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• Hard disk formatted with windows 8

  Formatted hard drive, the result is that I can not restore windows using the recovery disk.

  What should do? buy the oem windows recovery disk 8 or you send to repair? price?

  Hello

  If you have deleted the recovery on the hard drive partition, you need the whole order of recovery discs using the link below - the cost varies a bit depending on where in the world you live.

  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.

  Describes how to use these recovery disks to reinstall Windows 8 here.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Error - Windows cannot read the disk in drive F:\-Assurez-vous that the disc uses a format Windows recognizes. If the drive is not formatted, you must format it before you use it

  Original title - Windows cannot read blank disc

  When I insert a blank DVD-R disc for burning, an error is indicated - "Windows cannot read the disk in drive F:\-Assurez-vous that the disc uses a format Windows recognizes." If the drive is not formatted, you must format it before you use it. "So I can't burn a DVD-R disc... But if I use the DVD-RW drive, it can be burned smoothly without any problems... Windows cannot recognize only the DVD-R disc... My DVD - RW driver is Sony Optiarc AD - 7280S. When I use Windows 7 without problem was found in the burning a DVD-R disc. But after using Windows 8, I can't burn a DVD-R disc. So please help me...

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  According to the description, I understand that you have a problem with the disc.

  As you mentioned that you have tried the steps of troubleshooting mentioned in this thread.

  I suggest you run the Fix-it tool and check if it helps.

  This tool diagnosis and repair CD or DVD drive issues, when you can not burn or play CD or DVD discs when a disc is not found, not available or not connected.

  See the link below.
  https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems?WA=wsignin1.0

  As we have tried most of the troubleshooting steps to resolve this problem, and if the problem persists after you run the tool fix - it also. So, I suggest to get in contact with equipment manufacturers , because they will be the best person to help you.

  Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need additional assistance. We will be happy to help you.

• Viable way Top 2 to create Windows 7 password reset disk in all conditions

  This article describes how to create and use a disc to reset password of Windows 7 to a computer before and after that you forgot the password. You can use Windows 7 CD to reset password to access your computer.

  Scenario 1: I put t forget the password again.

  Windows 7 has its own backup feature, and you can create proactively a Windows 7 password reset disk before you forget it. With it, you can easily reset your password of Windows 7 and do things in your PC.
  Follow the steps below to create a reset disk of your own Windows 7 account password. Here's how:

  Note that this procedure requires a formatted blank floppy disk.

  1. click on 'Start'-> "control of the accounts of users and family safety"->""-> "user accounts".
  2. in the task pane, click "Create a password reset disk". The wizard 'forgot password' is displayed.
  3. click on 'Next' and choose the portable media player.
  4. click on 'Next', then enter your current password in the following box and click "next".
  5. Windows 7 starts to create the reset disk of password on your chosen media. When the progress bar reaches 100% complete, click 'Next' and then click 'Finish '.
  6. now you can remove your device and store the disk in a safe place. Once you have forgotten the password in the future, you can take it out.

  Follow the steps below to use a password reset disk to recover password of Windows 7. Here's how:

  1. the created disc of password can now be used for log-ins to reset the password. A password reset link appears on the account screen after an unsuccessful attempt to open a session.
  2. click on "password remains", and opens the dialog "password reset Wizard". Here, you will have to insert the disc to reset the PC.
  3. follow the wizard to enter a new password twice to make sure that you type the password. You are proposed to create a new indication of password, so that you remember the password with it if you forget.
  4. Windows switches to Windows Journal in the new screen where you can use the new password to connect.

  Scenario 2: I already forgot the password.

  If you have forgotten your password to Windows 7, but don t have a password reset disk on hand, you can choose another way to reset the password.

  Here's how to create Windows 7 password reset CD/USB:

  1. this procedure requires a USB flash drive or CD. Insert your media device into another computer that has access to the system as administrator.
  2. launch Windows 7 password reset software disc. On the main interface, choose "reset the local Windows account password.
  3. choose your target device, and then click "Burn" start Windows 7 password reset creating the diskette.

  Here's how to reset the password of Windows 7:

  1. with this software Windows 7 password reset USB, start the computer that you want to reset the password.
  2. under Windows PE, can access you the main interface of this software. Choose your Windows system and select the user account you want to reset the password.
  3. click on 'Reset' and then 'Yes' & 'OK' in order to remove the password of Windows 7.

  Pretty easy, isn't it? After that the system control password reset completely, you will never worry your bad memory

  + The message was edited: link has been removed.

  Very interesting announcement.
  Thank you.

• Backup will not accept a disk formatted in drive A:

  I am running XP with SP3 and my Windows backup program works perfectly, creating the backup file on an external hard drive. At the end it asks me to insert a disk formatted in the A: drive, what I do, but no matter what I do, it just do not see it and asks me to insert a disk again. The disk is there, it has been formatted and is clean and it works fine, except for the backup program. Why? What can I do?

