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  I don't mind using a lengthy process to copy the entire contents of the macbook on the external hard drive, and then deleting the part OSX - if someone can make sure it will work. and can give me some instructions.

  PS my level of skill / confidence (on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = grossly incompetent and 10 = expert) on computer related things are 5.

  Thanks in advance.

  The best way to run Windows on a Mac using Parallels or Fusion of VM.

  You can put Windows on an external drive and you can use USB3 or love at first sight.

  Here is a video showing how to install and run Windows on an external drive. https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=8FIvCQk2gP0

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• I am currently using Windows Vista. I face a problem that I can't remove all the files in the form of MPEG-4. Error with code 0x800704C8.

  I am currently using Windows vista. I face a problem that I can't remove all the files in the form of MPEG-4. And the error with code 0x800704C8. What should I do so that I can delete these files? Please kindly help me to solve this problem. Thank you.

  original title: Code 0x800704C8...

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  Did you change your computer?

  Method 1:

  Step 1:

  I suggest you follow the link and check.

  What are the permissions?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-are-permissions

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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/why-cant-I-delete-a-file-or-folder

  Diagnose and repair Windows files and folders problems automatically

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/

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  I suggest to download and install the Microsoft safety scanner and run the scan and check.

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  Hi Rick,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community!

  The description of your problem, you are facing problems with your Dell Latitude 2100 and receiving tell them an error message which is bad and he said that the status of this file is 0xc000000f. In order to quickly provide a solution, please answer these questions:

  1. What is the exact error message with error code?

  2 did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  Follow the suggestions below for a possible solution:

  Method 1: I suggest you check the drive for errors, and then check if it solves the problem.

  Check your hard drive for errors

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/check-your-hard-disk-for-errors

   

  Important: While running chkdsk on the drive, if bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk attempts to repair this sector, the data available in this area may be lost, and it is not recoverable.

  Method 2: Try the SFC (System File Checker) scan on the computer.

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

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  2. use gdisk to confirm that the disc does not have a hybrid-MBR. (sudo/dev/disk1 gdisk watch MBR: protection)

  3 restart my mac and hold the possibility to put in place to bring up the boot efi menu.

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  5. go in the menus of the disk selection screen installation and delete the partition in HFS +, I created to install windows on (the format option is not available)

  6. now select "Unallocated space" on the good drive and click Next.

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  The Question:

  How I get this error and get windows install?

  Extra pieces:

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  • After reviewing the diskutil list output after one of installs it without success, I found that a labeled EFI partition has been created after my storage partition (the original efi partition was still there in the upper part of the disc).
  • I have windows 8.1 installed now bootcamp on my internal ssd. It was planned to use it and winToUSB to put windows on my crush, but I found that it only works with usb2. I do not have installed could cause problems with the installation on another disk.
  • Before say you I can't run windows on an external, yes you can, and many people have. I read windows sees thunderbolt internal disks.
  • I read a few other posts on this and other sites on this problem, but could not find a pertitnant solution to my situation. I found one that suggested to remove the efi on my disk partition, but that seemed like a bad idea, so I didn't try.
  • I write this at 1 in the morning after a day spent in front of the computer trying to get this working, so please excuse typos typing or other. I am pleased to provide you with any pertinant information helping you will help me.
  • Thank you!

  The other thing I tried also almost succeeded:

  Although I prefer to get the method above works, because it seems the most promising, is something else, I've tried that I thought worth mentioning. If you offer advice pertaining to this method rather than the above, I would appreciate it if you could explicitly declare that at the top of your answer. Thank you.
  

  I tried to install windows on the physical disk using vmware and virtual box. The instrutctions I followed for this can be found here: http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2011/2156 (the only thing different, it's because it's on an external drive, I created the Fat 32 partition manually using disk utility). The first time (using vmware) installation seems to go off without a hitch, but I couldn't get my computer to see the windows partition as bootable with the boot efi menu hold-option regular refined or with system preferences-> startup disk. I think that I was using always inadvertently a hybrid-MBR at this stage. I tried to repeat this new beginning with the first two steps above to avoid the hybrid-MBR. But now when I try to create the virtual machine based on the gross vmdk, it starts to copy the files then says not sufficient permissions and fails. I don't know if it's a permission with the disk or the hard problem. I tried chmod 777 and chown $USER of the vmdk disk (/ dev/disk1s3) does not.

  Wow, that was a long post...

  1. when a second drive is detected by the Windows Setup program, he wants to create his own brand of EFI (104 MB) and not to mess with the Mac EFI (200 MB). You can force it to use the EFI to the Mac using Diskpart commands.

  2 instead of HFS/FAT32, create a piece of 750 GB free space and it should only get a new MSR/MSD, without the part of EFI.

  3. on your VM method, the link you have is quite old. You have a MP 2013, with references to the 2010 Mac alumni and is a bit too archaic to be useful. http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/install-a-Windows-7-partition-on-Mac-OSX-Wit hout-optical-car-or - usb.1836959 / #post... seems to work for many and can be useful for a test. It also uses Winclone.

  4. you can also try http://bleeptobleep.blogspot.com/2013/02/mac-install-windows-7-or-8-on-external. html .

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• Messages to update Windows Vista 64-bit driver for Qosmio F30 Vista 32 bit

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