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• I need to format the hard drive and it won't let me because the program is running.

  Please help someone... I have a desktop running windows 7.  I need to format the hard drive and it won't let me because the program is running.

  Any ideas on how to get this tour using the bios screen, or y at - it an other way round. The drive has a partition, but no other programs on it.  I'm actually getting rid of the computer and need to erase the first hard drive and reload windows xp pro.

  Thanks for any help given, I'm desperate.

  Original title: help with windows 7

  Reinstall Windows XP
  http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

  Insert your Windows XP CD, and then restart your computer.

  When you are prompted to boot from the CD, do so. To do this, press any key on the keyboard.

  To learn how to change your BIOS options to boot from the DVD drive, the following tutorial:

  http://notebooks.com/2011/05/05/How-to-load-BIOS-and-change-boot-configuration/

  Windows XP will go into its configuration process.

  Once you arrive at the welcome configuration, press enter on your keyboard to start the installation process

  Press F8 on your keyboard to accept the license agreement

  Select the partition, and then press D on your keyboard to remove it

  Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system

  Press F on your keyboard to start the formatting.

  Installation files will now be copied to your hard drive

  Your system will be rebooted, the installation of Windows XP will continue

• Hello! I need to replace the hard drive of my laptop Sony VPCEB33FM, serial No. 27532133-3071590.

  Hello! I need to replace the hard drive on my beloved laptop VPCEB33FM serial No. 27532133-3071590. that was purchased in the United States over two or three years.    I live in Switzerland and I think I might have to import a hard drive from the United States, how do I go about it and it would be easy enough to install it myself.  Is there a video I could watch that could help with the installation.  Thanks for any helpful answers.

  Hi... you can replace the HARD drive with disk drive hard Seagate ST9320310AS or Hitachi HTS545032B9S...

  You will find the site of esupport , HARD drive installation instructions... BTW, you need to use a recovery for the new HARD drive disk

  Hope that helps...

• I need to format the hard drive but don't have the windows vista disc to reinstall, but have had the key code that vista was preinstalled do I have to buy a new drive for vista

  I need to format the hard drive but don't have the windows vista disc to reinstall, but have had the key code that vista was preinstalled do I have to buy a new drive for vista

  Hello

  How to reinstall Vista

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Need advice on replacing hard drive Toshiba

  I have other manufacturers with a 60 GB MK6021GAS HDD Toshiba laptop. According to me, the hard disk is endangered and I want to shoot anything on the restore disc to another new. I need everything from the disk because the OS image is one that has been charged by the company, with that I have a contract and apparently the standard that came with the laptop is not compatible with their applications that I have also loaded on the laptop.

  I don't want to travel more than 100 miles in business COMPUTING of offices to have another OS loaded on the new drive I did not, so what I guess I want to do is to create an accurate picture of the existing drive, then restore the image to the new drive when I get it.

  I tried to make an image of the disc using Paragon exact Image 7 SE, but download from the failed hard drive on a dump of DVD disc fails consistently, after copying 1.6 Go Go 8,32, the statement that the hard drive is damaged.

  Another piece of software, Active SMART also reports that of the disk failure is imminent, reporting a status of 'Bad' for this disc. I have run chkdsk many times over the past months on the hard drive and on a few occasions, he isolated the defective sectors. So, everything indicates that the days of the disk being really numbered.

  I want to be able to do is buy another unit of MK6021GAS HDD and get all the files from that defective to the new without having to reload the operating system, data software application etc.

  Is this possible? If Yes, what is the best way? How can I get all of the disc if this software Paragon doesn't let me extract everything? Any advice greatly appreciated.

  Thank you
  Phil.

  Hi Phil,

  Your problem seems to be that certain parts of your drive hard existing cannot be read and thus your attempts to copy the data on the drive will fail. You will need to use a suitable backup utility must take into account segments on your drive so that you can get a copy of safety as much as possible your system.

  I know that Norton Ghost has the option to ignore bad sectors when you take a backup (I myself have used in the past). You could then do a restore of the magnified image to a new disk, but if ignored bad sectors were in a critical area of the operating system, then you still have problems after restoring.

