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Windows 7 boot failure - looping after motherboard replacement
I'm having the usual classpnp.sys problems after a motherboard replacement (due to the Intel Sandy Bridge issue with failing SATA ports). Basically the thing goes into a loop where none of the F8 menu ...
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How to re-partition old XP boot drive (with OEM partition) after installing Win7 on new SSD?
Old situation: Machine had 2 232 GB HDDs:
- HD 0 contains a 70 MB OEM partition and a 232 GB Windows XP boot partition
- HD 1 has one partition (data disk)
I bought a new SSD, added it to my machine, ...
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Enter Bios/UEFI from desktop shortcut
I am currently dual booting windows and linux, i dont want to use grub because grub tends to get very flakey the longer things go on.
IS there a way for me to create a desktop shortcut in linux to ...
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GRUB: Windows Memory Diagnostic
I've been trying to add the "Windows Memory Diagnostic" utility to my GRUB bootloader. I have not had any luck, though. Every script I've tried writing has resulted in an error message, with ...
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Fast Startup (Hibernate): Windows failed fast startup with error status 0xC00000D4
The windows Fast Startup feature has a problem in my HP Victus 15 laptop.
i have it enabled from control panel, if i shutdown the laptop and leave it for like a day, when i turn it on, it is doing a ...
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Windows Boot: Stuck in Boot loader
This question is about a Laptop which has Windows 10 64-Bit and 32-Bit in a dual boot configuration via Windows boot manager.
A CPU upgrade (change of the CPU, bought used) was recently performed. I ...
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How to reinstall Windows on Modecom compute stick
Long time ago we bought Modecom FreePC with win10 on it. Upon first boot it asked which version of the Windows to use (32 or 64bit). Unfortunately I was not there for the initial boot and the person ...
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Invalid signature detected: Check Secure Boot policy
I had an old setup with Windows 11 and Ubuntu on my Gigabyte X370. I installed Windows with only one SSD in the system, then removed it, installed Ubuntu on another SSD and plugged them both in.
If I ...
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Rebuilding Windows Server 2019 Boot
I have a Windows 2019 Server that has been in service for about 8 months. It is an MSI 670P motherboard and implements a RAID10. It won't boot. Apparently there was a power failure, and the system ...
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Why does TPM think I installed a new CPU?
I disassembled then reassembled a computer, I rebooted and got a message saying that I installed a new CPU or reset the NV structure. I don't really think I did either, there was only one RAM slot and ...
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Making a Windows USB Boot Drive on Mac, can you select a partition Style?
I need to install Windows using my USB Stick. In Rufus, different partition types (UEFI with MBR, GPT etc.) are selectable. The problem is, I have only a Macbook and none of the soft, that I used, ...
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black screen after power on & auto power on after force shutdown
After pressing the power button of the laptop, most of the hardware is completely unresponsive.
The fan works for a few seconds and stops. It works for a short time before stops again periodically ...
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BSOD ntoskrnl.exe MSI Creator 17 B11UH-405BE i9-11900H running Windows 11
My MSI Creator 17 B11UH-405BE i9-11900H running Windows 11 was in screen saver and when I wanted to work again a BSOD appeared. After restarting, I wanted to view the source of the BSOD. It turned out ...
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Not being able to dualboot Windows 11/Linux
I come with the question about dual booting Windows 11 on 1st SSD and Ubuntu on 2nd SSD.
After different tries with different scenarios, I'm still not abel to run installation of Linux on second drive....
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Laptop sometimes boots with an black screen
So the problem i identified is my AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with integrated radeon graphics i think the BIOS or something uses the integrated graphics to boot thats why i dont see any boot information and ...
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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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SSD stopped booting after chkdsk
I have a 3 month old Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD installed in my MicroCenter PowerSpec G419 from years ago. It was working nicely for those 3 months - I had used Samsung Magician to migrate from my old ...
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PC keeps changing boot order automatically (Windows/Linux dualboot)
I have a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro mainboard, and in the BIOS settings I set the first boot drive to my 250GB SSD which has Windows 10 installed, and the second boot drive to my 500GB SSD which has ...
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Laptop boots only after a couple of tries?
My windows laptop can boot only after a few tries, before that it either gets stuck on the logo or just a black screen. Also, camera light starts blinking when booting up, and it never did that. I ...
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Understanding why Windows boot fails when EFI partition is moved
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I got a new computer with a HDD. I put SSDs in it and made RAID1, then started installing Windows Server 2022. I wanted to use SSDs and a HDD for data. I noticed the HDD already had some ...
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Physically moving a Linux system HDD to another machine (Windows)
I have a functioning Unix Linux system (Ubuntu server) on machine A and a functioning Windows (10) on machine B.
I would like to only keep B by moving A's HDD into it and create a bootloader to choose ...
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Re-adding .efi file to uefi boot
After upgrading to windows 11 my Kali Linux entry disappeared from the Boot menu. When I hit F9 (select boot device) I can select windows, or I can browse the efi partition and select the grubx64.efi ...
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Install a HD with Windows installed in a PC running Linux and add to GRUB
This is my question.
I bought a PC Lenovo with Windows 7 installed. After that, I upgrade to Windows 10. Finally, I removed the HD and mounted the HD of my current PC with Linux Mint. I have been ...
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Strange computer behavior
It is really hard to briefly describe what is happening with my computer in the title. Thus I will try to explain it as detailed as I can below.
Turning on the computer after it has been turned off ...
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Cant install windows. Not booting to Hard Drive
I cannot install windows on a laptop.
Tried several different HHDs
Tried Windows 10 and 8.1 boot usbs
Tried Rufus with windows 10 and 8.1 iso's
Tried Startup Repair after installation. I get "...
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How to load an XML "Unattend answer file" into the current Windows 10 installation?
There are a few possible customization for Windows 10 Enterprise, such as Custom Logon.
This page explains indeed how to create such a file using DISM for a future Windows installation image, but how ...
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WoeUSB error when writing to disk
I'm getting this error when I try to write a Windows 10 ISO file onto my 32GB USB:
Installation failed!
Exit code: 256
Log:
WoeUSB v3.3.1
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Mounting source filesystem...
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Fail to boot from external SSD
My laptop recently broke down due to some hardware problems related to the motherboard. To restore my working environment, I plugged out the SSD drive where the operating system is installed and ...
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Windows 10 clone fails to boot from 2.5” SSD USB 3.0 Enclosure (USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge)
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Computer used:
UEFI-only laptop with Startup Manager (boot volume can be selected on boot)
Clone source:
Laptop's internal NVMe AHCI SSD (soldered to motherboard), 500 GB
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Resetting virtualbox machine causes "iPXE (http://ipxe.org) E2:00.0 E200" to appear
I'm installing Ubuntu on a virtual machine but just got a weird, extremely rare error from VirtualBox instead of the usual VB BIOS boot screen.
I can't use anything to recover VirtualBox because VBox ...
