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Windows 7 - Hyper-V - Boot manager failed to find OS Loader

This virtual machine has worked before but when switching between computers something happened with the file. When starting the Windows 7 virtual machine I get the following error on both computers: ...
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Startup Repair - How to emulate it without running it

Curious question, may sound odd or foolish. Im making the assumption that startup repair uses some sort of cmd commands. I am curious as to what they are. Most of the time, if I have a boot/...
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Access entire C drive from X source boot? [closed]

I would like to be able to access the entire C drive as my title says from booting in x source cmd whilst in repair mode, is this possible?
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How Top Stop Programs Starting Up Using Command Prompt In Windows 7

I want to stop a program from starting in Windows 7 using command prompt. This is on a PC where I cannot access msconfig and cannot install programs, but I can use command prompt. Is this possible ...
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DOS program has 8 second delay on startup under Win 7

My legacy DOS program (instant-Office) endures an 8 second delay when starting under Windows 7 - every time. Having run the identical program thousands of times under DOS and Win-XP it starts up ...
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How to install Windows 7 from network?

I want to install windows 7 on 10 pc from one shared source via same network and use the following: windows PE bootable disk . the source computer with windows 7 setup files in the share folder . ...
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What would cause a CMD window to open after windows starts?

As of the past few weeks, when I start windows, A CMD window opens and stays open after all the programs and applications launch. I have just been exiting or closing the box, but I have been wondering ...
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How do I install/uninstall drivers from CMD in windows7?

Recently I had to change the motherboard(different manufacturer and chipset) on one of my computers and now windows 7 wont start. I would like to avoid reinstalling windows from scratch since it would ...
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I want to add a command parameter to a Windows 7 startup item

How can I do this? MSConfig won't allow you to edit the command being sent, just enable or disable.
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Specify next boot to be into Safe Mode/WinRE via command line?

As the title says I would like a script that tells Windows that the next boot should be into Safe Mode or at least that the F8 menu should be presented on next boot. Booting into WinRE (Launch ...
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