up ...
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What's the best way to completely remove everything from a computer, without re-installing?
I have a friend who wants to sell their computer, but obviously all personal information and software that it is on it needs to be removed before doing so.
Usually I would format and reinstall it, ...
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What steps do I need to take to completely uninstall MySQL?
I have installed and uninstalled MySQL Server for about 100 times. Each time I reinstall the thing, it shows the same configurations, which I think cause problems. I would like to get rid of all ...
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How do I more efficiently reinstall Windows?
My workflow for reinstalling Windows is cumbersome. It includes things from extracting the key from the old installation, to the actual installation process, which involves popping in the relevant ...
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Backup Picasa 'people' tags data
OK, so I've spent a fair amount of time putting names to faces in Picasa 3.5 but in a few days (hopefully) my copy of Windows 7 should arrive and I'll need to reinstall Windows.
So, does anyone ...
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How to enable AHCI in Windows XP without reinstalling
This question is part of a larger list of things I'll need to do before installing a new SSD drive, but I think it deserves its own question.
Current setup: A dual-boot machine with Windows XP ...
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Is there a way to activate Windows 7 when it's saying my license code is already in use?
I purchased an Acer Notebook about 3 years ago. It had a bunch of bloatware, and in general it was starting to slow down. I decided to try to reinstall the OS. I went on the Internet and got a copy of ...
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What do I have to back up before I re-install?
It seems that almost every time I re-install windows on my PC I end up forgetting to back up something. Now I consider myself an experienced pc-user, and I've done this tons of times, but it never ...
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How do I completely remove and reinstall Samba on Debian?
My Samba installation has become a mess, and now the services won't even start correctly anymore, for some reason.
Is there a way to completely remove Samba, as if it was never there, and then ...
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Backup iTunes (store purchases, iphone backups, playlists) for Windows reinstall
I need to reinstall Windows on my PC. How can I backup iTunes - app store purchases, iPhone backups, media library, iTunes U - and restore it to the new iTunes installation after Windows reinstall? I ...
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OEM Office 2010 without media - how to reinstall?
I have recently purchased a new office desktop PC from Dell with OEM version of Windows 7 Pro and Office 2010 Pro.
One of the reasons I always use Dell is that they always supply installation media ...
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Windows activation with planned reinstall
My laptop's hard drive is dying. It still works (boots Windows 7, run some programs), but it is obviously damaged. I am buying a new one to replace it.
I have a legal and activated copy of Windows 7 ...
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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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MySQL completely uninstalled and reinstall but database still exists on Ubuntu 12.04
I need to completely remove MySQL all databases and installation and reinstall, because root is broken. I followed this instructions:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
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Deleting Windows.old folder? [duplicate]
I have recently re-installed my Windows 8 Release Preview, and it has left a Windows.old folder in my C Drive.
I am trying to delete this folder, but I am getting lots of errors:
After restarting ...
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Rerun failed Windows Update
One of my Windows 7 updates (Platform update for Windows 7 64bit) failed to install. It is an optional update but I want it to install anyway. I think since the update failed I have problems opening ...
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Positive effects of a OS re-install
I have a slow computer, and I can uninstall unused applications, empty the cookies, scrub the registry, do a disk cleanup, and do a defrag, but it is still just kind of slow.
If I do a Windows re-...
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How to do an in-place upgrade of Windows
A major advantage of doing an in-place upgrade compared to doing
a clean install,
is that all accounts, settings, and programs are kept intact.
How can I do an in-place upgrade of Windows?
The ...
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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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How to Re-install an App that Shows up in the Appstore as 'Update' Instead of 'Buy App'
So long story short:
I dropped the wrong app into 'clean my mac' and I hit 'cancel' but it was too late by that point.
I rebooted and appstore said it had an update, when I opened appstore it was ...
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How can I reinstall Ubuntu focal 20.04 on an existing LUKS encrypted system?
I'm a very long time Ubuntu user (over a decade) but have not been here as I've had no issues with Ubuntu. With the arrival of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS I decided to encrypt my data (or system if needed). I'm ...
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Reinstalling Windows 10 - how many digital licenses I have linked to my account
I need to reinstall Win 10 (after virus). After reading online, it looks like I would be able to do it easily since my system is activated with digital license.
However, I have a question. I have at ...
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How do I restore my Surface 3 after installing Windows 10 Tech Preview
Before installing the Windows 10 Tech Preview, I created a recovery media on an USB stick, so that I could completely reset my Surface 3 and repave it with Windows 8.1, should I need to.
After the ...
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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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How to fix my mouse?