  Hello

  Ideally, Windows backup and restore will not ask for floppy drive.

  You try to create the backup recovery (of the ASR system) automated system?

  You configure the backup password protection on your external hard drive? If this is the case, I suggest you to not set the password for your backup.

  Reference: Use backup to protect data and restore files and folders on your computer in Windows XP and Windows Vista

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.

  Concerning
  Joel S
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Does anyone know how to change windows to recognize the disks with 520 bytes per sector? Or one knows if Windows 7 will recognize no 512 bytes per sector drives? Reader vendors will move to larger areas in the future.

  Windows does not recognize disks that are not 512 bytes per sector. Put readers at the point as unknown and I can't access it through the operating system. Is there something I can change to get Windows to recognize the disks that are not 512 bytes per sector?

  Hello MetalRain,

  Thank you for your message.  Are you able to see the disks in disk management?  Try the following:
  Click 'Start' > right click on 'My computer' > select 'manage '.
  Click on "disk management".
  On the right, you see your drive?  If so, you can right click and it assign a drive letter.
  Now you should be able to close this window and you can format your drive to NTFS, you can specify to change the bytes per sector 512 if you wish as seen HERE.
  After assigning a drive letter, follow the steps below:
  Click "Start" > click "Run" > type cmd in the text field and press "Enter."
  In the command prompt, type format c:/FS: NTFS / a: 512 and press "Enter."
  Please let us know if it did or did not help to solve your problem.
  See you soon

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• Installed Windows on the bad disk partition (C :) and meant for the recovery disc (e :)))

  Hello world

  My question is that I installed windows vista on the wrong partition. When I tried to do a re-install for partition recovery (e), I saw that the drive (C :) local was still installed with my last error when I first installed it on drive C: (OS) that is full. I didn't want to do, that I was going for the recovery disk (E :).

  If I re - install windows on the recovery disk now, he will have to complete partitions. I'm just completely start over as if I first had an empty space to install an OS right the first time around when choosing the right partition.

  It is on a latitude D630, where the BONE was full and the Data 2 which is the recovery disk (e) has free space that should have (c).

  Any help is grateful, thank you.

  Make sure that the important data that you have on the drive is backed up.

  Boot from the Windows DVD

  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/

  Click Install now

  Accept the license agreement

  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Click on drive Options

  Select the disc/s click on Delete

  Click new

  Click on apply

  Click OK

  Click Format, and then click next to proceed with the installation

• Windows 7 asks Me to format the Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive I've used for more than a month

  I used Seagate FreeAgent as my external hard drive for more than a month now, but recently I am unable to access Windows 7 asks me to format it to use it. Somehow I can format the HDD without losing my data?  Or does perform a work around?

  Hi NuVille,

  Before perform us any of the steps, first of all I suggest you to create a backup of the data stored in your external hard drive on another computer.

  To save the data, you can connect your external hard drive on another computer and copy all the files and folders on the other computer. Later, you can connect the external drive to the Windows 7 computer and try to run the disk error checking and check if that helps you solve the problem.

  Access the link below and follow the steps to check the drive for errors and fix it.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/check-a-drive-for-errors

  After completing the disc you error checking, try to check if you can access the drive.

  If the steps above do not I suggest you try to format the hard drive. Access the link below and follow the steps to format the hard drive.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  Note: there is no way to format without losing any data on the disk. Formatting the drive will erase all data.  This is why you must back up the data before formatting the hard drive.

  I hope this helps. Let us know the results.

  Thank you and best regards,

  Srinivas R Microsoft technical support.
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• Windows cannot read the disk in drive c.

  I recently bought 5 blank DVDs to burn files, but when I put the disk, it showed no AutoPlay, even if I check suggestions asking me every time, but when I double click on the CD player, it says this message, "Windows cannot read the disk in drive c." can someone help me with this problem?

  Not all DVDs are the same, there are many different types and some DVD players may require a particular type

  If the DVD is blank has nothing to read, that it is not formatted/prepared

  With a dvd in the drive, in Solution Explorer, select a file, rt-click and select send to DVD, it works

• Can I use my Windows 7 Edition recovery disks Home Premium for a clean install on my old Windows XP computer?

  Hello world!  I hope someone can help.

  Can I use my Windows 7 Edition recovery disks Home Premium for a clean install on my old Windows XP computer?

  If this is a recovery from a different computer disk, you are unable to do so.

  In addition, if you were to format the computer, you will need to have a way to reinstall a copy of Windows with a genuine license.

  The best option if you need Windows 7 Home Premium is to buy a genuine license then you can make a custom (new installation).

  Where can I still get Windows 7?

  Version upgrade - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

  http://www.notebooks.com/2009/10/13/WinXP-to-Win7/

• Is it possible to disable the disk formatting?

