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How to install Windows 7 after formatting Sony VAIO notebook
I have a problem with my Sony Vaio notebook.
I cannot install Windows 7 after my HDD has corrupted and I cannot install the new OS. I also have lost the recovery disk.
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Installing windows to a new hard drive [duplicate]
Go easy on me - my first post here!
I want to install windows on my new hard drive. I have the install files on my old hard drive, I purchased windows 7 online and have downloaded those files. I can ...
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Install Windows 7 on Samsung Chronos 7 Series
I bought a Samsung Chronos 7 series laptop and a USB DVD drive. I would like to reformat the SSD and install Windows 7 instead.
While accessing BIOS, I can't detect the USB DVD drive.
What can I do?
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New Windows 7 Installation New Hard Drive [closed]
I'm helping a friend repair a laptop. It is an Acer and had Windows 7 on it previously. There is a fresh HDD installed, and I have Windows 7 ISO on a USB drive. I start the installation process, ...
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Install Windows 7 Manually
My Windows 7 is in a black screen with cursor before login in all boot modes state. It says I have no restore points (when I actually do) and I have tried all recovery options. It happened after I ran ...
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1answer
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distinguish between hard drives in Windows 7 installation
Usually I distinguish between two hard-drives in Windows installations by their size, however this time I have two equal-sized hard drives, how can I know exactly which one is which during Windows 7 ...
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Want to uninstall Windows 8 and install Windows 7 Ultimate on a new Toshiba laptop. How? [duplicate]
I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop S855-068; I7-3630QM system with Windows 8. I would like to uninstall Windows 8 and install my licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. I am going to be running CATIA ...
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Windows XP installation fails because of bad key
My computer was wiped clean before I installed XP, but my key was bad.
I bought Windows 7 (downloadable) but the computer keeps trying to run XP. But since the install failed, I'm stuck.
I just ...
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Install Win 7 Pro in a different language
I just bought a new laptop that came with Windows 7 Pro 64bit in Italian.
I'd like to have it in English, but language packs are an option available only with the Ultimate version.
Can I install the ...
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Installing Windows 7 and Windows 8 in same partition
I have Windows 7 installed on my pc. In c:\ I want to install Wwindows 8 on the same drive as I have created the partition size as 350 Gb. I want to keep both Windows installations on the same ...
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1answer
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Windows 7 OEM 64 bit installation [closed]
I am a new user to SU. Sorry if this has already been asked before. I did ask a user in a comment a while back.
Anyway here goes :
I assembled my own PC. I purchased the OEM version from the market ...
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Windows 7 installation needs device drivers
I'm doing a clean install of Windows 7 on a friend's computer (an ASUS A53SV). I am installing Home Premium 64-bit with integrated SP1 from a USB flash drive. The installation gets to a screen that ...
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Windows 7 fails to finalise installation, black screen but mouse works
I had Vista installed and have now tried to put Windows 7 on the machine. Setup completes but Windows fails to initialise. It goes to a black screen and then stays like that.
Safe mode loads but then ...
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364 views
Installation stop with cmd.exe window on Laptop
I am installing W7 Ent on an LG R580.
I am working with a valid ISO (installs perfect on other systems).
During the installation, before the installation window, the process hangs, and I get a ...
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Install Win 7 on bootcamp from network install disk
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my macbook pro and would like the ability to dual boot with bootcamp.
However, the install media I have is a bootable disk which begins a network install of Windows ...
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Windows 7/8 installation fails on a SSD
Short story: I have recently purchased a SSD (Samsung 840 PRO, 512 Go) on which I wish to install Windows 8. However the installation fails to complete. It starts just fine (regional options, serial ...
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How to install Windows 7 using an external display?
I have a Sony Vaio VPCF115FM.
Through a lot of research online, I've come to find out that this laptop has external video ports (VGA & HDMI) that only work once the operating system loads the ...
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Can I use an upgrade DVD to downgrade to Windows 7?
I have a DVD for upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7 Pro; Can I use it to downgrade from Windows 8 (normal version)?
EDIT:
If it is not possible, is there any way to downgrade without having to pay ...
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Downgrading to windows 7 on a computer with no optical drive
I just got a brand new computer, which comes with windows 8 (not pro), but I use an application that can only run on Windows 7 pro; thus, the need to downgrade. I have a Windows 7 Pro DVD (designed ...
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Specify system and root partitions for Windows 7 during install
I want to install Windows 7 on a PC that currently has linux installed. My HDD is using the MBR partitioning scheme and its layout is like this:
130MB free space; swap partition(primary); 1.9TB ext4 ...
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“Windows failed to start” error while installing from USB
I want to install Windows 7 from a USB drive. I used Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool to move the files from the ISO file to the USB and after I insert the USB to the computer I get this message.
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Installing Windows 7 After Replacing HDD in a laptop
I have a Toshiba laptop which has a dead hard drive. The user has also lost their recovery CDs. I was wondering then if it is possible to download the official Win7 ISO's from here ...
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Installing Windows 8 to HDD while Windows 7 is running?
Basically, I want to still use my PC while I install Windows 8.
The drive I want to install to is physically different from the one I am running Windows 7 on, and so, if I wanted to boot to Windows ...
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1answer
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Windows Installer and Custom Images
If I understand correctly, the Windows 7 installer engine's Windows Imaging Format is partially designed to make it easy to do deployment to multiple computers using an image. I have a scenario where ...
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How to restore files that allow a PC to boot into Windows 7?
Past: I had a problem with a few hard drives from my RAID10 (4 drives mirrored and striped) - they failed simultaneously which prevented me from booting into Windows 7 from the RAID array.
Present: I ...
