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| 18 Dec 2011 | #1 |
| | need help My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. |
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| 18 Dec 2011 | #2 |
| | Custom install. And do not put a password on. It is useless unless you want to protect it from the people in your house. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by stp444  My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7 |
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| 18 Dec 2011 | #4 |
| | thanks, but what about all the..........the windows frame that pops up and says (refresh-delete-format-load driver-extend) at bottom, or do i just push next? what about partitions and all the rest of the stuff that pops up asking me to change or leave something. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by whs Custom install. And do not put a password on. It is useless unless you want to protect it from the people in your house. do i format and then press next |
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| 18 Dec 2011 | #6 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo
Quote: Originally Posted by stp444 My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by stp444
Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo
Quote: Originally Posted by stp444 My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7  You can just press the next button. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by stp444
Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo
Quote: Originally Posted by stp444 My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by stp444
Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo
Quote: Originally Posted by stp444 My son and i built a computer last year, its been unusable for last 5 months, due to conflicts with new video card(blue screen) . Had a administrator password, forgot it, now wont let me in. ??? Want to reinstall win 7 and dont know how to do that sort of.... when asked in the installation disk portion to, " upgrade this version" or "custom install" . I dont know which one, i already backed up files. ???? which one to i do. You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7 |
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| 18 Dec 2011 | #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by stp444
Quote: Originally Posted by stp444
Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo Welcome to the forum, You want to choose custom, Here's a great tutorial to walk you through it, Clean Install Windows 7 |
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