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Bad way to start my first post. But im serious need of some help and advise on how to resolve this issue. I have had a Raid 5 array running for about a year and have had no problems with it at all untill recently. My old MB went and died on me and i had to replace it with a new one. I had an ASUS P5E3 Deluxe Wi/Fi n running raid 5 with 3 500gb SATA drives on Windows 7 64 bit. Was running great untill i changed to my new Mobo. Bought an ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution and tried to put my raid 5 array back but ended up with a rather serious issue.

Once i installed windows 7 only 2 of my HDD's were visable and those were listed as a RAW file format. I looked in the disk manager and it said the same thing but did show the 3rd drive. They are all listed as RAW format and Windows of course wants me to format the drives so i can use them again. This is something i am trying my best to avoid SINCE i have a LOT of info on them i do not want to lose.

The raid array at post says that everything is normal and nothing is wrong. But once im in Windows its always the same, RAW file format and not available. It wont let me rebuild, wont let me delete cause that would delete all info on the drives, and that would be bad.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to do on this? I really dont want to lose all my data.









Why did you replace the motherboard?  What was the APPARENT problem you were having that convinced you the motherboard was bad?Went to boot up one day and nothing happened. Not sure exactly what went wrong but I couldnt GET power to the system at all. Checked the power supply and it was fine. Even tested the power button switch and it was fine as well. Tried jumping the power pins on the mobo and nothing..... I sent it into ASUS and they said something in the boards power system had failed and could have been from a power surge. I DOUBT it as I have a UPS system and protection, but hey i guess anything is possible.

could the MB be repaired?

Ever since I did a system restore on my computer 3 weeks ago my computer now always asks me to select what boot mode I want. Its really annoying to do that every time I turn on the computer. I GOOGLED for a solution, but all I GOT was how to use the menu, nothing about how to make this menu not appear and have vista START up as it did before, automatically without user INPUT required (until the login screen).

can anyone help me?

I have a HP Pavilion dv4. I bought my laptop back in August and it was working like any COMPUTER, a few snags here and there but no major problems. I got the FREE upgrade to windows 7 when I bought it.
 
I installed windows 7 a couple weeks back and it SEEMED like it was working fine. Then maybe a day or two later everything that involved the use of a flashplayer made my internet crash. I can still move the arrow around and all but I have to open my task MANAGER and close the internet that way.

The weird thing is that if I restart my computer everything will work just fine. I can go on youtube and other sites no problem. But after about 20 minutes or so it decides to stop working and the little load curser on the video just stops spinning and I get the "not responding" deal.

I've reinstalled adobe flash player and shockwave with the LATEST versions, I've tried using different web browsers but nothing seems to work.

Not completely sure but I do think it has to do with my flash player.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Which version of Flash?
Are you using Fire Fox browser? If so, get the latest Fire Fox and install the latest Flash. Also, Fire Fox lets you disable some plug-ins. So you can see if it is the Flash or something else.
Both Fire Fax and Adobe have made changes in the past few weeks.I have firefox 3.5 and adobe flash player 10. All of the add ons look like they are enabled. I installed both firefox and adobe flash on 12-17. I don't know what to do!

I read from the news that Windows 7 is a good os and will become just like XP ( I mean by usage )
So I wanted to know if my computer is weak for Windows 7

Specs:

Pentium 4
CPU 3,00Ghz
1,5 Gb RAM
512 Mb ATI RADEON X700 SE

Thanks. Centurion
Minimum 1G CPU...
Minimum 1G RAM...

So with adding some RAM your good.

That vid card may not run Aero though...visual enhancementsYou have 1.5GB of RAM, so you should be good there.  And, I believe that video card is quite adequate to run Aero's visual effects.  I initially tested Win 7 (RC) with a nVidia GEFORCE FX 5200 (128MB) and it displayed Aero, although the Windows Experience Index for Graphics was only 2.0.  So, I can't imagine you'd have any problem whatsoever with those specs.  Whoooops...i mistook the vid RAM for the ONBOARD...
Sorry.Well that's okay. You also mistook your for you're Nah....just tired today.Pinky finger OVERWORKED?  Golf injury..... Haha Nice chat.

Thanks guys Try It Free for 90 Days...If I insall Windows 7 Will I be able to play games too? or those will lagI have Windows 7 and I play golf all I want. Then when I come home I spend some time at the computer.

Sorry - couldn't resist. From everything I read and hear you should have no problem - though it couldn't hurt to add more ram.lol. You're a funny guy. I like you. Well, don't like me too much. I already have more friends than I know what to do with. There's a 2 year waiting list just to get on my Christmas Card list.here's what I say to my friends:

"get out of my head!"

because that's where they all are.

how do i instal DIAL up internet on a netbook.i live where i can only get dialup.i gave my daughter a net book and i cant get any thing on it.the netbook has a phone line in the back.is there a way to hook it up to home computer first to get a connection then hook it up in her room.the home computer USES juno i dont want to pay for another juno account.Same way you connect - plug a phone line into the netbook. But if you're asking if you can both use the line at the same time, no - not if you only have one incoming line.i did plug in the phone line but nothing happened.it said no serverActually if it's a netbook chances are that isn't a phone jack...but an ETHERNET jack. Quote from: patio on December 25, 2009, 04:25:11 PM

Actually if it's a netbook chances are that isn't a phone jack...but an Ethernet jack.

Hi there
My friend recently installed incredemail. Personally I find it useless crap, but more importantly: is it dangerous for your pc?
I googled and HALF of the results claimed that incredemail indeed is spyware, and others say that incredimail is harmless.
Which should I believe? There were some privacy ISSUES in the PAST with Incredimail, but I believe, it's clean now.

Personally (I stole this from some other FORUM ):
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Rule of THUMB, avoid apps that begin with Incredi-, Fantasti-, Amazi-, Splendifi-, etc.

