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New Windows10 SSD only works when another Windows10 drive is in
My old computer SSD died, and a friend lent me an HD with a temporary install of Windows 10. The borrowed drive works perfectly, but it's a loaner. So I downloaded the Windows 10 formatting/...
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Restored Windows Vista Recovery Partition Image not booting - clonezilla
I've followed the first two of these guides from clonezilla.org, but: applied to a Windows Vista Recovery partition; partition-to-image rather than disk-to-image. I wiped out the entire disk after ...
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Windows Vista 32 bit doesn't boot in Normal Mode. Only boots in Safe mode
I own a laptop that has Windows Vista 32 bit installed in it. I have been unable to switch it on in normal mode for a day now. When I try to switch it on in the said mode, Microsoft Corporation is ...
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Windows Vista is booting with wrong drive letter
Windows Vista is booting with wrong drive letter. Instead of booting with drive letter C:, it is getting drive letter D: and thus fails to login to a user profile.
This situation happened because I ...
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How do I copy the Recovery Partition to a USB and make that a bootable drive, in order to reinstall the OS?
I have copied all the data in a hidden OS recovery partition from a hard drive. This partition was provided by the laptop manufacturer to restore the laptop to its original factory Vista installation.
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My Vista partition does not boot. How do I fix that?
I accidentally moved my Vista partition, after which it no longer booted. This is a multi-boot laptop, with Windows 7 and Windows XP. Both operating systems don't boot either.
The vexing thing is ...
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How to factory reset computer?
So, I have a dell laptop that was running Windows Vista Home Premium. I started installing Windows 7 Professional. However, it was hanging on "Completing Installation", and I read somewhere to hard ...
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How to command regedit to go to Google URL Via Chrome
I was having another problem, and tried a "solution" that not only didn't fix the problem - but created a new one. The original problem I solved (I can't remember what it was), and I can't remember ...
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Can I use a Vista installation disk to repair a Windows 8.1 system?
Someone I know is having a problem with booting their Windows 8/8.1 system. I'm assuming the boot /fixboot (and maybe boot /fixmbr) command will be able to solve the problem, but I don't have a ...
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How can I restore my Windows system after the PC is booted into DOS from USB drive?
My PC with Windows Vista failed to boot. The screen showed that the boot device was not found. I think the boot area of the hard drive was damaged. Then I created a boot USB drive with DOS system, and ...
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Unable to boot to Windows Vista after reinstalling Linux in a dual boot configuration [closed]
I had a dual boot of Vista and Arch Linux. I wanted to delete Arch and install CentOS so I formatted the following partitions of the existing installation and installed CentOS 7:
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/boot
/swap
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What files are needed for a bootable DOS floppy disk?
I just made a bootable DOS floppy disk in Windows Vista, but the files are taking too much space. I need more space to store a flash utility program and a ROM file. What files can I safely remove and ...
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Formatting boot hard drive for Windows Vista from Windows 7
My 1TB hard drive is failing. I'm guessing that some of the Windows Vista are on bad sectors as the PC is not booting. (Hangs when reading files for Safe Mode).
I bought a 2TB hard drive. I want ...
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Windows Vista boot time nonstop disk I/O ... goes away after long delay
I have a Dell Laptop running Vista. 4Gb RAM, 500Mb HD, CD player.
On booting, it takes forever (20-30 minutes) to come to a usable state. (This makes it laughably useless as a portable device). ...
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How do I download the files for creating a windows Vista boot disk?
So, I know where to go to get the required files:
http:/msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/msshus/vista32/boot.wim
http:/msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/msshus/vista32/install....
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