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• XPS 420 - HARD drive failed, performing a clean install of Vista on the new HARD drive.

  Hey everybody,

  My on my XPS 420 HARD drive failed and I'm trying to reinstall Vista using the disc that came with my machine back when I bought it.

  I bought a new WD10EZEXAZ (1 TB Serial ATA HDD), he rose in the same dwelling as my old HDD (ST3750630AS * Barracuda 7200.11*). I start the PC and goto Setup, it recognizes the HARD drive in the blue menu.

  Then I boot with the CD of Vista that came with my system. I proceed as indicated through the following url:

  Clean install of Vista

  After its copied files, expanded the files, installed features, updates installed... it goes to "Complete Installation" and throws an error message: "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on a hardware on this computer."

  I tried a few things I've seen posted on the internet, including trying to run msoobe.exe via command line. When I did, it allows me to Setup user... but finally I get sent to this message of error or another telling me I have to reinstall Windows.

  I read else where some hard disks may not compatible with the Dell disk provides with my OEM machine. If this is the case, can someone advise? I really didn't want to spend $100 one another on a Windows 7 disc, but I feel like this may be my only option... but even in this case, I'm not so sure this will work or the other.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated,

  Tony

  UPDATE *.
  Did some more research, I discovered my new drive HARD is an advanced HDD format... not sure if it has nothing to do with my problems (by www.wdc.com/advformat Vista should not need to perform the work before the OS being installed), but thought I would mention it.

  Thanks again for any help.

  ****************

  Seems that I found the solution to my problem.

  Problem has been fixed by going into the BIOS and change the Mode of Port SATA to IDE/native/AHCI native. After that, the installation worked without any problems. Seems that Windows Setup did not like the port mode is set to RAID.

  Just thought I would post back everybody incase has had the same problem.

• R50E installed new hard drive, laptop does not see...

  Hello

  Just installed a new hard drive, one old man went beyond repair, the disc is out of the package, I format, partition, but the laptop does not see...

  I wonder how I can do... I do not have the recovery disks, but I can get them if it will solve the problem

  Thks

  Thks for yr reply

  But the problem is solved, it was a hard drive defective, even if she was new out of the package, returned to the shop, tested found inoperative, replaced by another that everyone ok

  concerning

• new hard drive, Wireless does not

  I had to install a new hard drive and reinstall windows 7 on my Pavilion dv6. I downloaded the drivers for the network card and you can get on the internet with wire connected. When I installed the drivers wireless I get compatibility box that says drivers have not installed correctly. Controller of net work shows no driver installed. Any help would be great...  I am running windows 7

  You are the very welcome.

  You need this driver for the PCI device.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-102202-1&cc=us&DLC=en&LC=en&OS=4063&product=5218502&sw_lang=

• Vista home premium, new hard drive, recovery "windows installation error.

  Pavilion m9340f Vista Home premium.

  original hard drive & replacement two seagate barracuda SATA

  "installation of windows could not configure windows to run on a hardware on this computer."

  After the disk crash, replaced the hard drive.

  Using Vista Home Premium SP1 recovery disks (disk w / extra) HP, has begun to recovery.

  First step was to run the tools, test drive.  Seek and scan spent.

  Put 1 in the drive and powered drive, then on it.

  Bridged system restore and went to recovery.

  All the drives used, including the additional disk.  Everything is OK

  reformat & reinstalling original content OK

  "Complete recovery" & restart OK

  Opens the window with 'startnet.command', 'building the partition' appears

  With "HP Flexbuild 2.0"appears, and then restart

  "Windows Setup" starts.

  copy of files OK

  extension of the files OK

  installation of OK features

  installation of updates OK

  end of installation - it is here that the window with the ' installation of windows... neck material. appears

  I have no idea where to go from here.  Seagate, told me to "call HP.  Support HP told me to buy another machine, although I had to pay for the support.  This forum and Microsoft are my last hope.

