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• Tecra 8200 to format HARD drive - how to install windows?

  Hello

  I bought a Tecra 8200 used with a formatted hard drive, when I put the original cd of Windows 2000 in the cd player, nothing happens, how do I get Windows installed?

  When I turn on the power, he said something about the dos mode and then it displays the date and time and after that nothing happens.

  I hope someone can help me!

  Thank you!

  Hello

  It seems that the machine can boot from the cd rom t.
  Please check in the BIOS if the CD rom is recognized.
  Also if you have installed the original W2k OS of this device it of necessary to install driver in the following order:

  Driver Chipset
  Video driver
  Audio driver
  Common modules
  Energy-saving
  Toshiba Utilities
  Mobile extensions
  Internal Modem driver
  Infrared driver
  The mouse driver
  LAN driver
  Wireless LAN driver
  Toshiba Client Manager
  Toshiba network device switch
  Microsoft updates / QFE
  Extended IDE controller driver

  Good bye

• Installation of SP3 on a newly formatted HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a few questions about the installation of Windows XP Service Packs on newly formatted hard drives.

  Recently I have formatted a new HARD drive and installed Windows XP Home Edition. In order to be upgraded to Service Pack 1 to 3, it is recommended to connect to Windows Update and download and install it from there. I did this and was prompted to install Service Pack 2. During the last steps of the installation (I think that durng the procedure of 'start process'), I lost Internet connectivity and was impossible to reconnect (I use a USB dongle. I think that a virus infection is interfering with the connection). That's why I had to restart my computer for the installation could be completed, but it seemed to be successful that I was able to reboot without any problem. I assume that the installation had actually finished and it was just reset stage that was interrupted.

  Question: even if the installation of Service Pack 2 has not finished and my machine seems to be fine, reinstall Service Pack 2 in order to ensure that it is completely installed?

  Question: Why should I install SP2? If Service Pack 3 contains all fixes and features of all previous Service Packs and it is acceptable to upgrade to Service Pack 1 to 3 directly, why didn't Windows Update invite me to install Service Pack 3 instead?

  Question: I have found a manual download of Service Pack 3 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en), but Microsoft strongly recommends that use you it only on machines in a network, and not on a single computer. Y at - it hurt to do?

  A question here, is that if Microsoft recommends that download the latest Service Packs of Windows Update online, so it seems not possible to fully guarantee your Windows installation before connecting the interest for the first time. All the while I'm software download and installation of Service Pack 2, malware, worms and viruses have been infecting my computer (Avast! blocked a malware exploit). So even if I managed to upgrade to Service Pack 3, my machine is already infected.

  Is there a recommended way to upgrade to Service Pack 3 before you connect to the Internet for the first time?

  Thank you

  Tristan

  See...

  HOW TO get a computer that is running Windows XP SP1 (a) or SP2 fully patched (after a clean install)
  http://groups.Google.com/group/Microsoft.public.WindowsXP.General/MSG/a066ae41add7dd2b

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Iso file of windows xp can directly be installed USB on a formatted hard drive?

  Iso file of windows xp can directly be installed USB on a formatted hard drive?

  Not directly.

  There is a SMALL chance that if your hardware supports it (unfortunately never say you anything on your PC or BIOS), you can boot from a USB stick or an optical drive and install Windows XP like this.
  But it is unlikely.
  In addition, tell us what you mean by 'windows xp iso file. This is very vague, and we do not know what you are talking about.
  Finally, if you want to ask questions here, really read the answers and recognize them in some way. Here is a link to your other thread:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-windows_install/which-software-should-i-use-to-burn-Windows-XP-ISO/ffd9ccb8-0248-4e1f-afd3-6ce14802348a

• Format HARD drive in my cam error practice sony XR150E. Please let me know how to solve

  Hi all

  I use Sony handycam model XDR150E. I am not able to take any video, it always shows me HDD format error.

  Please let me know how to solve

  You can also use a data recovery software to help you.the disc you are trying to access either is not designed to be used with your OS, or it has been damaged and the data can no longer be read. Each diskette and hard disk must be formatted to prepare media for use with a particular file system.

  to resolve the error format hard drive , use a third-party software or ask for the help of an engineer.

• error when installing vista on a formatted hard drive

  I try to install Vista Home premium on a formatted hard drive. After booting from the installation DVD, I get the following message.

  Windows could not start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To solve the problem:
  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
  2. choose your language settings, and then click "next".
  3. click on "Repair your computer."
  If you do not have the disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
  File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
  Status: 0x0c0000221
  Info: This file is maybe damaged. The header checksum does not match the sum of computer control.
  Any ideas?