Dear Sir or madame
 My version of pc is an Acer Aspire M5640, intel (R) Core(TM) DUO CPU [email protected], 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GEFORCE *^)) GS Windows vista (TM) Home Premium 32 bit
I did a disk clean up also with the section to get rid of the shadow copies and to have a recent restore point.
Then i restarted the computer and I hear a noise during starting a bonk sound every few seconds for a couple of min. Then it stops. It has been driving me up the wall every time I START the computer. I check the PERFORMANCE section and it said with a pop up " These startup programs are causing Windows to start slowly. File name Disc Space Cleanup Manager for Windows.
I checked with help section and it said to DISABLE this in the startup running programs in windows defender to disable it. I did it several TIMES and it still is making the same sound. I am very tired  trying to fix this. The noise is something like  when you have just pluged in a new hardware you loaded than it continues for over 2 min or so.Going like bonk, bonk, bonk, and bonk.
I checked performans and the new plash player was not PROPERLY installed. So I reinstalled it. uninstalled the printer and installe it back and still the same 4 bonk sounds. I disconected all the usb ports and the monitor with just the plug for the pc vista and still doing the same. Can you help are u infected with anything ?

have u contacted acer about the issueI would like to thank you for responding
 I contacted Microsoft because Acer would not help me because my warranty ran out by 3 days and they wanted 99. for a half hour. I contacted Microsoft and they fixed the problem.
 The problem was in the device manager under potable devices they all had a yellow triangle with a ! in it so none of the drivers were working. Also they fixed the disk cleanup manager starting up when I start the computer. Finally no more bonk noise. I want to wish you a merry Christmas and Microsoft never chared me anything to fix my computer< YAHOO!!!
 Sincerely tmsc

I dont know whether this is a software or hardware issue, and apparently neither does DELL after my 2 hour phone adventure which ended with no information gained, and getting transferred about 7 times due to idiocy on their end.

I have two programs which can not connect to the INTERNET.

Mozilla firefox, and Impulse.  Mozilla stopped working after the update yesterday, Impulse was installed within the past 3 days.

I have no firewall running (firefox forum admins scanned my computer with a program to check), IE and FF show no proxy enabled.

I can connect to the internet fine through IE, which I am posting with now.

I have uninstalled, and reinstalled both programs.  I have enabled my firewall, added firefox to the allowed program list, and it didnt work, removed firefox from the allowed program list, still didnt work, RE-added firefox to the allowed program list, still nothing.  I disabled the firewall again.

I have cleared cookies and cache of both IE and firefox.

What part of windows 7 would cause these two programs (and most likely other new ones) to not be able to connect to the internet?


TECHNICAL information which may or may not be helpful is included in the attachments.  I believe startup is the output of a program that impulse sent me to HELP them diagnose the problem, though I cant remember exactly.

Hopefully I can get some help here.

[Saving space, attachment DELETED by admin]Have you run a full scan with BOTH your av utility and MalwareBytes? If not, please do so.Alright, something in the registry popped up with malwarebytes.  Ill POST another reply once my AV scans

windows defender found nothing, but my norton AV (which came with the computer, I havent touched it so I dont even know if it is still valid or working) wont work.  I assume Ive got a problem then.

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Can I get some help here?Go to the malware forum on this site and follow the instructions at the top of that forum.

Can anyone tell me if in the event logs or anywhere else this sort of activity is made known, it is possible to distinguish between forced SHUT DOWNS and system FAILURES? So for example...will the EVENTS logs reveal anything different for forced shut downs during start up to those where say the power cord was pulled or if the system cut out because it say began to violently overheat?

I am guessing the events logs will show the same thing...and I'm talking about a cheap Sony Viao here running VistaThe event log will yield the correct error code (Ex. Event 41.) and Microsoft has documented the most probable cause of certain forced shutdown such as this

This is my first time here so please BARE with me. After updating Windows 7 a few weeks ago my Gateway laptop began to freeze up and play a continuous screeching SOUND. A pop up box at bottom mentioned video DRIVER stopped responding (to that effect). Some one said GO to gateway and update the driver. Did that but their were 5 or 6 drivers. How do i know which one? And when im in my device manager where i can update driver, i try but it says its up to date. Any insight would be great!!! I'm a pro in the comp basics so please you  may need to explain this to me like a 5th grader.What is the make and model of your Gateway laptop? What version of Windows 7 are you using?

Today, I found that hacking into SOMEONES account is a child's play when the hacker has installed a keylogger on the victim's computer. There are certain PROGRAMS available that can fight a keylogger but it WOULD be better if someone guides me through some manual steps which can be useful against being a victim of hacking through a keylogger.Practice safe surfing...
Use and setup limited access accounts for other Users...

Other than that just be aware.Any decent anti-virus software will PICK up most keyloggers based of their BEHAVIOR.

the pass word for my THING is MKNXJD3RL4YQ. The link to my item is       https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=37F9C1D3FA0704D2&id=37F9C1D3FA0704D2%21106&sc=documents#!/?cid=37f9c1d3fa0704d2&sc=documents&uc=1&id=37F9C1D3FA0704D2%21106 OK?

some of the attachments i get in my emails wont open i get a message up,  (your security settings do not allow this file to be opened.)i am using windows 7.
can anyone help please.Search up IncredieMail (or what ever it is.) Or tell me your IM so we can talk it over
Quote from: kenbob2311 on November 19, 2011, 07:41:41 AM

Search up IncredieMail (or what ever it is.)

Or tell me your IM so we can talk it over

some of the attachments i get in my emails wont open i get a message up,  (your security settings do not allow this file to be opened.)i am using windows 7.
can anyone help please.

What email service are you using? What security do you have installed?

With Sky Emails, as far as I can tell they only have a web-based version (accessed through a web browser). Is that what you're using to access it?

On my windows 7 Velocity desktop I keep getting a blue/green window that displays on the screen asking me to unzip and install files to a folder in my "C" Drive. The window or unzipper /extractor is presented by a company called: "Files Compressed" and the unzipped program (?) is called: installer_msi__win_msi. I can cancel the unzipping, but in about two hours or so the window will display again. It always displays when I boot. I have Norton Internet Security and have "run" the scanner without the program being removed. No software additions to the comp. excepting  Logitec Webcam Software.
Any ideas? Thank You.Do you have a install disc?
if so, RE-INSTALL!!!!!
p.s. BACK up first
Ignore the above post.

