Any Backup Program Hangs OS When Chosen


  1. Posts : 120
    Win 7
       #1

    Any Backup Program Hangs OS When Chosen


    Just upgraded wife's laptop to Win7 from Vista (clean install) and almost everything works ... except (haven't tried everything)...when tried to create a repair disk - system hung.

    First: typed 'repair' into start->search ... got 'link' to How to Create... clicked and system hung (rotating circle - nothing worked... C-A-D, Esc) Had to power off to recover.

    Second: tried Control Panel-> Backup... chose Create Repair - nothing happened ... chose Create System Image - nothing happened. Chose Create Repair again - hang (same as above - C-A-D didn't work)

    Third: tried to get to System Restore - HANG

    What to do?

    System: MSI VR420, 1.86 GHz, 2 Gb RAM, 200 Gb HDD (130 Gb free)
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  2. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #2

    You may have junk left from old install.

    Try a full clean & full format.
    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
    Partition or Volume - Delete
    Partition or Volume - Create New
    1) Boot DVD.
    2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt)

    Type in command line
    DISKPART
    LIST DISK OR List Volume (If you have partitions)
    SELECT DISK # (win HD)
    CLEAN ALL
    CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
    SELECT PARTITION 1
    ACTIVE
    FORMAT=NTFS
    ASSIGN
    EXIT
    EXIT

    Any Backup Program Hangs OS When Chosen-list-disk.png Any Backup Program Hangs OS When Chosen-list-volume.png

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...tallation.html
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  3. Posts : 120
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank You

    Any idea how many times I can activate Win 7 from Upgrade? ... have done it twice now.
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  4. Posts : 845
    Windows 7 - Vista
       #4

    Run MGDiag --> go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012

    Click on "Licensing" tab.

    2nd-to-last entry "Remaining Windows Rearm Count"

    For additional info, contact Microsoft --> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326851

    Regards. . .

    jcgriff2

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  5. Posts : 120
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Great .... Thank you
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  6. Posts : 120
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Thick headed/slow or just confused ... actually both.

    When booted from DVD (the Upgrade DVD) and Shift+F10 got cmd prompt) ... but ...
    when entered DISKPART result was that cmd was unknown.
    What am I doing wrong?

    Guess I don't really understand what's going on ... if I do this (CLEAN ALL, etc) when Windows\System32 exists, won't that 'wipe out' the directory?
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  7. Posts : 845
    Windows 7 - Vista
       #7

    A clean or "custom" install would not preserve your current files.

    Windows 7 installation info --> Installing and reinstalling Windows 7

    Regards. . .

    jcgriff2

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  8. Posts : 120
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I realize that and it's not a problem (have backups) ... the thing I don't understand is how the 'CLEAN ALL' can be completed

    Booting from Upgrade DVD -> shift+F10 ... then entering DISKPART results in CMD UNKNOWN
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  9. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #9

    Win7rap said:
    I realize that and it's not a problem (have backups) ... the thing I don't understand is how the 'CLEAN ALL' can be completed

    Booting from Upgrade DVD -> shift+F10 ... then entering DISKPART results in CMD UNKNOWN
    Looking at the screenshots above, I would try lower case letters and see if that works.
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  10. Posts : 120
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    sheepish - lower case did it

    will continue tomorrow
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