Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard: Acer Aspire 5742G Memory: 4,00 GB Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card: (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives: WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Win 7 is a decent OS when it's running, but the boot process breaks easily and is proving hard to repair.
Some time ago I upgraded my machine from XP to Win 7, but kept XP on the disk in case I needed to roll back. Disk layout-
Partition 1: (reserved for Grub, not currently used)
Partition...
Hi, my computer is not booting up. On "Start Windows Normally" it boots until just before the log in screen then shuts off and restarts itself. When trying to start it in safe mode and last known good configuration it does the same thing. I tried system restore but it says that I have no restore...
I have a PC on which the hard drive died. I had previously done the Advisor and it said everything is OK for new install of Win 7 Home Premium.
I removed old hard drive and 2 gigs of memory (now 2 gigs installed) installed new hard drive, set appropriate ( i think) BIOS parms. When I start the...
Long story short, I ran the Win8 (64bit) dev install on top of my Win7 (64bit). I thought it would prompt me where to install it (I have 2HDDs in my laptop and no ODD).
All was well, but I didn't really like the UI. No big deal, right? Just re-run the Win7 install and wipe out 8... Wroooong!...
Dell vostro 400 on Win7Pro from vista pro upgrade disk ...months ago.
All is well until I boot it with a usb stick having data files on it.
I remove stick and boot but it fails, freezes, stopping 100% inert on first page on screen.
I also am left with an unactivated keyboard so can't hit F2/F12...