Questions tagged [windows-installation]
The process of installing the Windows operating system software onto a physical or virtual machine.
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Installing Windows 7 x64 on a computer with only USB 3 ports
I am installing Windows 7 x64 on a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF that only has USB 3 and USB Type-C ports.
Initially, upon booting the USB install media, the USB keyboard and mouse wouldn't work - this ...
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Windows 10 Media Creation Tool "We can't find a USB flash drive"
I am running Windows 8.1 and am trying to download Windows 10 for installation on another machine. I have a brand new 4GB SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB drive that has been formatted.
In the Media Creation ...
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How to record screen while installing Windows?
Besides recording the screen with an actual camera what are the options to make, for example, a Windows installation video tutorial?
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Why does Windows 7 ask for additional drivers when installing from a USB 3.0 drive?
I just bought a new config ( ASUS p8z68-v lx, i5-2500k + ram and new graphic card ).
Coming back and installing it in my old computer, I just saw that my DVD player was on IDE (yup…).
So, I needed to ...
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What is the hidden, system Config.msi folder?
I just discovered a folder called Config.msi on my D drive. It is a hidden system folder that I had to change the security settings to get into. When I got a look inside, it was empty.
Does anyone ...
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How to reinstall Windows 10 on new hard disk
I've been using Windows 10 for a couple of month now (joined the Insider Preview).
Now my hard drive started ticking so I've bought a new SSD and I want to move the windows installation to the new ...
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Create Windows 10 Install USB on macOS Catalina
I am not sure why this is such a crazy hard problem to find a solution for, but I have two machines: a pc and a MacBook Pro running Catalina. I have recently had to rebuild my PC and lost my old ...
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Why is WinPE called an operating system?
WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is a good description.
My question is why is it called an operating system?
I can see that it ...
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How can I identify files installed by an installer on Windows?
How do I identify the files installed by a specific installer on windows?
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How can I upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Vista 64-bit?
I just ordered a laptop, and it came with Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I want Vista Home Premium 64-bit on it. I'm planning a reinstall. Does anyone know if my product key for Vista 32-bit will also ...
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How to run Windows 10 from an external hard drive? [duplicate]
I am currently able to boot from an external drive or multiboot USB. Taking this concept one step further, I have 3 questions:
1) Is it possible to install and run Windows 10 on a portable external ...
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Change the Windows 8 product key after installation?
I just completed a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro as it was released to MSDN. Installation went without a hitch however I can't find out where to enter the correct product key for the copy I have.
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$Windows.~WS folder in C:\ drive after Windows 10 Installation, Upgrade or Media Creation?
I have a hidden folder on my C:\ drive called $Windows.~WS that's 3 GB large after my Windows 10 upgrade.
Disk clean and CCleaner even with system files removal didn't remove it, so I'm wondering if ...
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Which version of Windows 10 is on my USB flash drive installer?
I have a Windows 10 InstallUSB and I'd like to know which version of Windows 10 it is. Searching online, I found this technique in many places, with the file [install.<esd||swm||wim>, boot.wim] ...
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VirtualBox: 'Could not read from the boot medium'
I have recently installed VirtualBox on my Mac and am trying to install Windows 7 on it. I have done this a couple times in the past alas it has not been for several years.
I was originally getting ...
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Windows 10 install don't recognize SSD
I have a problem with a SSD (Crucial BX100) bought last week and Windows 10 install.
When I try to install Windows 10, the installation software don't recognize my SSD, I have a same windows as this ...
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How to avoid "Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim" when installing Windows 10 from USB drive?
I downloaded the Windows 10 version 1909 ISO and created USB installation media on MacOS using UNetbootin.
On the Windows target machine, the installation program started properly. It asked about my ...
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Unable to boot into cloned drive after formatting old drive
I have an HP Omen laptop with a standard SATA hard drive and a recently purchased M.2 PCIe SSD.
I cloned the SATA drive onto the M2, but had trouble cloning all partitions. I have the System ...
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Partitions on GPT disk are not in the recommended order?
I want to install a clean RTM Windows 8.0 on a laptop that came with OEM Windows 8.0 pre-installed. I have a working ISO image on DVD. The problem is that the setup program complains about "...
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How can I install a bootable Windows 10 to an external drive?
This should be simple, but I have been at it for over 12 hours and am no further forward.
The SSD on my laptop just died. It contains my Windows 10 partitions.
I have:
a 10 year old laptop, also with ...
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Can I reinstall Windows 7 using a pirated cd, but real cd key? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I reinstall Windows 7 if I lost my installation DVD?
I need to reformat my computer, but I don't have my OS discs with me (I do have the cd keys, though). Can I burn a ...
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Can I install the free Windows 7/8 -> 10 upgrade on a new empty drive?
With the new Windows 10 coming out soon as a free upgrade, I'd like to know if and how I can install the upgrade on a new HDD. I assume the files needed for Windows 10 are only for upgrading an ...
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Install Windows 8 on SSD and Program & Users on HDD
I have been dealing with a few problems while installing Windows 8 on my computer. On my old configuration, I had Windows 7 installed on my 60 GB SSD, and my programs and user data on my 1TB HDD, ...
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"Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I have a laptop that originally came with Windows 10; the hard drive is now completely empty, and using Gparted, it's been formatted as a single, empty NTFS partition with an msdos partition table. ...