What led up to this (What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly)? And what happens when you boot to safe mode?Allan,
I started the machine in safe mode and the window does not come up. Nothing for 20 min. since boot.
All we have done is installed (plugged in) a Logitec WebCam.
the cam works fine, but of course I went ahead and installed the software that comes with it 'cause I'm curious. To tell you the truth I think the webcam was installed about a monthbefore this blue/green panel showed up.
Went to MSCONFIG to see the services and start prog. but nothing shows in their entries at all to start a "File Installer" prog. I recognize all the programs that are checked to run.
Ran Windows Update and it installed an Office 2007 update and a Serv Pk. 3 update.
Restarted.
I took a screen shot of the window as it shows on the PC if you wish to see it.
Using Image Stack:http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/f03bedc51b8546819431989.jpg/Just try to go to task manager and right click the name of the program and then hit Go to Process and then kill the app. Repeat until gone!   Went to MSCONFIG > Sevices turned off...still comes up as a running window looking for a prog. to "open" its files.
Went to Admin> windows prog. left open and turned off Windows installer...still opens and spins looking for a prog. to open.
The prog. is "off" told not to start up and it still keeps coming back. MUST be adware or a spyware prog. that pulls open the WIN. Installer TRYING to get it going so it can unload. So I ran my Spyware Sweeper and it doesn't find the spyware prog.
Task Mgr.? worth a try at this point.ok we might have to connect via remote desktopok use mikogo and session id is 528-310-682As a Forum and a Help Chat we do not support remote desktop to other people's PC's for obvious reasons...

Topic Closed.

Thomas if you need further assistance just start a new Post or PM myself or any of the Staff...
Thanx.

after my computer came back from having 1tb hard drive installed i found that the SOFTWARE that let me record anything i hear was telling me that it is unable to find any sound defualt on my change the sound card setting the speaker icons is ok because i can hear itunes you tube ECT but when i click the recording tab everything is disabled and unplugged and when i try to enable it read not plug in on all of the iconsWere the sound drivers re-installed after you got it back ? ?I think the sound driver where installed and when i went into the DEVICE manager and updated the driver it read latest driver has been installed and EVERY thing is working FINE

I currently keep information in an Access database, and can use Excel and CSV. I also keep Contacts details in Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513). I'd like to only use (edit / UPDATE) in Live Mail and export contacts to Access or Excel when needed, but can't IMPORT / export date of birth information. It's listed under Personal in Live Mail Contacts but doesn't appear during the "export to CSV" process. Any ideas? Thank you.

If wrong fourm, please advise.

I'm running Windows Automated Installation Kit (the original 2/13/2007 version) on an up-to-date Windows XP SP3 machine, trying to produce a customized WinPE 2.0 image file to BOOT from CD.  If I MAKE no modifications to the original winpe.wim, (for example, following steps in at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799303), I have no problems.

After imagex is used to mount the original winpe.wim, however, ANY reference to the \mount directory (with Windows Explorer, with 'dir' at the WAIK COMMAND PROMPT, or with another WAIK command such as 'peimg /list /image=c:\winpe\mount' from the more comprehensive steps at http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/winvistape2.htm) seems to result in the Blue Screen of Death.  (The BSOD says, "STOP 0x00000024..." and mentions ntfs.sys.  And yes, I did disable my virus scanner before doing any of this.)  I get the same results with WAIK for Windows Vista SP1 (4/9/2009 version), which is also supposed to run on XP, although neither version explicitly mentions SP3.

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

my packardbell easynote laptop died on me...i got a blue screen, then it just went dead..will now not boot up at all,its telling me....operating system not found.can anyone help plz..the screen reads as follows...intel UNDI,PXE-2.8 (build 082)

                                           copyright (C) 2007-2000 intel corporation
                                  for realtek rtl8139(x)/8130/810x PCI Fast ethernet controller v2.13 (020326)
                                           PXE-E61:MEDIA TEST FAILURE,CHECK CABLE
                                            PXE-MOF: EXITING PXE ROM
                                            OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND.Hard drive is corrupted or bad (broken).
You're in the Win7 FORUM, is this a Win7 or Vista computer.its windows vista...sorry i thought it was a vista/7 room Quote from: maz939 on November 26, 2011, 05:17:17 AM

its windows vista...sorry i thought it was a vista/7 room

I have win 7. and I know I can right click on the Desktop and go to Personlize.
Then the Bottum Left go to Desktop.

Then in the Middel of the screen you see 3. Options  Small   Mediume   Large.
If I pick Mediume I don't like it because it moves my Icones up from the Bottum of the screen to far.

And I have a lot of space it leaves as just the Desktop but it want let me put my Icones down close to the Bottum.

Now one THING I changed the windows theme to Clasic LOOK so how can I just change the size of the TEXT just the text on the icones? Quote from: nymph4 on NOVEMBER 25, 2011, 03:49:59 PM

how can I just change the size of the TEXT just the text on the icones?

But I wont be able to move the Icones very close to the Bottum of the screen.

Why??

I am running Windows 7 home Premium. In an attempt to get administrative privileges, I created a new account thinking  I could log on using it . Previously I had had an automatic log on of my user account, no pw or user name. After this CHANGE and trying for an hour to figure it out I DECIDED to go back to my old user log in.
I followed the steps here

http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com/automatically-log-on-windows-7.htm

but when I log on now I get a message telling me I have the wrong pw and then giving me a user account with the pw box . I can click though without entering a password and it will take me to my old user account. How can I fix this so I bypass this loging and incorrect pw message?

ThanksDid you already read this? 
How can I eliminate password in Windows 7
They say you can not really eliminate it. Almost, but you still need it.
yes I have tried this several time. The box is not checked that requires a password when I get there, so there is nothing to uncheck. The message I get when I boot up windows says I have the wrong password so somewhere it must THINK It needs a pw, very confusingYes. You are not the first not grip about the  Windows 7 password policy. Here is one of the answers from Microsoft:
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Please try to go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts, click Manager User Accounts; in the users list, select the particular user which you want to remove password, and try to reset the password with a BLANK password to check if it can work.

When i got to install Windows Vista : it loads the files , then comes up with a bluescreen that says :


** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xCAA9FC4D,0x00000001,0x8515AC58,0x00000002)
 454adb
**           acpi.sys - Address 8515AC58 base at 85142000, Datestamp 549adb7



I dont know why this does this, the only thing i can think of this happening is because the disk has scratches.

The parts:

NZXT Gamma Case
ASROCK M3A770DE Motherboard
AMD Sempron 140 2.7ghz  CPU(unlocked to a Athlon X2 4400e , and overclocked to 3.9ghz)
Crucial CT12864BA1067 1GB 240-PIN PC3-8500 DIMM DDR3 Memory Module  x2
ATI RAGE 3D LT PRO 8MB PCI Video Card (this card is temporary until i can get a NVIDIA graphics card.)
LOGISYS COMPUTER CF120BL 120MM x3
Mad Dog Multimedia TECHIE Toyz MD-UV36-AD-BK 36" IDE cable for dvd DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JS Hard drive
APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W  power supply
PCI Dial up modem
PCI fast ethernet card
IDE dvd drive out of  a EMachines computer
Cables To Go 50009 floppy drive cable.