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BSOD on Windows 7 install - Linux works fine
I'm trying to install Windows 7 64-bit on my machine:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
3GB RAM (although only 2884608K reported in BIOS)
GeForce 210 1GB
Abit IB9 motherboard
memtest86+ reports no errors in ...
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Getting error message oxc0000034 after booting up PC
I'm getting error message oxc0000034 after booting up PC. I tried to install Win 7 and after installation got the above error code.
I tried to repair installation but still same the same error ...
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Windows 7 installation stuck on expanding Windows files (0%) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Expanding Files 0%, error 0x80070017 Windows 7 x64 RTM
Windows 7 installation stuck on expanding Windows files (0%)
What are the causes? Is it common? BTW, this is ...
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How to install Windows 7 on Samsung NP530U3B?
I purchased a new notebook and I'm trying to reinstall Windows. I could start the installation once via external USB DVD Drive. I deleted the old partitions and had to reboot. After that the computer ...
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1answer
274 views
What does a base Windows 7 root file system look like?
What directories and files should I see in the root (C:) of a fresh Windows 7 Professional 64-bit installation (including hidden files and directories)?
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Windows 8: Choose What To Keep
I have downloaded "Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant" from Microsoft Windows 8 Website. I am currently using Windows 7 right now.
When I run an application, I have to select one of the following option ...
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2answers
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If I upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8, can I reuse my Windows 7 “full” license key on another partition? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What happens to the Windows 7 key when upgrading to Windows 8?
I would like to upgrade my Windows 7 PC to Windows 8. I currently have an academic license key for Windows ...
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Dual booting windows 7/8 with a view to upgrade 7 later
I currently have Windows 7 (64 bit), and I'd like to try out Windows 8, but not commit just yet.
Can I install windows 8 in a dual boot configuration so that I can dual boot 7 and 8?
Assuming ...
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1answer
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How to install Windows 7 on a hybrid hard disk
I purchased a new notebook and I'm trying to reinstall Windows. However, I missed that the hard disk used is a hybrid one – a Seagate Momentus ST1000lM024. The disk is shown as:
Disk 0 with 8 GB ...
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I can't install anything in my new Windows 7 laptop
I tried to install the Java JRE and other programs (e.g. Notepad ++) and it displayed that I don't have admin rights (I'm the only user). I tried the Run as Administrator option during installation, ...
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Windows 7 Very Slow Installation and Running
I had a hard drive crash on my desktop earlier in the year and I decided to get a 1TB Hard Drive to restore my computer. However, when I started to install Windows7 on it not only did the installation ...
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A required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing when installing from pendrive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Required CD/DVD device driver missing while installing WIndows 7
I have a Thinkpad x120 with no OS preinstalled. When trying to install Windows 7 it shows the error "a ...
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How do I install Windows 7 on an Apple laptop?
I received an Apple MacBook with model number A1181. Didn't like OS X, so I inserted a Windows 7 DVD during booting to install Windows 7. At one point I was supposed to select the drive on which I ...
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windows 8 release preview stop working during installation progress at 50 - 60
i m currently installing (i am currently upgrading from windows 7) windows 8 release preview on my dell n411z laptop pc. But when it reach at progress of 50 -60, it stop working gives error message ...
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Error 0x8007045D can't install OS (windows 7) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 formatting HD
I'm trying to install Windows 7 x86 or x64 but i get an error when it sticks to a certain percentage. The error code is 0x8007045D on other blogs ...
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Windows 7 Installation Fails at 7% Extraction on Dell
Alright, before I begin I want to clarify some points so no one wastes their time giving solutions that have already been addressed and haven't worked:
I am aware that this is a common error ...
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How do I install Windows on a virtual hard disk (VHD) from within a running Windows system?
If you just try to attach a VHD and then install Windows to a partition inside it, it will tell you that it's a "surfaced virtual disk" and that Windows cannot be installed to that partition.
But ...
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How can I install Windows 7 Upgrade 64 bit when I only have full 32 bit installs of Vista and XP? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit upgrade?
I have discs for the following versions of Windows:
32 bit Windows XP (full)
32 bit Windows Vista (full)
64 bit ...
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Create Windows 7 Intallation DVD from Existing installation
Is it possible to create a windows installation DVD from an existing Windows Installation?
I just wanted a software like Remastersys On Ubuntu.
Even if the other softwares are not saved, its OK.
Is ...
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Can you edit partitions on a disk image?
I partitioned my hard drive into three partitions of various sizes. Then I installed Windows 7 Ultimate and went through the standard series software installations and updates. I used the Windows 7 ...
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Installation Error 0x80070570 while installing Windows 7
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my computer and am continuously getting the error code 0x80070570 when installation gets to around 77%.
I have tried using around 7 DVDs of the 64-bit version, all ...
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How can I fix error 0x8007007A when installing Win7 as a 2nd os
I an trying to install Windows 7 as a second operating system through WINE in Ubuntu off a CD R/W. But, whenever I do, I get the error message (Windows was unable to create the required installation ...
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When did I set the administrator password for windows 7?
I've just installed a windows 7 professional x64 [on my netbook], and started a program installer as a normal user (edit: whose account type is admin), that should have been started as administrator.
...
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Why might my Win7 install not work on Thinkpad with new SSD?
I have a Thinkpad T500, it was running Windows 7 Pro. The hard drive (normal 160GB SATA drive, 5400rpm) started making a clicking / chirping sound and things started becoming unstable so I bought a ...
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Windows Installation and user profile path
I am just about to format my computer as I'm a frequent "clean type of person". The problems while installing Windows is that I always have to manually change location for my user files to d:/user ...