  Hello everyone,
  I would like to know if it is possible to disable the option of formatting disk by modifying the Windows registry.
  Best regards
  Daniel

  The command is located in C:\Windows\System32\ and is called format.com
  I would just rename it rather than remove it as you will need it at some point.

  I hope this helps.

• Satellite L650 - Windows detected a hard disk problem

  I have 9 as 4 months old satellite L650 that this microsoft Windows message keeps popping up. "Windows detected a hard disk problem, back up your files immediately to prevent the loss of information... etc" have I not a bum hard drive or is it a mistake?
  I have
  have the media discs to recover and this means that I have to reformat the HARD drive and try again. !

  Hi watthhel,

  I think the error message must be correct to Windows 7 and you must do what tells you the message: immediately back up your data and replace the HARD drive with a new one. In your case I would never save important files on the HARD drive. Too risky to lose important files

  Your laptop is 4 months old and that would mean it s covered by the warranty. Contact your local authorized service provider and ask for a replacement drive. They will exchange it and the service is free. :)

• can I delete old updates of windows to free up disk space?

  I was wondering if there is no safe way to remove old updates from windows on windows xp for free disk space.

  You can even if it is not recommended, you may move them to another location, like a flashdrive if disk space is a problem.

  "Uninstall folders that have (for example in the framework of the name
  $NtUninstallKB282010$ who reside in C:\windows (hidden files) are window
  Hot Fix update of the folders/files) can be removed safely (providing you never)
  wish to uninstall updates). I recommend leaving these records for
  a period of at least a month to make sure that the update works correctly.

  These updates can be removed individually or together. Learn more
  on the update/s go to:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=xxxxxx
  NB: XXXXXX = the actual number, not to mention the "Q" or "Ko."

  Once you have removed the uninstall folders/files, then go to control panel,
  Add/Remove programs. Select the fix title corresponding Windows on the
  Update folder/file you just remove and select Remove. You will get a
  Windows error. This is because you deleted the uninstall folder/files.
  Simply choose OK and the entry will be removed from Add/Remove programs
  List. »

  Important: Do not touch/move/delete or do anything with the record of $ $hf_mig. Leave only one.

  NB - the above applies only to Windows XP.

  TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services

• Video card issues 'Windows cannot read this disk. The disc is maybe damaged or it could be in a form that is not compatible with Windows.

  Original title: card video questions

  My company adds two monitors to existing systems that are also running good XP and windows 7. Everything goes smoothly with the exception of one system using windows XP. I replaced the original video card (ATI DELL X 1300 128 MB VIDEO CARD in the PCI-E DVI TV-OUT) with nvidia GeForce 8400 GS and when I try to install the drivers through the disk, I get the following message: "Windows cannot read this disk. The disc's might be corrupted or it could be in a form that is not compatible with Windows. I flashed the BIOS, but still nothing. Do I need a different video card?

  Hi TheRealBradB,

  ·         The computer is on a domain network?

  You can download and install the drivers from the nVidia GeForce 8400 GS video card for site.

  GeForce 8400 GS video card

  http://www.nvidia.com/page/GeForce8.html

  You can run the Autodetect your GPU and check the drivers.

  Also contact nVidia support for help on the issue.

  NVidia support

  http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

   

  Hope this information is useful.

• Setup removes the junction point NTFS redirect the folder system "\Windows\Installer" on another disk.

  On a computer running Windows XP Professional SP3, I redirected the "\Windows\Installer" system folder, with a junction to a record point in a tree of directories to a different drive.  The operation was conducted and verified using "junction v1.06 - creator of junction point analysis viewer and Windows' published in 2010 by Mark Russinovich. I moved all the files and subdirectories contained in the original "\Windows\Installer' in the target directory (the these files had been previously copied to a temporary directory and after the move, I checked that they were visible in the folder '\Windows\Installer' open the symbolic link with the Explorer).
  Then I launched a system patch, and I discovered that the installation of the update of the software deleted program point junction that I created, deleted all the cache contained in the directory with the name of substitute target different files and recreated the "\Windows\Installer" folder in the original disc.
  I tested this behaviour a couple of times, installing various software and updates, so I assume that it does not depend on the software that is installed but the installation program itself, which cannot handle a point of junction of the folder "install".
  No warning is given before deleting the junction point and all of its contents.  With a similar procedure, I made two points of junction for '\Windows\Downloaded facilities' and '\Windows\Microsoft.NET' and they have exploited properly.
  Out of understanding points do not work on startup, so it is impossible to redirect for example. :

  • \Windows
  • \Windows\System32
  • \Windows\Config

  "\Windows\Installer" isn't one of those cases, and it is not used at startup.

  Is it possible to use a junction point to redirect the \Windows\Installer on another disk/partition folder, or Setup will always delete all the files that have been targeted in the naming of replacement?

  Hello

  Your question would be better suited for the TechNet forums.

  I suggest you to ask your question to the TechNet forum for better support.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/itproxpsp/threads