Questions tagged [windows-7-restore]
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how to system restore windows 7 with clean boot
I want to restore a computer running windows 7. My goal swipe it clean and then re-install windows 7 with the same product key.
To do I understand that I need to create a recovery drive (on USB ...
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Zip settings. How to concatenate results from multiple zip files?
So I was one of those fools that didn't realize that Windows 8.1 has removed the windows 7 recovery option for restoring old backups. Now I have a backup set (A folder containing ~1500 zip files) ...
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Why did System Restore wipe out a complete desktop, and a lot of files on the primary partition?
The PC was running unusually slow so I thought I'd restore it to a few days back and see what happens. I put up system restore point to 2 days ago, that's 11th of May.
And when I loaded Windows again ...
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System Image Restore Taking Forever
I recently changed my motherboard, CPU, and power supply since my old motherboard was having some problems.
I used Paragon Adaptive Restore to make Windows bootable after changing the hardware. ...
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Restoring Win7 from System Image. Will external HDD be affected?
I want to restore windows 7 using a system image I created a while back. The image is located on my external HDD and my question is will the contents of my external HDD be deleted or the drive ...
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Computer with OEM Windows 7, but no product key - can I backup and restore it?
I have bought a used computer with a valid and activated Windows 7, as installed by the vendor. There is for some reason no product key attached to the case so I cannot simply reinstall Windows 7 ...
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Restore files from Windows Vista/7 backup to Windows 8.1?
We have a backup of a Vista system made via the Windows Backup utility that we'd like to restore files from to a Windows 8.1 system, however it appears that 8.1 has completely removed the Windows ...
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Restore only some volumes from a multiOS system image
I have two Windows installations on different drives. System Restore won't let me make a system image of only the one I use most (Win7), I had to make a system image for both drives.
I recently had ...
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How to discover Windows flavor from unbootable drive?
The history of this "gifted" laptop (is it a gift if someone gives you a 2-year-old computer that won't boot?) is that it has had its hard drive chewed by virus(es?) and no longer boots. Recovery mode ...
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Windows 7 Hidden Recovery Partition
Is it possible to copy my recovery partition into another media and restore from it. If it is possible, kindly share the method to perform it. Thanks.
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Error 0x8100001A when trying to restore files using Windows 7 Backup & Restore
When trying to restore files using Windows 7 Backup & Restore, I get this error:
It doesn't appear to matter what backup date I try to restore from. I always get this message. Quick research ...
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Windows 7 System Restore Failed
I need to restore Windows 7, because I installed some software which ruined my PC. I see the error above.
I tried running the restore tool using administrator privileges, and disabled my antivirus, ...
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Data recovery from laptop which was formatted because of new Windows 7 installation
I want to recovery my data from an Windows 7 Ultimate installation. My laptop got stolen but later I caught the theft. But unfortunately all my data is lost because he formatted my laptop and put on a ...
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Windows 7 - restoring system image from second hard drive and making it the boot drive
I have Windows-7 64 bit on an HP dv8 laptop that came with two physical hard drives - C & D. I have a recent system image and other files and folders on drive D. Drive C has failed and the ...
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Windows 7: how do I find the setting for safe mode which was inadvertently set as default; it will not boot up in normal mode
In Windows 7 how do I find the setting to make normal mode my default?
The setting for safe mode was inadvertently set to default, and now my computer will not boot up in normal mode.
