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A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage
I am getting "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage during Gparted (resize/move) process of C partition.
I was trying to resize and move my C ...
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How to solve blue screen issue coming even after using a USB media?
I have an HP-i3-7th bought in 2018. I had dual booted it 4 years ago with Win default and Ubuntu secondary. A year ago it started malfunctioning because the boot would not work properly. If Ubuntu is ...
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Transplant Windows 7 Partitions to new hardware [closed]
I have several partitions on an old Windows 7 laptop (2010) that I want to transfer to newer 2019 hardware. I understand there is a mismatch of driver configuration but I would like to see if Windows ...
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How to permanantly disable CHKDSK
I have a 128GB flash drive with Windows 7 installed on it using WinToUSB. I use my pendrive in my home PC to sync my files and also in another PC where there's no keyboard. The problem is, on every ...
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Windows 7 not found
I have a computer with Windows 7 installed that worked perfectly
Some days ago, Windows stopped with a BSOD ( 0x0000007A ). I don't know the reason because I haven't added any new device or so for a ...
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Can't load Nobara installed alongside Windows and Ububtu
I had windows and Ubuntu installed and tried to install Nobara. After installation I restarted the device and couldn't see Nobara in dual load window. These are the only options:
Ubuntu
Advanced ...
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I need serious help this Windows 7 computer: How do I get to advanced boot options?
I need to go to 'advanced boot options' because I have a problem with my Windows 7 computer that doesn't let me log into my computer.
I saw a video how to fix it, and I have to go to advanced boot ...
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Dell Optiplex 980 Mini-Form Factor will not boot to Windows 7
I'm getting CMOS battery errors so I replaced the CMOS battery twice with new ones, loaded the BIOS defaults, cleared CMOS using the jumper (explained in the user manual) and put the hard drive into ...
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Drive boots on physical machine but doesn't on any virtual machine
Some time ago I got a request of making a fairly old (Windows 7 64bit) machine into a virtual machine. I was given a hdd clone of the machine in question however when this drive is used in VirtualBox ...
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computer booting then reporting no drive
Im having a very odd problem with a windows computer.
bios reports 2 nvme ssds in raid 0, leaving bios the computer will boot into windows and will fully enter windows (past sign-in page) but after a ...
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Installing Windows 7 on an OLD Toshiba Laptop
I have a very old Laptop. It was running Windows 8 but got corrupted. I have been trying to do a clean Windows 7 install.
Toshiba x870-f746. (InsydeH2O - UEFI-Bios)
I've tried multiple combinations ...
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How to fix accidentally deleting EFI partitions on dualboot windows 7 and linux
TL; DR: How to fix EFI partitions that accidently deleted and cause windows 7 gone from dual boot
What happend: So recently im dualbooting windows 7 with linux zorin os (based on ubuntu) and tried to ...
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Suddenly no Windows partition will boot, yet all my Linux partitions do
I have 5 OS to choose from in multi-boot computer. The SSD has a Linux partition and a Win 10 partition. A HDD has 2 Windows 7 partitions and 1 Linux partition.
Up until a week ago all the OSs booted ...
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Apple Mac mini install Win XP and 7 on?
I have a 2010 Apple Mac mini Server (Unibody) here that I’d like to be able to boot into both Microsoft Windows XP and 7, in addition to macOS, for the purposes of running some old automotive programs ...
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Windows 10 installation keeps restarting from the beginning after successful installation
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I have decided to upgrade my old Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10. I downloaded the ISO file from the official Windows 10 download page as the installation media creation tool did not ...
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I can't enable legacy boot mode in my Noblex SF20BA; the option does not show up
I need to enable legacy boot mode in order to install Windows 7 as dual boot with Windows 10.
I already have a bootable Windows 7 USB drive; which does not boot because I can't enable legacy boot mode....
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Recover bootable Win 7 recovery drive from an image
I have a laptop that came with a Windows 7/OEM license, for which I still have the product key. I have replaced this OS with another (Linux), and I'm trying to re-install the former. Here's the ...
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Windows 7 Broken Boot (Complicated Issue)
I have an issue with my old Hard Drive, I got the issue by using CCleaner Registry Cleaner, I thought it could improve my PC's performance but it made it worse.
Whenever I boot/start the PC, it never ...
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SSD drive prevents Windows 7 from booting
An apparently random recent failure on my Samsung 870 EVO drive is so bad that it seems to be stopping my Windows 7 install from booting when it's plugged in. This drive is my backup drive so my OS ...
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Partial boot after replacing SATA controller
I am just a hobbyist who has had pretty good success dealing with computer issues by finding good instructions, following them and researching troubleshooting when something didn't work. So when an ...
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How to initialize a bootable disk and keep it bootable?
I have a bootable hard disk from a dead Windows XP computer. I want to see what is in it and if I should get a replacement mother board for it. I hooked it up as a USB disk but it disk doesn't show up ...
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Windows 7 setup could not see HDD
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on a Lenovo Desktop Core i5 PC, which originally came with Windows 7 installed, I bought it used and hard disk was cleaned.
When I run the Windows 7 setup it could not ...
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Kiosk embedded computer: hide as much as possible before the app starts in Windows
What is the industry-standard solution for touchscreen "kiosk" embdedded computers (in public places) running Windows to hide things as much as possible when the machine boots, until the ...
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Dual Boot between Win 7 and Win 11
I have a notebook from my company that was installed Win 7 MBR + Legacy. I need to install a few programs, but they are not compatible with Win 7 anymore and I can't upgrade or do a clean install ...
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Backing up old Win7 as VHD and booting it in VMware - failed
I tried backing up my old PC's hard drive using the Win7 System Backup.
I have now a 250gb .vhd file as a result, and I'm trying to boot it in VMware but I fail as the error "Missing Operating ...