  Can someone PLEASE suggest something.  I can't just throw this machine.

  PROBLEM SOLVED!

  Dig kept and article found

  "

  Can not recover the PC after replacing the hard drive with a drive AF (Windows 7 and Vista)

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c03509131

  I had an old WD 1 TB drive is not AF.  Put it in and everything worked fine.

• Add the new hard drive, windows does not start now

  OK, ill be as specific as possible here

  Ive always had a few hard drives in my computer at all times

  A few days ago, I had problems with my windows 7 install that I tabled to the installation while I had all of my hard drives connected at installation time.

  2 days ago I decided to start over fresh with a windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. I also bought a new 64gig OCZ SSD for my OS.

  I disconnected all my drives except the SSD and performed a complete installation of windows 7 and all a well worked first go again.
  I then started to shut down my computer and adding a hard drive to the times and re starting and in ensuring that the drive letters came back how I got them I had on my previous built and changing them were nessisary.

  I installed my 5 drives in this case and the computer rebooted fine and everything was perfect until!

  installed hard drives
  1 SSD 64 GB
  2. 1.5 TB of storage
  3. 1.5 TB of storage
  4. 320 GB movies
  5. 320 GB games

  I copied all HDD 4. movies (only movies and music files) on disk 3.
  then I removed the hard drive of 4 and replaced by a new hard disk 1.5 TB and restarted the computer
  the computer starts very well and once loaded windows I coppied the movies and music of the new 1.5 TB hard drive back.

  now, I had

  installed hard drives
  1 SSD 64 GB
  2. 1.5 TB of storage
  3. 1.5 TB of storage
  4 movies 1.5 to
  5. 320 GB games

  This is were the problem started. I restarted my computer and it wouldn't start. He gets the message of realteck and just a cursor flashes and remains like that permanently.

  If I remove the sata cable to the back of the hard disc 4 the computer starts fine
  I can plug the cable in just before the windows screen comes up and the hard drive works fine and is FLEURIDAS and all.
  but leave it plugged during the start of what the computer does nothing

  things I've tried, I made sure all my boot priorities are pointing to the SSD drive
  I have turned all devices normal priming and the hard drive with the OS selected
  Ive made sure that all the drive letters are correct on each drive
  Ive tried to get started with the windows 7 CD to get to the repair section and I click Repair tool, start it recconises there is a problem but informs me it can not be fixed automatically and asks me if I want to send the information to microsoft (which me).

  It's really made me this one any help will be great and thanks in advance

  just in case sick leave my system specs

  EVGA X 58 mobo
  INTEL Core i7 940
  6 GB of corsair ram
  all hard drives, you know
  1000 watt power supply
  2 X PALIT GTX 295 but SLI is not currently connected

  Hi AUST_DeVinE,

  ·         Please give us the exact error that you receive when you plug the SATA cable?

  ·         After you connect the hard drive, are you able to boot in safe mode?

  Check if you are able to boot in safe mode. Link: start your computer in safe mode:

        http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  1. run chkdsk on this hard drive, follow the steps below and check, if it helps:

  i. connect the external hard drive

  II. starting the computer in the Windows recovery environment, you can check the link below: What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

  III. run Chkdsk,

  Here are the steps to run chkdsk:

  i. in the command prompt window, type the following command and press enter Chkdsk/r X:

  II. Note: in this command, x is a placeholder that represents the drive letter of the volume you want to check.

  III. o press when you are prompted to check the drive the next time the system restarts.

  IV. restart the computer.

  Note: When you restart, Windows checks the drive for errors, and then Windows starts.

  Link, please refer to: Chkdsk: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730714 (WS.10) .aspx 

  2. you can even format the hard drive and check if this can help, see the below link for the same: Formatting disks and drives: frequently asked questions: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Formatting-disks-and-drives-frequently-asked-questions

  3 make sure you check the firmware updates and the updates of the system BIOS

  For updates and updates the system BIOS, contact the manufacturer of the hardware in the computer, refer to the following Web site:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/vendors/en-us 

  Not even verify that the system BIOS correctly detects the hard disk

  For more information about how to verify that the system BIOS correctly detects the hard disk, contact the manufacturer of the computer hardware.