You can remove scratches from a DVD with a kit your get in a store that sells DVD players and accessories.
On online:
DVD scratch remover kit

Hey there, i know this is going to sound like a generic problem, but A) I am stubborn and am sure this can be fixed one way or another, and B) The problem has a few differences compared to what i have noticed in other posts.

Basically, for the last month or so, my laptops screen has been freezing...

So far it has three different ways:

Screen goes Black (remains backlit), no sound, no CTRL + ALT + DEL, only way to escape is to manually SHUTDOWN (hold down power button).
Screen goes White, no sound, no CTRL + ALT + DEL, only way to escape is to manually shutdown (hold down power button).
Screen goes a random colour with dark vertical lines going through it, no sound, no CTRL + ALT + DEL, only way to escape is to manually shutdown (hold down power button)

So far, i have cleaned the computer out, replaced drivers, ran multiple VIRUS scans using various scanners (not all installed at the same time lol).

My last attempt to correct this was to uninstall windows completely, and re-install it. (although i did GO from win7 x32 to win7 x64)
For a while it seems to have worked, and i was even able to play games that hadn't worked previously.
Now the problem has started again... so far it only happens after i have played Oblivion for a few minutes, whereas before it was about 5-10 minutes after booting up XD

The problem disappears entirely when i run the PC in safe mode, so have a feeling this is some kind of software problem.

I also considered overheating issues but it doesn't feel physically hot, and as far as i can remember from the last time i checked the temperature readings were within parameters.

My current specs are:

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire 5536
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL-64 (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Onboard)
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode


If ANYONE has any ideas can you please let me know? Or if i've forgotten any details, again, please let me know lol

Thank you in advance, and sorry if this is posted in the wrong section... wasn't quite sure where to put it ^_^
Does it do this at any particular time? (when watching videos, sitting idle, playing games, etc.)

How long does the computer usually run before the issue comes up?

This is going to sound weird, but TRUST me for a minute. Try uninstalling the graphics driver completely. Reboot, and don't allow Windows to reinstall it. Try running the computer without the driver for a while. Graphically it won't perform very well, but it will help test a theory.

When in safe mode, Windows won't load anything unnecessary, including the graphics driver. If you've done a fresh install of Windows and drivers and you still have an issue, it's possible the graphics chipset is having an issue. If this is the case, in a normal boot without the driver, it will use the graphics chipset much like it does in safe mode.

If it works fine, try reinstalling the driver with a fresh download from the laptop manufacturer's website. If you start having issues again, I would bet the chipset is probably malfunctioning.

Any chance this thing is still under warranty?yeah already tried that a little while ago... runs perfectly fine in safe mode... and in standard vga mode... tried installing from Acer and from ATI but always crashes after playing a game for a while...

I am however just testing something that hadn't occurred to me until a little while ago... so far, i know it sounds weird... but the games that are playing up are 32bit??? ones that are specifically 64bit seem to be running fine so far :S

so for now i am continuing the tests, but there is a possbility that for some reason my pc doesn't like running 32bit software anymore :S

it only seems to happen so far when running games... HD video's, DVD's, all working fine under this 64bit Win 7, when running 32bit win 7 it was black/white/bar screening after about 5 mins of use :S

*EDIT* also from the original clean install... it was working perfectly... its something thats happened in the last day or two... dont ask me what, because i haven't actually installed anything (as far as i know) for about 4-5 days...If it works fine without the driver, but plays up when the driver is installed no matter where you get it from, then it's either overheating or the chipset is damaged/malfunctioning. I can't think of any other thing that would cause it to do that with the driver installed.

What games are you talking about specifically? There are only about 20 games ever made that have 64-bit specific versions (either natively or through an official patch).

Hello
I recently Changed the HDD on this computer, because my old one went bad.
I changed it, everything was GOING well. But then when I tried to reinstall windows with the recovery disks, I got a nasty surprise.
I got the ERROR:
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This computer is not supported by the recovery disks.
You will not be able to recover this computer.
OK

I have a large download for NVIDIA Gforce waiting for months to go in, but it says it won't work without silvelight and i have to download it as well, why is this.

I removed silerlight a good while back.What nVidia features are you looking for ? ?

More info...The point about Silverlight does not make SENSE.  Silverlight is a browser plug-in, like Adobe Flash Player.  You normally only need Silverlight if you visit websites that use it.  What is your video card/graphic chip?  From where did get that NVidia download?NVidia 3d Vision uses silverlight.

But unless you have a 3-D monitor, DOWNLOADING the software is pointless. Quote from: patio on November 17, 2011, 03:09:38 PM

What nVidia features are you looking for ? ?

More info...

The point about Silverlight does not make sense.  Silverlight is a browser plug-in, like Adobe Flash Player.  You normally only need Silverlight if you visit websites that use it.  What is your video card/graphic chip?  From where did get that NVidia download?

I have a large download for NVIDIA Gforce waiting for months to go in

but it says it won't work without silvelight

some times my laptop screen will be cover with something elastic. I've noticed this kind THINGS for about four time, however one FUNNY THING about it is that, whenever this happen if I just touch / press the screen, it will be normal again.

Please what COULD this be?Perhaps you have a screen protector over your monitor?  Pressing on any air bubbles may take them away for a time.  If there is a film you can peel off, it won't hurt ANYTHING to do so, and you'll fix the problem.

Hi all,

this is my first topic here, so please be nice  Also I do apologize in advance for my approximative English, I'm belgian and speak French, but I will do my best to be clear.

My problem is :

My computer does reboot randomly when playing games (especially BF3) but I don't know if the game is really causing troubles.
I can play 10 minutes or sometimes more 2-3 hours, then my screen goes black (sound freezes) with 'no hdmi signal' message. My pc then keeps turning, but nothing responds (no ctrl alt del), no CPU led. I have to shutdown and then reboot to get everything working back (sometimes it keeps saying no video signal on the screen even if the computer is booting)

I've been searching for 2 weeks on forums and nothing seems to be working for me :
- 6 hours memtest didn't find anything
- CPU/GPU test with OCCT software (stress tests..)
- My bios and drivers are up to date
- I bought a new PSU (antec 600w)
- I did a new clean install

Windows event logs shows only one message '' KERNEL POWER ERROR ID 41 task 63 "

My config :
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Asrock 770 (new)
AMD Athlon II 6400 quadcore
4Gb Adata DDR3 1333mhz
GTX550 ti 1gb (new)
PSU Antec 600w (new)
2 standard 500gb hard disks (western digital and maxtor, both working fine)

If you have any CLUE, I'd appreciate it a lot, Many PEOPLE are suffering of this and giving many fixes but I can't find mine.
Thx! 