I just reinstalled Windows XP - while it was installing I didn't notice that the mouse wasn't plugged in. Once the instalation was complete my mouse doesn't work. The pointer shows up when Windows ...
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Can I Reimage My Laptop With the Image of My Desktop?
I figured if I could reimage the new laptop, I wouldn't have to reinstall all the development software I install on a regular basis on every new system when I get a new contract gig and have to work ...
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BIOS root kit? Or, how do I fresh install a clean BIOS?
So I was installing questionable operating system onto my EEE pc and it required me to downgrade the BIOS which I really am not an expert at. I used a patch and it appeared to work.
Now, I'm paranoid ...
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Reinstall OS X Without CD/DVD or Apple ID
I purchased a used iMac. It has OS X Mavricks installed. I'd like to re-purpose it for my web designer to use here at my office, since she cannot easily run the Adobe suite on the Ubuntu machines we ...
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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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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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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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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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The place to store user data in Linux
Where to store the user data, such as documents, photos, music, videos, ebooks etc. in Linux? The main idea is to be able to reinstall & reformat the system drives in Linux without the fear of ...
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Force reinstall of all chocolatey packages after profile "migration"
For various reasons, my Windows user profile has been recreated; and - AppData files have been copied into the new profile, but not registry contents.
Now, I'm trying to restore the installation ...
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Reinstalling Windows 7 (Removing Bloatware)
I have the following problem, I recently bought a new laptop (a Lenovo Ideapad) and it seems as if it came without a Windows 7 Installation disk (though it is on the laptop). The problem is that I ...
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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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Error Installing Windows XP
I'm trying to reinstall windows XP, when I boot to a windows XP disk I get the normal blue screen which runs through installing drivers, then after these drivers are installed, I see at the botton ...
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Messed up my perl install on Mac OS X 10.6
I have messed up my perl install on Mac OS X 10.6. I'll explain how:
I wanted to add a cpan package for Bundle::DBD::mysql, cpan told me to update Bundle::CPAN first. I couldn't because of permissions....
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Reinstalling Windows from scratch or uninstalling everything
I frequently reinstall Windows from scratch because it has become to slow. I wonder if I were to uninstall every application, followed by a defrag and CCleaner job, would it be as fast as a fresh ...
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Why do I get "Incorrect Password" when connecting to a Mumble server? I never even used a password!
I just reinstalled Mumble, and now when I try to login on my favourite server I get «Incorrect Password». Why is that?
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Completely Remove All Microsoft Visio 2013 Leftover Files
I am having a problem with my Microsoft Visio 2013 installation, and I would like to completely wipe my computer of all leftover files that remain from doing a traditional uninstall. How could I do ...
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Reinstall Windows 8 on a Windows 8 based system with embedded key
I'm a computer technician and we started selling few Windows 8 machine. We saw the new COA label does not show the key and after reading a little bit online, realized those systems came with the key ...
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Google Chrome missing extensions icons / reinstall extensions
My Chrome extension icons have gone missing as in the pic:
I've browsed the profile folder and the .png files are missing.
A quick way to fix this would be to force Chrome to reinstall the ...
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Obtain the product key of Microsoft Office? [duplicate]
I have to reformat my daughters laptop which has Windows Vista Home Edition...
It currently has Microsoft Office on it which I will have to reinstall, but I can find the licenses number...
Is there a ...
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Moving pre-installed MS Office to another drive
I have a cheap Win 8.1 laptop with 32GB C: drive. The drive is fixed eMMC, it cannot be replaced with bigger drive. I am running out of space. The laptop has a D: drive with plenty of space.
Together ...
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How do I re-install Apache on Mac OSX?
I posted this question here but was told I might get better results on superuser. So here goes:
I mistakingly deleted the /etc/apache2 folder and screwed up apache. I want to re-install the stock ...
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Can I reinstall windows without reactivating it?
I currently have Windows 10 installed on my desktop PC. Unfortunately,I don't have the activation code anymore. I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, so even if I still had the activation code it ...
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Reinstalling Windows 8 on a tablet
I got my hands on a Samsung XE700T1A, one of the ones handed out at one of the early Windows 8 BUILD conferences. It's been upgraded from Windows 7 and recovered from an image at some point, so there ...
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How do I fix a corrupted copy of .Net Framework on Windows 7?
I receive the following error when trying to run applications that require .net Framework 3.5:
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=...
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Error message: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk..."
I am trying to install Windows 7 64-bit. My primary harddrive is an SSD. The Windows installer informed me that:
On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.
So, after a lot of ...