  Alternatively, you can copy both of your personal folders as possible to an external support and then reinstall your OS from scratch even if obviously would need you a valid drive of installation/recovery of Microsoft (or OEM). You can then restore your personal files.

• Re: Problems with the hard drive on a Satellite A200

  Hello

  I got my Satellite A200 (PSAE6E) for many years, and although I was interested for her order to to finally make the hard drive gives its first signs of failure. The symptoms started coming a few months ago. The disc will stop working, the system hangs, and I begin to hear a clicking sound from the disc. I'm afraid that one day it will stop working completely, and I can't afford without a laptop.

  I would replace it for a new hard drive, or one that is in good condition, but I'm having a hard time finding information on hard drives compatible with this model. Could someone help me with this?

  Thank you
  Gloom

  What you can do is to remove the original HARD drive and order the same.
  What you really need, it's SATA HDD and you can get it in every electronic or PC Magazine. I assume the original HARD drive was about 200 GB. What you can do now is to buy a new one with more capacity.

  Either way, what operating system are you using? I mean Win7 works perfectly on this old piece of hardware.

• Need to replace the hard drive on HP DM4 2165-DX, need info on compatible disks.

  Hello.

  The hard drive in my HP DM4 2165-DX failed.

  Can someone tell me what [SSD and non - SSD] HARD disk are compatible can I buy and trade?

  Thank you.

  You will need the service manual you can download here:

  Manual

  Page 43 shows how to swap out hard drive.

  There are 9.5 mm thick and 2.5 inch wide SATA drives, mechanical or SSD. Eventually, it was mounted with a 160 GB SSD, but you can install more if you wish. I recommend at least a mechanical 7200 rpm or a hybrid disc if you do not want an SSD, but if you can afford to spend the money a SSD is the only way to go.

  It is the SSD, I have my own laptop (I have a 512 GB of the same drive model):

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820147248

  Post back if you need help for reinstalling software or anything else.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• HP Pavilion g7-1167, which is needed to replace the hard drive

  In fact, I have a few questions.

  First of all, I was streaming How I Met Your Mother online when a box appeared and gave a kind of message (I don't remember now). He was just sitting there, so I restarted the computer. After the reboot, the computer would not go beyond the screen "start wondows. I ran a dignostic and it says that the short test failed. I then ran a diagnostic in the bios and it ran the short test, he failed, then he ran about 5% of the test long then stopped and said "hard drive full 1."

  After looking online, I think it's a sign that it crashes. I already ordered the new hard drive and the kit at HP.

  But now I need to know how to get all my info out of it. My brother has an external hard drive that I can use, but I don't know if it will work.

  In addition, once I have installed the new hard drive I think I need to re - install windows and something else? Do I have to re - install and how do I do that if I don't have the disks? Can I do a recovery on that disk now, or is it too late? If so, how do I?

  I'm sorry, I don't know anything about computers, so any help is greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  First of all, about your existing data, here are some options that you can try.

  1. one possible way to try to recover your files from a disk non-boot is to follow the process described in the link below.  The CD of the Ubuntu operating system you create can launched from the CD alone (IE it doesn't have to be installed on the hard drive) and I've often found to successfully extract data even a hard failure.  When you created the CD, follow the instructions and see if you can save your existing files. 

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/use-Ubuntu-Live-CD-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-Windo...

  2 another option would be to remove the drive HARD, place it in an external enclosure - is an example of the link below - connect to another PC and see if you can access your files.

  External 2.5 HARD drive caddy ".

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  Regarding the reinstallation of the operating system on the new drive, I don't think that you will be able to create a viable together your disc recovery disc HARD existing, but you can order a set of replacement of the HP recovery discs using the link below.

  Order HP recovery disks.

  If you have a problem with this link, order them directly from HP.

  If you live in the United States, contact HP here.

  If you are in another part of the world, begin here.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• I need to replace the hard drive and need to re - install my copy of windows 7

  I need to replace my hard drive due to intermittent faults and corrupt sectors can I any re - install my copy of windows 7 or do I need a new license number or something else

  You can use the same license, you may need to reactivate by phone:

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

• I need to replace the hard drive for a campaq presario v5000 laptop

  having trouble with the laptop is very slow or freezing upwards.  Had he wiped and all the info on it but did not help the cause.  Message has started to come up on top of the hard drive and then it just stopped working.  My daughter who works in the field of Informatics said I need a new hard drive.  So now I need to know what parts I need to buy

  Just a new hard drive.

