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  1. dezigner98
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    wish i could but laptop wasnt shipped with cd's. i already did a clean install with a windows 7 pro upgrade but then it didnt have all the programs that were shipped with laptop, so i did a restore from comand prompt to reinstall windows.old folder hoping..... that everything would be there and .... it wasnt.... not even "paint" urgo the reason i am desperatly trying to use the image file that i saved when everything was working just fine and dandy doesnt an imaige file have all the drivers and program exe files in there?
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  3. dezigner98
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    its amazing that after i did the restore from windows.old all the programs appear to be in my control panel/programs but they arent loaded on the pc...?
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  4. severedsolo
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    Doesnt the laptop have a recovery partition? usually accessed by hitting a F key on boot. Of course if you have installed Win 7 with another disk you might have wiped it out. I reckon the reason your image isn't working is because you don't have the OEM copy of windows you made the image with on there any more.
    and no your programs wont be loaded into Windows because they don't have the right registry keys installed.

    Oh what a tangled web.
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  6. dezigner98
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    it does have a recovery... and it shows that it has files on there but when i go to use it it empty it might be hidden? idk....
    and oh yes... what a tangled web i weaved...
    this all started, mind you.. because i bought a icore 7 and i was TRYING.... to install the drivers for the new WIDI wireless internet display from the intel site and netgear site Push2TV uggggg....
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  7. severedsolo
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    Ok now your REALLY confusing me. You were trying to install an Icore 7 into a laptop?

    When you say you try to access the recovery partition it says its empty, what exactly do you mean? How are you trying to access it?
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  8. dezigner98
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    nonono the computer i am trying o restore is a icore 7.... i thought i was smarter them them andi could some how hack my way into having the computer work with WIDI.
    as far as the recovery partition its shows 17 Files, 3 Folders 1.58 MB (1,664,615 bytes)
    but when i go into the folder it has nothing...
    E:\Recovery folder is empty
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  10. severedsolo
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    Sorry I have no idea where I got the idea its a laptop from.

    Check your PC manual on how to access the recovery partition. You wont be able to see it from Windows its hidden to stop you messing with it.

    If you have wiped it out, then its going to have to be a fresh install somehow I'm afraid.

    I'm sorry I need sleep, I'm probably not much help to you at the moment. I'll check in on you in the morning.
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  11. dezigner98
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    thank you for helping ..... sleep well
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  12. dezigner98
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    and it is a laptop ok ill check manual thx :)
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  13. severedsolo
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    Right, I've slept on it, and I am still bloody confused. But I THINK I'm getting there now.You just werent explaining yourself very well

    Fill out the system specs of the laptop under User CP at the top. I might be able to help you.
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