Sorry for language mistakes, tell me if you can't catch something I said  Researching this issue on your behalf a common thread of probable cause keeps recurring. I don't know if you have been posting this issue on other tech forums (or just viewing them) under a different name but i have found when searching with this " KERNEL POWER ERROR ID 41 task 63" parameter a single solution keeps arising that does solve the problem.
 It is that users having this issue have had more than one sound device (and drivers) installed and once all but one were removed the issue disappeared. Is that possibly your case? Have you investigated if it is what happens if you reduce to only one audio device?truenorthThanks for your quick answer truenorth

Indeed I have multiple audio drivers, the one of my mobo 'High definition audio controller' (4times in the peripherals list) and the one of my Geforce graphic card. I tried to uninstall the motherboard hd audio drivers and disable the integrated audio chipset in the bios, but it comes back everytime.

The Nvidia hd audio driver is uninstalled, but still encountering the problem so far.Hey,

just giving some feedback, I dit what truenorth and Blong told me, and everything has been working fine since my last post.
I hope it's fixed. (It was a driver problem, I disabled all the chipset on my mobo and deleted useless drivers, the only ones left are Nvidia drivers)

Thanks a lot guys Please confirm all your drivers are up to date
http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=770%20Extreme3&o=AllA1exiis, Very good to hear that that which was seemingly the solution that had worked for others also worked for you. When all else fails come to us on the CH forums  truenorth

i have INSTALLED adobe 10.1.0 in windows7 note book. but after installation most of the program icons changed into adobe icon and not opening any programs like internet explorer. when adobe reader uninstalled EVERY thing revert back to normal.but i want to install adobe reader.. so KINDLY tell me why that was happening n solution for my problem? Adobe Reader: HTTP://get.adobe.com/reader/direct/

Shortcuts 'program items' associated with Adobe Reader will automatically change to the Adobe icon after installation. This is normal.

Your Internet browser can still be opened through its direct shortcut.
The default path for Windows 7 Internet Explorer:

• 64bit path is C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer
• 32bit path is C:\Program Files (X86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

My emachines EL1300G-01w came with Vista Home Basic 32 bit installed. SP-2 has been installed. It has an AMD Athlon 2650e processor and 2.0 GB RAM. I'm sick of Vista and have heard nothing but good about "7".

First, which version of "7" will give me the most BANG for my BUCK? I, of course, use email & surf the internet, do some photo editing and some desktop publishing.

I'm told that an upgrade to 7 would have to match my version of Vista unless I do a clean install. Anticipating this, I plan to do a backup at Carbonite before reformatting.

Any advise as to how to proceed from here? Quote

Any advise as to how to proceed from here?

I have heard many comments that Vista was not as good of an OS as XP or 7

Some issues described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_Vista

half

BC is very knowledgeable more than half the time.

I was using the program "MagIcDIsc", and I have no idea how it happened, or what I pushed, but quite a few icons on my desktop and all my program FILE icons have changed to the "MagIcDIsc" icon. They won't open now, either. (Internet explorer, Guitar PRO, A few games, AOL Instant messanger). I tried to do a SYSTEM restore but It won't open either. It's like all the files on my computer are trying to open through MagIcDIsc. It's very irritating.MagicDisc (freeware) http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm

Please uninstall MagicDisc
Since you have used System Restore already, you may need to re-install MagicDisc then uninstall it again

If System Restore is corrupt you may have malware installedI did uninstall it. I know how it happened now. When a file wasn't recognized it asked to open with another file, and I clicked Magic Disc. I did it again and now their all different files. Quote from: Jordan111391 on November 29, 2011, 06:09:50 PM

When a file wasn't recognized it asked to open with another file, and I clicked Magic Disc.

yes but MagicDisc is now gone, so the file associations for those 'files' should have reverted back to default

all my program file icons have changed to the "MagIcDIsc" icon.

The 'Windows' default associations will revert back, when "MagIcDIsc" is fully removed

Today I downloaded Windows Ultimate onto my laptop and the WIRELESS networking would not start up at all. I checked in device manager and it showed that the drivers were out of date and for some it didnt EVEN show the name of the product. I went to the hp website but it COULD not find the drivers I needed.
I am running an HP Pavilion dv7-4280us.   
Are there any PROGRAMS that could get the drivers for me?
Thank you!~http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=5052162
The drivers are available on the HP site...

I want to change a diaplay card for my computer to play BattleField 3 but I don't KNOW how and which kind of display card should I purchase for it. My computer's model is Aspire M5910.http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/PT.SDWE2.194
These are your computer's specs.
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You might want to check this out too: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-2.html


This is clearly a very graphics-intensive game. According to http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/bf3-faq the recommended specs are:

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE


I have noticed that these requirements are for 1080p and above-if you are looking to play at lower resolutions a HD 5850/6850 may suffice.
Lets look at the HD 6950 for now-http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6950/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6950-overview.aspx#3


You need at least a 500W PSU with 2 75W PCI-E power connectors. I would recommend upgrading your PSU-it has a maximum 500W output and we don't want something to go wrong, such as drops/spikes in line voltage causing damage to your system.
A DECENT Cooler Master 600W PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171039
A Radeon HD 6950 that is customized by Gigabyte for BETTER cooling:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150523


It does not provide the best bang for buck though, if you are not planning to game on EXTREME resolutions, you may want to consider some of the other cards


This is how to upgrade your graphics card by yourself: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2194488,00.aspThanx a lot!

Hi.  I have a hp G62-225NR Notebook running windows 7.  I was browsing the internet as usual when the COMPUTER suddenly shut off and restarted itself, then not too long after it restarted itself it shut off again accept this time it only came to a blank screen with the blinking curser at the top.  I've tried troubleshooting online and I went to the BIO and restored default setup and did the hard drive and memory test which both passed.  I can't get to safe mode, or don't know properly how, and when I hit f11 for system recovery it just goes back to the blank screen with the blinking curser.  The computer was working just fine, it seems like there must be a fix for this.For safemode you need to repeatedly tap F8 before the Win splash screen...one tap won't do it...
Let us know.Mine is doing the exact same thing. Repeatively hitting F8 is doing nothing. QUOTE from: crunyon4 on December 01, 2011, 07:49:03 PM

Mine is doing the exact same thing. Repeatively hitting F8 is doing nothing.