  I try to install Vista Home premium on a formatted hard drive. After booting from the installation DVD, I get the following message.

  Windows could not start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To solve the problem:

  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.

  2. choose your language settings, and then click "next".

  3. click on "Repair your computer."

  If you do not have the disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

  File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

  Status: 0x0c0000221

  Info: This file is maybe damaged. The header checksum does not match the sum of computer control.

  Any ideas?

  Use utility diagnostics by the hard drive manufacturer (usually available from the web page of the manufacturer of the hard drive) to perform a complete diagnosis and zeros (low-level format) on disk.

• The update to version 2 of Vitsa fail. Formatted hard drive to purchase the version. need to find the final vista product key

  The update to version 2 of Vitsa fail. Formatted hard drive to purchase the version. need to find the final vista product key

  It should be on a sticker on the box, or on the packaging.

  The product key consisted of 25 digits, divided into 5 groups of 5 digits.

  See you soon...

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• How can I keep genuine win 7 in my laptop lenovo after formatting hard drive?

  How can I keep genuine win 7 in my laptop lenovo after formatting hard drive?

  Have you tried to restart 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

  Please run the Microsoft Genuine Diagnostics Tool then copy and paste the results into an answer here for further analysis:
  http://go.Microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52012

• An installion 64-bit read than a 32-bit format hard drive does

  An installion 64-bit read than a 32-bit format hard drive does  I want to install win 7 64 bit on a new hard drive fast.  So I can transfer data files from the drive that was in my current system that is formatted for a 32-bit operation?

  If the disk has been formatted for a Windows system, it can be read by Windows 7. If the system was 32 or 64-bit is not serious.

• I would like to buy and install a stand-alone version of Lightroom on my iMac. I do not want to join the CC program. The CC is not an option for me. I'm iMac late 2009 user, osx el capitan, installed on a formatted hard drive 1 t, 16 GB of ram with1066 MH

  I would like to buy and install a stand-alone version of Lightroom on my iMac. I do not want to join the CC program. The CC is not an option for me. I'm iMac late 2009 user, osx el capitan, installed on a formatted hard drive 1 t, 16 GB of ram with1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM. Everyone uses LR6 on iMac late 2009? anyone has any experience with el capitan and LR6 osx?

  Hi Piotrsta,

  With the last update of Lightroom, most of the problems have been corrected.

  Also, you can read the following article: Lightroom and El Capitan | Mac OS 10.11

  Kind regards

  Tanuj

• Satellite A210 - 17l BIos update to take care of advanced format HARD drive problem

  Hi all

  Really hoping someone can help me with this.

  My old HDD not was not so I cloned the entire disc before it failed. -Just in time, too.

  I ordered a new drive - it's a WD scorpio black - Advanced format.

  Unfortunately I can't get my picture on this new album.

  Also, I am unable to do a reinstall with the original restore also cd because it doesn't have service pack 1 and that means that it can't recognize the HD.

  In any case id prefer to be able to restore my image and not make a re-install when even if possible.

  So my question is this:

  Y at - it an update of the bios I can ask my another pc version 2.00 is available which will include options to change the options of ide drive - ahci?

  It's the only solution I can think of-bearing in mind I do not have an operating system installed, so the alignment tools are not an option as another fix. -Fast technology of storage Intel drivers do not work, because I have an AMD athlon processor.

  So is there any BIOS I can Flash my computer with to activate the options mentioned?

  I have a method to Flash the bios with a BONE, so this isn't a problem.

  Also other suggestions for workaround on this more than welcome.

  Thanks :))

  The_red_pill.

  Hello

  Update BIOS don t help you. To my knowledge, it does not add additional options such as a switch between AHCI and compatible mode.
  In addition, you can use ANY BIOS. You must use the BIOS that came out for the model of laptop. But as I said, this isn't a solution.

  In addition, the image of Toshiba already contains all the drivers in order to install the system. It s any SP1 isn t the image part.

  I guess you're talking about Vista OS, given that the laptop came with pre-installed Vista OS. http://www.Toshiba.co.UK/discontinued-products/Equium-A210-17I/

  I recommend you format the HARD drive first.
  Use a tool called Gparted. You can create a bootable USB key containing this tool.
  This allows to start Notepad in order to format the HARD drive.

  The installation of the system using the recovery disk

• Can I format HARD drive and reinstall Windows 7 on the Qosmio F60 without CD

  I think my hard drive is faulty on my F60 Quosmio so I want to reformat the hard drive to see if that will fix it. But I don't have the original packaging and the information with me at the moment so I don't know if it came with a windows 7 CD or not. Whatever it is, I don't have the CD.