  BIOS WARNING: Change to the BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Loading Vista on a new hard drive

  I would like to re - install Windows Vista on a new hard drive on a laptop HP Pavilion DV6000 of portable entertainment is since 2007.  Now, the laptop came with Vista pre-installed.  The laptop came with a system recovery disk.  My question is: this disk contains Windows Vista I need to load new hard disk?

  GaryRob

  Yes assuming that the new hard disk is at least as large as the former, system recovery disk is exactly what you need to restore the PC as long as you plant. Simply tap on F9 you turn on with the disc in the drive and select the DVD as a source of start-up and follow on-screen prompts. You'll need to do a lot of updates, but you will have a working computer.

• Problems after doing a clean install of Vista Home Premium and service pack 2

  I see that others have the same problem as me, but there is no way to comment (that I can see) on the thread I've read.  After a lot of problems, I did a clean install of VISTA Home Premium (came with my Dell PC) and when I installed service pk2, all of the same problems that led me to do a clean install appeared.  I can't the computer to recognize and install the keyboard and the mouse of the blue tooth. (Don't tell me to contact the manufacturer, because they came w / the computer and say "Dell" on them!)  He told me that the enumerator does not work.  Then I launched Quicken, and when I tried to save a registry check for print, he gave me the msg "Quicken launcher has stopped working".  He was a key reason I did a clean install.  The only improvement is that I can at least open Quicken, which he would not let me do before.  How to uninstall service pack 2?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/948537

  How to uninstall Windows Vista service packs as a troubleshooting step

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  https://support.Microsoft.com/OAS/default.aspx?PRID=13014&Gprid=582034&St=1

  Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows Vista, but only for Service Pack 2 (SP2). This support for SP2 is valid until August 30, 2010.

  Microsoft free support for Vista SP2 at the link above.

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• Satellite L40: Can I use Toshiba DVD to install Vista on a new HARD drive

  Hi people,

  I'm new to this forum... I don't know that there, can someone advise me.
  I replace my Satellite L40 HDD with a bigger drive, the current is only 80Gig.

  And my question is, can I use my Toshiba recovery Disc to reinstall Vista on the new HARD drive, or is it a hidden partition on the original HARD drive?
  If someone has done this, would appreciate an idiots guide to doing the same thing.

  Cheerzzzzzzzzzzz...

  Dave

  Of course you can do it.
  The DVD of Vista recovery Toshiba help you install Vista, all the drivers Toshiba and tools, and it automatically creates all the partitions.

  So what you have to do is to boot from the recovery DVD and follow the instructions on-screen ;)

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• Problems installing vista on a new hard drive

  I just finished installing vista on a new hard drive, and now the computer is unable to find internet connections. any suggestion would be great!

  Go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > look for it last network adapters Vista drivers > download/install the.

  The computer you are using now if you have an Internet connection with the other > download / save drivers > copy them into Flash Drive > transfer / install on another computer/laptop.

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• After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer

  After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer. Also I can't 'manage' my computer because I do not have "permissions". I tried a fix he 45071 and it did nothing.

  Applications, (Norton and McAfee) (including free evaluation versions are notorious for not not upgrade (or uninstalling) itself.) If NIS has been installed for 3 years, you have NIS update at least once and maybe twice (e.g., NIS 2009 > NIS 2010 > NIS 2011).

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• I bought a new hard drive as an upgrade for my previous hard disk which had no space and I want to put vista on my new hard drive. I have a sony notebook and cannot find a way to do

  new hard drive

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  How to pass windows 7 to a new hard drive using Acronis True Image Home 2011:
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  Note: Acronis now sells their 2012 for the UI version may be slightly different.

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