Hi all

Dell Studio XPS 1640, Windows 7, 64-bit, Home Premium SP 1, Bios A10 factory, I have tried, bios updates A12, A14 and A15, all will the result:  error, cannot continue because… 1. no battery, , yes battery was at full charge,  This has been going on for 9 months, I have posted this question to Dell Forums: no help at all, CALLED Dell Tech support: she checked everything and said the battery was bad, but would not warranty it because it was one year old.   last week I bought a new battery and tried the Bios updates again, same problem, and yes battery was at full charge, have tried doing bios update in safe mode, no help, have used Dell and non Dell Drivers, used DriverMax to make sure all driver was up to date.  old battery was Dell 6 cell factory, new battery non Dell, 9 cell, I used the Dell recommended battery model # for my laptop for new battery.  Everything works fine, with or with out the battery & no AC
Also this laptop came from the factory as Vista, and the Windows 7 software came from Dell.
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all will the result:  error, cannot continue because… 1. no battery, , yes battery was at full charge,

Why are you flashing the BIOS on a relatively new laptop ? ?

Why are you flashing the BIOS on a relatively new laptop ? ?

Is this battery easy to replace or were can I find directions on changing this battery

Everything works fine, with or with out the battery & no AC

I have WIN 7 ultimate duo core 2.o my problem is everytime I click to the next window it will either slow down the button and not do anything, I  slowed down the mouse click but it STILL does it ,Also if i go back one it goes back two just checking ....  clicking other open windows past the initial one causes mouse to screw up?The mouse works as it should ,but when I  try to click back (even if I click once) it will either bring me back to the first window or not check off any check boxes, I would have to really slow down over the check boxes to make the box have a check mark for deleting and I notice that when pressing buttons( not mouse button) the buttons on windows are slow to press so I would have to click more than once to even get anywhereHow does it work in safe mode?

What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?Nothing has been added just windows updates. This has been going on for a while I thought this would correct itself by slowing down the mouse clicks but, I still SEE no improvements but it becomes annoying to have to double click to get a response could this be a virus? if so I will have to format the whole thingUninstall the mouse in Control Panel/System and re-boot...Ok did that  but still having slow reactions when pressing buttons on tool bar I am still pressing more than twice to get a reactionDid you consider it may be the toolbar itself ? ?
Personally i don't use or recommend any of them. Quote from: Allan on December 10, 2011, 05:49:49 AM

How does it work in safe mode?

How would you initiate safe mode? the only way I know is to unplug the computer while it is running

How do I move the CONTROL PANEL button on my  desk top to the TASK BAR.

You can't.  The task-bar is for running applications.  You could put it in the Quick Launch tool bar though.

Windows 7 does not have a "Quick Launch" toolbar.

It does, it's just disabled by default.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

I didn't say it makes sense

I have win 7. and use the iE that came with it.

If I am on a website and want to go to another website but be ABLE to come back to the FIRST one I can not do the Minamize window thing like I did with xp.

How do I do this thanks?I think you can still click on the underscore line to minimize the window.  Did you go to the other website with the same browser or open another one.  Tabbed browsing with IE is pretty easy.  To open another tab and stay on your current page just Cntl+T.I did try to open a new Tab but I just get a Blank screen telling me Your Most Resant Websites.

And there are a fue here.

But they don't work or I am not useing it right.

And if I do say go to Google.com and Minamize the window.

The iE Icon on the Taskbar goes away so I can't click on it to open a new window.

The only thing on the Taskbar is the Google.com iE that I minamized.

But I think I may know what is going on but I don't know how to get to it?

There is a setting for let iE have One Instance At A TIME
and I put a check mark in it..

Shoud I have no check marck in it??? Quote

I did try to open a new Tab but I just get a Blank screen telling me Your Most Resant Websites.

And there are a fue here.

But they don't work or I am not useing it right.

I have win 7. and use the iE that came with it.

If I am on a website and want to go to another website but be able to come back to the first one I can not do the Minamize window thing like I did with xp.

How do I do this thanks?

I am trying to format my D drive (NTFS) into FAT32 format because I heard it would be much better for downloads. The disk manager tool will not let me format the partition so I am wondering if there are any PROGRAMS that could do this? Please keep in mind this is an internal 690gb drive.

Thank you! Whoever told you that was out of his gourd... Quote from: kinoman5 on December 04, 2011, 05:53:51 PM

I heard it would be much better for downloads.Thank you!

whether someone calls it nonsense or not.

For a storage partition, not an OS partition, FAT-32 does give you more access and control over the drive

Before Win-7, I've never used NTFS and have had no problem formatting a 500 gig drive in FAT-32.

For a storage partition, not an OS partition, FAT-32 does give you more access and control over the drive, even from a DOS boot disk, if necessary.

Windows 7 Pro 32 bit.
Most of the time things will run fine (as well as POSSIBLE on a pentium iv.)
However, the computer is experiencing random crashes. I recently installed a WD Caviar Blue Pata/IDE 320GB HDD to replace a bad 80GB disk. Windows 7 installed successfully, however random crashes occur, especially with flash player, but sometimes when the pc is idle or near idle. I can't move the keyboard or mouse, and have to HARD reboot. This PC has gone through a lot of cord unpluggings, the cause of the faulty 80GB hdd.

Specs:
1.6 GHZ Pentium 4
2 GB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4650; 1 GB graphics RAM
aforementioned 320 GB WD Caviar Blue IDE

I know for a fact that the problem does not lie with the simple fact that I am loading win 7 on a pentium 4. The previous HDD was a dual boot between 7 and XP Pro. O/S corruption, maybe, however it was installed less than a month ago.
Why unplug when it "crashes"?  Just hold the POWER button in for 4 seconds. 

Please define what you mean by "crash".  Exactly what happens? 

What power supply is in that computer? Quote from: soybean on December 10, 2011, 08:49:16 AM

Why unplug when it "crashes"?  Just hold the power button in for 4 seconds. 

I'd get another can of air...

Now I'm not saying like 200MB more, it's using 3,5gig more ram then usual, the only thing that changed was that I installed drivers for AMD card (the catalyst driver pack) and a new keyboard (G19) I disabled most stuff so for like 5-30min when I start the computer I use the RAM I usually use (1,2gig) but then It rise to 6,1gig.

I haven't seen any different processors then the new Z7LcdMonitor.exe, LCDClock.exe, LCDMon.exe, LGDCore.exe and some new Win7 processes I swear I haven't seen before but a Google search says the are fine.