  I found on the net that most manufacturer who deliver without CD include a "recovery partition" or "factory image partition" which you can access during startup. Anyone know if the F60 Quosmio comes with a CD or if she has this recovery partition or partition image factory? Or do you know if there is a way I can check if my computer is it?

  If you have more information about the formatting of the hard drive and reinstall windows 7 without the CD please let me know.

  Thank you.

  The laptop came with a Windows disc, because there is a Toshiba recovery disc Creator called tool which create the recovery disk.

  The recovery partition was available and it allows you to recover the laptop without the use of the recovery disk, but it does not work if the HARD drive has failed.

  Here's a nice HowTo on HARD drive recovery
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/HTD1303440001R01.htm

  So, if you n t have a recovery disc and can not recovery Notepad using HARD drive recovery, then you have two options:
  -You will order a new recovery disk
  -You must install Windows operating system using a disc of Microsoft

• Recovery CD don't reinstall it Satellite M300 correctly after formatting HARD drive

  Hi all

  After having my original problem to create rescue disks resolved with your help (thanks again), I'm at the formatting of hard drives of 300. After that, I want to do a fresh install of Ubuntu.
  But I must admit I'm rather nervous about all this.

  So 2 questions:

  1 has anyone done this before and how it worked?
  2. I would be able to get the M300 back to the form using the reinstallation discs, AFTER formatting the HARD drive

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Usually the Vista Toshiba Recovery DVD should reinstall everything again. Simply said, it must affect the M300 return to the factory settings.
  The use of the recovery DVDs is very simple.

  You must boot from the recovery DVD and must follow the instructions on the screen!
  But note; The recovery DVDs will format the entire HARD drive... as the partitions created, etc...

  That s it.

  Welcome them

• Format HARD drive or re - install

  Pavilion g6 1201-tx. Win 7 HB 64 bit. HARD drive 640 GB.

  For a year now, I bought g6. I think g6 went too slow, clumsy, and it does not give me performance as expected from it.

  So should I format drive HARD whole, delete all partitions, repartition the and do all of these tasks and then re-install OR

  should I just re-install Win 7?

  Issues related to the:

  (1) should I use the recovery discs to re - install Win 7 or I can download a newer version of Win 7 HB 64 bits from Microsoft so that it will contain all the updates?

  (2) If I use recovery disks, then it will format my default HARD drive or there is the option to choose the partition to install? He'll take care of the boot (partiton ID:0) partition ?

  It will create HP_TOOLS and partition recovery again on my HARD drive as it was when I bought my g6?

  (3) If I install downloaded Win 7 HB, which HP software are a MUST to install as software framework and mention also why necessary?

  (4) I want to install 1 or several Linux distributions, then what should be the order of partition? Such as:

  C for Win 7
  D for the personal data
  E for Linux
  F for Swap
  G for Linux_2
  and so on.

  Who should be the extended partition ?

  How much space should be given for Win 7: C drive? 50 GB enough for all the software basic / essential?

  I have to manually resize the aura boot partition? What should be its size. 200 MB? I want to install Linux so GRUB can take more space.

   

  Thank you!

  
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  The boot partition will be formatted by the recovery process.  I don't think, however, that you will need more than 200 MB to install GRUB.  So, I'd leave this one partition.

  This guide should be useful for the dual-boot.  If you read the section about dual boot Vista and Linux (with Vista installed first), he must have some of the answers you're looking for.  Windows Vista is pretty close to Windows 7 that the instructions would be the same.

  Have a great day.

• Formatting hard drive using Vista Home Premium

  I am a 1.5 TB hard drive formatting and it seems to be suspended at around 73% is - this normal and how many hours must this process normally take. I had to cancel the formatting process, once for lack of time, but he had run for about 12 hours. There was a quick format option, but I decided not to take this option. Still, the process seems running and says in disk management that the hard drive is formatted. Any help would be appreciated.

  Hi Pendockman,

  Most users use the quick format option. 1.5 TB of hard disk is a lot of space for formatting. It also depends on whether the player is connected or connected via USB internally. USB, of course, will be the slowest. A quick Google, I saw 1.5 hours for well over 12 hours. If fully shaped many users start the process in the night and then go to bed and hope that the process is complete the next morning.

  If it is a new drive, then it would have been formatted by the manufacturer.

  Unfortunately, you have only two options. 1 / a quick format or 2 / launch a full format and just leave until she finishes.

  This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.

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