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Fix Invalid disk for bootable flash drive without admin rights
I'm trying to re-install Windows 7 Home Premium from a flash drive. I have no admin rights. Please don't ask why - it's the main thing in the question. I know about Rufus, but it requires admin rights ...
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I am stuck in grub
Ok , i was running windows 7 dual boot with ubuntu , everything was fine.I tried to install windows 10 (while dual booting) i ran setup.exe everything went fine it installed about 30% , it restarted (...
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Windows keeps issuing a "computer needs repair at boot"
First of all, the PC boots up and I can access Ubuntu.
But there is smth very strange. When I boot I receive a windows alert saying:
Your PC needs repair and an error like 0x00000000F or so.
It gives ...
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How to know if my Windows 7 installation has a separate boot partition?
When i open disk management, i can only find C: partition. But, when i start Windows in repair mode, i can see a small size partition with letter X: named boot. So what's the right method to tell if ...
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Windows 7 stuck on starting window
my computer with windows 7 got crashed due to opening large number of software files. but when i am starting it again, it is stucking at windows starting screen(screenshot attached). Even when i start ...
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How to clone only the Windows 7 system drive C: to new bootable SSD without cloning the data from separate drive F:?
This question is similar to my situation but does not provide a definitive answer:
How can I transfer Windows from a partition of an existing hard drive to a new (smaller) SSD?
It says clone the C: ...
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Windows 7 is stuck in boot loop [duplicate]
Windows 7 failed to boot.
When I start normally, it returns me to that screen after a restart. When I start Diagnostics, it shows a loading screen, but it does not load.
The hardware used is a Sony (r)...
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Windows + Arch with 2 EFI partitions: Boot select only discovers windows
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I wish to install Arch-Linux in a dual-boot configuration with windows 10. I have partitioned one singular drive into 7 partitions as shown here. I wish to enter into GRUB going ...
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Source of active mark in Windows 7 System Reserve partition
My flash drive is MBR partitioned( has active mark)with FAT 32 file system.When I install Windows 10 in UEFI mode via a Rufus bootable Usb flash drive with GPT partition & FAT 32 file system,the ...
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Dual boot 2 version of Windows
-I have windows 10 installed on a computer and want to make it in dual boot with windows 7 is it possible without removing 10 and then installing 7 and then reinstalling windows 10?
look at this two ...
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Does a scheduled task in Windows that is triggered by an event run continually?
I created a scheduled task in Windows 7 that is supposed to be triggered when an event happens. Well, the event happened, and the action did not get performed?
Does a scheduled task in Windows that ...
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Installing application on laptop without HDD using live Windows DVD
I have an old Laptop which:
its hard disk is damaged
I cannot boot it by bootable USB flash
I can boot it by live windows 7 DVD
So I boot it using live windows 7 DVD.
Now I want to install MIT ...
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How do I install Linux as a third OS alongside Windows 7 and Windows 10?
I currently have dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10, although I'm not sure they boot correctly.
If I previously booted Windows 7, the next boot I get a black & white, DOS-looking boot menu. ...
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How to stop or remove a file in windows startup folder under 10 seconds
I had an app call shutdown.exe that can shut down my computers.
It just an app that will shut down my computer with the specific time, i set to 10 seconds, it just very fine until yesterday, i ...
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Dell Precision M4800 will not boot after installing Windows 10
I've recently attempted to upgrade my old Dell Precision M4800 from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but I believe I screwed something up in the process, because it doesn't seem to boot properly anymore.
I ...
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How to find USB thumbdrive volume on PC booted from Easy Recovery Essentials?
My PC (Windows 7) was having a problem and I'm using https://neosmart.net/EasyRE/ to try to fix it. It seems to be a minimal Linux-like OS that boots and lets you get files off the native file system ...
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Used Disk Cleanup, now my Win7 won't boot
I have a Windows7 machine (I know it's old, it's running some legacy stuff). It was running out of disk space, so I used its Disk Cleanup tool to clean up some old files. As a result, it stopped ...
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Windows 10 has removed the GRUB menu
I have installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 in dual boot. Windows 10 was already installed, and I manually installed Ubuntu from a bootable USB. Dual boot was working properly and I was able to ...
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Lenovo Y410 restore grub
I have an old Lenovo Y410 Centrino Duo core. I have triple boot (no UEFI) windows xp, windows vista, linux partition.
I tried to install Lubuntu, as Xubuntu gave me desktop problems. There was an ...
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How to prevent the "ApplicationDestinations" (Jump Lists maximum entries) Windows registry key from getting reset?
The Windows (7) registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ApplicationDestinations
controls the maximum number of items that can appear in a Windows Jump List (...
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weird c:/boot folder after installing ubuntu
so i installed ubuntu yesterday and everything was working great i can boot into both os but i've noticed something strange which is boot folder and bootmgr in c partition that wasn't there before ...
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Stuck in Grub Rescue
I had a dual boot laptop which I had to fix, so I figured I just had to delete the Linux partitions and reinstall Windows.
After formatting the Linux partitions and rebooting to reinstall Windows I ...
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Windows 10 not booting, even though data is intact, how to recover
I currently have 3 physical disks on my windows home computer. They accumulated over the years. Each time there was an issue with boot, I got a new disk and installed a new windows.
So the situation ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on GPT partition
I am at my wits end trying to figure out how to solve this problem for over ten hours now. I am trying to install Windows 7 on an old computer from a usb, and when I get to the partition selection ...
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No xelzd - Cannot find xeldz in all drives. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
Today my windows 7, after download a not-so-secure file (a good prank from an University friend to show me that the SO is really outdated), the windows license was deleted. (I have a buyed license, ...