Anyone know what could cause this?

Edit: and yea I tried to kill those processes I mentioned but the RAM didn't fall down.Out of curiosity, I wonder, how much ram does the pc use in safe mode? When it started it used 999MB after 30min in idle it was using 637MB of ram, but I should also mention that when it use around 6gig ram it sometimes just drop it down to 1,2gig in a few minutes, but it's totally random on how much ram it want to use.What is actually using the RAM? I mean aside from "the computer" I don't know, I haven't found anyway to see what is using the RAM, I did some searching but it seemed like you couldn't see what program used how much RAM. If I KNEW what the program was I would have done something about it. When I did the search I mostly found how to LOWER the usage of RAM which I think is totally pointless for me.Right click the Taskbar, select "Start Task Manager"

1. Select the Performance tab, look at the lower part where it says Physical Memory (MB) and post or screengrab what you see there.
2. Click the Processes tab, click the column heading "Memory (Private Working Set) so the figures are SORTED with the largest at the top, and see what the topmost entries are.


1.


2. In the Processes tab I got Image Name, CPU and Description I got no memory tab/column.

Edit, I think I found the problem, I removed WUDfhost.exe, I had to use Unlocker for it but sins I restarted the computer it's around 1,6gig RAM. But if keep it in this level for the day I guess I found the problem.WUDfhost.exe usually runs when you connect or use CERTAIN devices, among others, laptop fingerprint readers, PHONES, media/mp3 players, GPS devices, fancy watches, Bluetooth devices, external disks, etc, and the memory (and possibly CPU) hogging is probably down to a badly written driver that came with one of these.
I got it after I installed the catalyst drivers, so right now I'm killing those "new" processes, but for the most part I have to delete the .exe file because I can't disable it on startup, well I probably could enter the registry end remove them there, but I'm not so into the registry editing part.

sup guys,

i recently made a new disk partition on my laptop so i can store music/pictures... my question is, if i were to do a factory restore on my computer, would i lose all those FILES? or even the new partition itself?Yes. Don't.
Before you do any factory restore, make such you have a suitable backup. Otherwise all your work will be lost.
There are many FREE backup manages that can copy your stuff to an external media.
Or, you can by a portable media device from Se agate or Western Digital that has the software with it.

ok thank you, what if i used the recovery drive? it was hidden but i added a drive letter and it appears nowThe 2nd partition is untouched when doing a factory restore...provided you do it properly.With my Compaq laptop, I have no control over how the factory restore works and it will remove any partitions I have created.  Once the recovery process is started, it gives the user no CHOICE about leaving user-created partitions untouched during the restore process.  This may not be true with other brands but I think I'd assume they work this way and I'd definitely want to backup all my important files before starting a factory restore.i will test it and give an update a little LATER in the DAY Quote from: drivers on December 11, 2011, 12:02:53 PM

i will test it and give an update a little later in the day

How many of you can actually say that you have read and used a "hovering pop up"? And how many can say that it is a total irritation?
I bet Mac does not do hovering pop UPS just Micrsoft. Think of how much energy is used programing them, and for what?
If you mean the ones on websites that have ads in them, they don't care what OS or hardware you use. If you mean the ones in Windows that POPUP information about files etc, then hardly any "energy" went into programming them. They are part of the UI. I often find them useful.

how about the ones on web sites and ieI use Adblock Plus in Firefox so i don't have this issue. Quote from: ricky2me on December 10, 2011, 08:39:44 AM

How many of you can actually say that you have read and used a "hovering pop up"?

And how many can say that it is a total irritation?

I bet Mac does not do hovering pop ups just Micrsoft.

The computer boots up and ask for PASSWORD, which we do not have. Is there a way to recover a system back to factory state?Purchase restore disk from manufacturer or OS disk.

Any computer tech can remove the old password for you, but you do need to prove that you are the legal owner of the PC and not someone who stole it.

A good FRIEND of mine, just got a laptop PC from his son-in-law, that was password protected.  Of course, my friend did not have the password but I knew he was the now legal owner of the PC, so.....
I pulled out my boot CD with the password remover program on it and in less than five minutes I was into the PC.

A password is like a $.95 PADLOCK....only meant to keep the honest person honest.  They can be easily removed.

Good Luck and Happy Holidays!
 Many manufacturers (Samsung, LENOVO, Sony, etc, etc.) now commonly include a separate recovery partition on the primary hard drive, which can be used to factory reset.  If you post make and model of computer, you will receive more specific advice.  Often all you need to do is hit a specific key when booting up (e.g. F4) and then follow a WIZARD.

Why does my MODZILLA foxfire browser crash and then it says send crash report.  What is going on.I think you MEAN FireFox.  You also NEED to PROVIDE us with more information.

One of my buttons is not working on my keyboard as the title says, but there is nothing WRONG with it, instead there something wrong with the win7 account. When I'm at the log in screen or a test/guest account the button works, but when I log in on my "main" account the button just wont work, the button works if I hold it down, but then it is spamming it.

First i thought there might be something wrong with the registry but the button can work if I'm fast enough I can type it after I log in. There is no unknown startup program, and nor in the processes tab, I don't know what services should be on, so haven't check there.

If I boot in safe mode the button works, but if I turn on Selective start up and uncheck Load system services, Load startup items and Use original boot configuration then the button won't work, I think the computer still boot some of them, It reactivate some items that I can't disable.

Anyone with a guess on what it could be? I got a updated virus program and I have scanned my computer, so the possibility on a virus is small, no strange files that I can see, I even cleaned the registry witch CCleaner, tho I know you shouldn't do it, but it was wort a shot.Which button?It's the "Ö" button.That's very... odd.  I'm not sure what the fix might be, but it sounds like a possible registry corruption is involved.  This may not satisfy you as a solution, but how about creating a new user account on the PC and migrating to that?Well... It's would take a while to get all of my configuration to the new account, but if it now might be a registry corruption can't I just take and export the keys where the keyboard is saved on a other account and import to this account? if so do you possible know where the keys are saved? Can I just say that the things that you press on a keyboard are called 'keys', not 'buttons', in English? (That's why it's called a keyboard.)
Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 24, 2011, 12:47:51 PM

Can I just say that the things that you press on a keyboard are called 'keys', not 'buttons', in English? (That's why it's called a keyboard.)

instead there something wrong with the win7 account. When I'm at the log in screen or a test/guest account the button works, but when I log in on my "main" account the button just wont work[...]