  

  Above is the image of the Bay on the lower part of the lasptop where the player will. You need an old drive portable PATA (IDE) model. Remove the drive from the caddy and replace it with a new one, new plug-in and recharge your software and you're good to go.

  Here's a disc that will work for you to newegg.com:

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822152110

• Satellite A200-1AE (PSAECE) Vista has detected a problem with the HARD drive

  I have problem with my mass storage device, or else I think it's this feature that I get this error message when I start my computer [(photo de Massage de l'erreur) | http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1059/errorxd5.jpg] and I think it has something to do with that [(Image in Link) | http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2703/divicemanagerax9.jpg]

  I don't know which driver download for this problem.
  If anyone can help it will be much appreciated. I am running windows Vista x 86.

  Hope helped photos

  Hello

  The first error message said nothing; He only says that something is wrong on the HARD drive.
  Why you n t pres the button Don t ask me once again this problem?
  It seems the message again using this option?

  On the second picture, I see that your Intel Matrix Storage Manager has not been installed on your Vista 64 bit OS.

  On the European driver Toshiba page, you will find the 64 bit Vista drivers. Please download the Intel Robson Package from this site and install it. Robson package includes Intel Matrix Storage Management Utility for the management of your local storage space.

  Check it!

• Need to retrieve the HARD drive off accident T61

  My T61 crashed a while back and I would like to recover the files from the hard drive. The T61 used BIOS protection to prevent any intrusion HDD. I have my password, but no way to use it. I can attach it to another computer via the USB port, the drive will appear as unallocated. Suppose I need to ask for the password. Don't know how to do this. I have an older T60, but have been hesitant to connect this drive in it as the main drive, because the components are a little different and may not react as well. Certainly not worth damage to a work computer.

  What is the best way to recover these files?

  Thank you!

  Welcome to the forum!

  You won't damage the T60 by inserting the hard disk stuck in it, and the material must be close enough for you to be able to clear the password in the BIOS and then to recover the files.

  Good luck.

• Need to change the HARD drive in my HP Pavilion dv6542ev

  Hello

  The last few days, I have a problem with my HARD drive and it should be changed. The model of my laptop is HP Pavilion dv6542ev. My problem is that I don't know what kind of hard drives that I can get. One of my friends has a different model and I can take her. His model is HP Pavilion dv9542ev. Can I use it?

  Your Dv6542ev of HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook computer supports the following hard disks in factory;

  hard drives 2.5 inches, 9.5 mm
  Serial ATA
  ● 250 GB, 5400 RPM
  ● 200-GB, 4200 RPM
  ● 160 GB, 5400 RPM
  ● 120 GB, 5400 RPM
  ● 80 GB, 5400 RPM

  The HP Pavilion dv9542ev supports hard drives same and much more. You should have no problem using the hard drive of his computer in your. Please note that you can use your HP dv6542ev recovery disks once you have installed the hard drive.

  If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

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• A problem with the hard drive of your computer

  Windows is not able to open a file on the hard drive of your computer. This could be a temporary condition that may disappear after you restart your computer, or it could be a more serious problem with your drive hard or its driver. I tried to restart my computer, I ran the hard drive error checking, nothing seems to help. Please advise?

  Hello

  Go to the website of your computer manufacturer > find specifications of hardware in your computer (hard drive) > access the Web Hard Drive from the manufacturer site > download their diagnostic software > make a Bootable disc > test your hard drive.

  See you soon.

• Do you need to partition the hard drive to install Windows Vista Home Premium?

  I try to install Vista Home Premium on a Dell XPS 420 desktop computer and want to know if the hard disk must be partitioned before that I can do?

  If I need to, how to do?

  Thank you.

  You need at least a partition on the hard drive before you install OS, using management of build-in the windows disk, but there a lot of limit, if it could not reach your goal, you could use the 3rd party freeware