if i try installing windows 7 it says windows is loading files.. when it finishes i have to wait around 10 hours for it to go into the installation screen and once i install it in the middle it says error, can not install please restart and try again.. every time..
when i try installing xp.. it shows setup is starting windows.. and then gives me blue screen of death!
what should i do?
Are you attempting a clean install or an upgrade?
for some reason my password isn;t working and i cant get in.. so i decided to install on another partition until i figure out how to get back in.. with 7 im doing a clean install on a diffrent partition...
though it did say something about there already existing system files on it and that it will cahne them to windows.old or something..
with xp i dont even get to a stage i can choose like i said
Do you have any personal data that you care about anywhere on any partition on this hard drive?
To put it another way, would you care if all data and all information on any partition on that hard drive magically disappeared?
i would car very very greatly..
i have three partitions on c:\ i have all my game save files
on d:\ i have around 400 gb of games movies tv shows.. and stuff
e:\ is less important and is wherer im trying to install another os...
i can't backup anything because i havebeen locked out my comp for some reason
Well, I am confused.
Your original post says:
"when i try installing xp.. it shows setup is starting windows.. and then gives me blue screen of death!"
So I thought you had no operating system at all and this was an empty drive.
So, forgetting about Windows 7, your biggest problem is that you cannot boot into Windows XP, which is your operating system? And you can't boot into it because you can't remember a password?
If that is right, why are you trying to install Windows 7 right now?
i dont have xp installed, my main os is windows 7.
i forgot my password on 7, and i am just pointing out that i can not install any os now :S
In an earlier post you said:
"with 7 im doing a clean install on a diffrent partition."
Why a different partition? Why not on the same partition Windows 7 is already on?
because w7 is on c:\ wich contains all my save files for games...
and there is not enough room to install on there without formating the drive.
so my plan was install w7 on another partition.. or any other os..
then burn a password recovery tool to a disc.. and get my password back..
because i dont have access o another burner...
but i can't seem to install any operating system
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