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How to change Windows 10 installation language
I recently download Windows 10 32 bit
Now when I run the setup, then the setup language is different.
How to change language in English
This language is shown, how do I change it to English?
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Police found & returned my stolen laptop reformatted by thief. Can installation logs help locate the thief?
Three weeks ago my laptop was stolen from campus. I immediately reported it to police and on manufacturer's website. A couple of days ago a man called the manufacturer and said he bought a second-hand ...
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\Boot\ BCD Status: 0xc000000f error
I am getting the following message whenever I start my laptop:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
To fix the problem:
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How to install Docker on Windows Server 2016 without Internet?
I'm trying to install docker on a Windows Server 2016 VM that's not connected to the internet. The official docker documentation doesn't give any advice for installing on a Windows Server 2016 VM ...
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Installing Windows from a partition [duplicate]
Ok so I have left my USB pen in work and I want to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto my netbook.
Can I setup a partition on my netbook, put the Windows installer files onto that and boot ...
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Windows 10 Media installers fails to start
I was really excited for Windows 10, but my system was factory reset, so I had to go back to Windows 8.1. By the time I got back to Windows 8.1, I installed all 100-something updates, hoping Win10 or ...
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Transferring a Windows 8 license and proper un- and reinstallation
Long story short
I have two computers: a laptop and a desktop computer. Both have Windows 7 on them.
I buy the Windows 8 Pro upgrade. To see if it screws up anything, I install it on my laptop as a ...
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Windows 7 Sub-Folders hidden in "Program Files" directory
I have Google searched for an hour now and I am confounded. I am using InnoSetup to install a .NET Winforms application that creates directories and folders on the fly. (I have set the folder options ...
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Booting from USB with UEFI bios to install Windows 8.1
I have a Lenovo 11e Yoga laptop. I have installed a new, blank SSD in the system and now I want to reinstall Windows 8.1 (which is what the laptop came with).
I created a bootable USB stick using ...
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Installing Win7 over PXE through Serva fails on Loading Network Resources [closed]
I'm trying to install Win7 OS on a Lenovo E335 with no DVD/CD. I'm doing it over PXE/Network using Serva.
Although I am able to get passed Serva's installation menu, ServaPENet fails at the booting ...
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Windows installation: Couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one
I was trying to get a clean Windows installation on my hard drive, but am running into some issues.
I get to the part where I need to select which hard drive I want to install Windows on.
I have 2 ...
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Windows 8.1 installation - partitions
I downloaded and burnt windows 8.1 from MSDN, but during installation I noticed that when I formatted and deleted particular partitions they won't merge into one as in windows 7 installation (as far ...
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Trying to format a laptop with no DVD Rom
I am trying to format a laptop but the DVD Drive is not Working. I tried booting from a USB but even though I have it on the top of list it skips it. I tried disabling all other boot devices and ...
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Differences between various official Microsoft Windows .iso files
I want to make a bootable USB thumb drive to install Windows on my computer. I don't want to use my old DVD to create an image and then upgrade to SP1, so I decided to download an untouched .iso file ...
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What music was used in the Windows XP installation wizard?
I've just created a Windows XP VM so that I can test in IE6. (One day I'll look back and laugh.) There was a music track! It was quite soothing and had just started breaking into some vocals when I ...
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How to write windows installation iso to usb hard drive
There seem to be many tools to write an ISO to a USB stick, but I am trying to write a windows installation ISO to an external hard drive, many tools don't even list it as an option to write to, what ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on SSD drive
I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on an OCZ SSD Agility 3 60GB, and the drive isn't recognized in the disk management utility of Windows instalation.
I just bought an Intel Motherboard ...
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Error Code 0x80070022 when installing Windows 10
I encountered this error multiple times now:
I downloaded the Media Creation Tool from here
I used the tool to download Windows 10 (happened to me with 1803, 1809 and 19H1)
Plug it in the new PC and ...
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Install Windows 10 in Legacy Boot mode
I am trying to install Windows 10 in legacy mode on a drive that uses MBR. I have a Windows 10 installation ISO file from which I created a bootable USB drive. However, USB drive only boots in UEFI ...
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"hard-disk not found" windows XP installation
Installing windows XP Professional 64 bit on a virtual machine using VMware Workstation V9
When installing Windows XP by using the IMG file I have of the XP Installation disk mounted as a CD disk.
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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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Windows 10 setup stuck at "Just a Moment"
I'm in the process of installing Windows 10 for someone, on a 500 GB SSD that I formatted as part of the installation. Everything was going smoothly, I rebooted, entered the next phase of installation,...
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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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How to reinstall and reactivate Windows 10 with an OEM license
I have bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 310 which came preinstalled with Windows 10 Home, but also came with loads of junk on it which I would like to properly clean by reinstalling Windows. I anyway have a ...
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How do I upgrade to Windows 10 if I have less than 8 GB free?
I have an ASUS X205TA with MS Windows 8.1. This has a 32 GB drive, but it also uses WIMBoot and has a recovery partition. I am unable to get more than 7.5 GB of free space.
Microsoft offer a ...
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"The product key entered does not match any of the Windows image" [duplicate]
I have a HP with Windows 7 installed. I want to do a clean installation of Windows 8 from a bootable DVD.
I purchased my Windows 8 32-bit core from the Microsoft store and I received my product key. ...