First i thought there might be something wrong with the registry but the button can work if I'm fast enough I can type it after I log in.

I would like to work  my 2 computers together. i do allot of GENEALOGY. and i would to do it just once. so can i make them work as one?
Yes

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/a/connecttwocomp.htmpuffrose2, I am uncertain as to what your objective is. Is it to simply be able to pass data BACK and FORTH between 2 computers (reddevilggg's link will allow you to do that)? Or is it your objective to tie the 2 computers together to attain the COMBINED power (resources) of the combined computers? By the way welcome to the CH forums.truenorth

OK. I’m not sure what is wrong with my PC here. I tried everything I know how, so now I’m asking for your help.

Here’s the SPECS for my laptop:

HP Pavilion dv3510nr – Celeron 2 processor w/ 4 GB RAM running on Vista.

So here’s what happened. A few days ago, I noticed my COMPUTER was really running slowly. I found this to be a little STRANGE, as the Celeron 2 and 4 GB of RAM are usually enough for everyday tasks. However, simple things like using Firefox or trying to load iTunes resulted in a “program not responding” every TIME.

For some reason, some of my virus scanners won’t run. Example – I tried running SPYBOT Search and Destroy, but the program won’t run. When I ctrl+alt+dlt to go into processes, it says Spybot is running. (It doesn’t show up under applications, just under processes). Weird.

I was able to run Advanced System Care. It showed no major problems. I tried running House Call (online virus scanner) but Firefox froze up again. Every time, Firefox just freezes up. Firefox (or IE) won’t run for more than a minute or two without the “program not responding” Not sure what’s going on.

I thought that maybe this meant I should run the Windows update. I thought this might be the problem, as it had been popping up for the past few days. So I ran through that update (which was Vista SP2, I believe) Even after the update, everything is buggy.

I re-checked the Windows site to see if there were any more updates (or to see if SP2 didn’t install properly). However, nothing showed up.

So what should I do? Half of all the applications I click on won’t open. Some show that they are open in processes but the application itself is nowhere to be found. I’m not sure how to approach this, since half of the virus scanners I have don’t work anyway.

Also, I’ve tried restarting/shutting down my laptop many times.
Where do I go from here?
Your system is infected. Go to the malware forum on this site and follow the instructions in the announcement at the top of the page.Thanks. will do.

wiped entire hard drive clean 750GB, nothing on hdd, no windows 7 operating system.......help
System

Dell Inspiron 1545, 4 gb ram,  64 BIT system, naturally no windows 7 install disks, it was on the drive , exchanged my clean hdd with ANOTHER hdd, 320gb, same computer, works fine with this hdd.

I have tried to make a recovery disk from the 329gb hdd to USE on the 750gb but there is no windows operating system.  Looked on the Dell support site for a purchase of the install disks but not found.  Is there any solution to complete a reinstall?

I have a Vista operating system install disk and tried to install this to get some partitions.  System installs but no boot only Microsoft sliding bar appears but is moving.   the Vista is only 32bit, i'm sure the 64 bit conflicts.

Any resolution to this problem....I would to use the 750gb hard drive but there is no operating system.

Thanks for the  help.
Bob Quote from: obupiperb on December 18, 2011, 10:14:43 AM

wiped entire hard drive clean 750GB, nothing on hdd, no windows 7 operating system.......help

hi,

   i am using win7 PRO.  it became very SLOW after feeding user name and password. it in domain. Quote from: anandkpvs on December 16, 2011, 11:22:09 PM

hi,
   i am using win7 pro.  it became very slow after feeding user name and password. it in domain.

Hello,

I just received a new M4600 from dell, with no pre-installed OS, and 2 drives:
-drive 0: HDD, 500 GB
-drive 1: SSD mini-card (on mini-pcie-e port), 128 GB
the SSD is set as first boot drive in the BIOS.
I tried installing windows 7 on the SSD. It already had 2 partitions:
-partition 1: 39 MB, 38MB free, "reserved (OEM)"
-partition 2: 2GB, "OS", system partition
the rest of unallocated space.
Before installing anything, when booting the laptop, it said "no OS installed" and that was all.
So first I tried installing the win 7 on the unallocated space. It installed well, but on reboot it couldn't start, the "no os installed" was still there.
I tried fixMBR, fixboot, the automatic win7 DVD boot repair tool, nothing worked or detected any problem.
So I tried to erase the first install (format it), to extend the existing (factory installed) 2GB system partition. Windows wouldn't do it. And all I knew was that it was not NTFS.

It is only when I resorted to formatting this 2GB system partition to NTFS, and merging it with the unallocated space behind it, that when I installed win7 again, I then got on reboot "Bootmgr missing, pres ctrl+alt+del to reboot". And again, nothing could change that, no fixmbr, nothing that I could find in diskpart. Seemed like this SSD would only understand something said in a typically "special-SSDish" language: on that "OS" 2GB partition, there was SSDish language, on a usual windows partition there is not, no matter how I did it. And the disappearing of the 2GB partition was the only thing the ssd could react to...

There are 2 aggraving circumstances: I am trying to install win7 on a SSD, and not only a ssd, but a mini-card SSD, which I know requires special factory settings in order to be recognized as a bootable drive, because it is mounted on a mini-pci-e port, not made to be booted on. These settings were to be factory-made by Dell. And I may have erased some of these settings by formatting the "OS" partition that I could not extend.
Second bad point: my laptop came with an OBSCURE "beware of 512e hard drives" message (without dell beeing able to TELL me wether I did have a 512e drive or not, just "your computer may have a 512e hard drive"), with something about a lot of compatibility issues, the NEED to install special intel drivers (but how can I install them if I have absolutely no OS installed!) and special windows updates. And in France it is 3 in the morning, and even tomorrow I do not know who I may call in Dell to fix this horribly complicated problem. I just can't understand what's going on with the boot sequence on these weird mini-card ssd drives, and without knowing it, why can't my win7 simply boot!

Any help?

Thanks a lot!I am not sure if I get that you have a new laptop with no pre-installed operating system? I don't SEE anywhere here http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/precision-m4600/pd referring to other storage devices.Is there a particular reason you can't install the OS onto the HDD? If possible, you may want to do that, then go through and get everything set up to boot to the SSD, including drivers and fixes and whatever else is needed, verify that it is bootable, then erase the OS off the HDD so you have all of that space availabe again. It is kind of the long way around the block, but if it works, it's better than having a really expensive boat anchor on your desk.