no installation disc?

[usernamebryan]

sorry if this is in the wrong place. I have two computers with windows 7 home premium 64 bit and recently directx was corrupted on one. neither came with an installation disc so i was wondering how to go about a clean install. can i create with the good computer an installation disk or something to repair the bad one? thanks in advance

 

[BriceH]

Welcome to the Seven Forums, usernamebryan.

If you reinstall the drivers for your GPU (graphics processing unit), that may fix the problem. If you fill out your system specs, we can help you find the correct drivers.

Hope this helps
-Brice

 

[DocBrown]

Welcome

Have a look here :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

 

[gregrocker]

You'll need to borrow or find an installer for your version, or unlock any other version to create an all-versions Installer to install you licensed version with Product Key on COA sticker. The process is described here: Reinstalling Windows 7

You can also run full Factory Recovery after backing up your files, if you have factory preinstall.

Another method would be to move your target HD to your other machine, clone or image your other Win7 using Acronis premium imaging which comes free if you have any WD or Seagate HD in the mix, Macrium Reflect or Paragon 11 freeware, then SysPrep the HD before moving it back to target machine: SysPrep to move HD to another computer
or run Paragon Adaptive Restore on the cloned/reimaged HD before starting it up in target machine.

 

[SIW2]

If your machines didn't come with install discs - then there must be an app. included to run off the manufacturer recovery discs.

Vital you run those off straight away.

Don't these oem machines prompt the user to do that?

Strange so many people haven't done it.

 

[theog]

If your machines didn't come with install discs - then there must be an app. included to run off the manufacturer recovery discs.

Vital you run those off straight away.

Don't these oem machines prompt the user to do that?

Strange so many people haven't done it.

Good advice.

Most people put the user manual in the bin.

 

[SIW2]

Don't they get pop ups nagging them to do it when they are using their machines?

I don't know - I have never had an oem machine.

On a related note, some apps. e.g.when you open it Paragon will tell you to run off it's boot media.

Hard to believe oem's don't do something similar.

The best thing would be if the machine nagged the user every start up - until they had actually done it.

 

[Bill]

Don't they get pop ups nagging them to do it when they are using their machines?

I don't know - I have never had an oem machine.

On a related note, some apps. e.g.when you open it Paragon will tell you to run off it's boot media.

Hard to believe oem's don't do something similar.

The best thing would be if the machine nagged the user every start up - until they had actually done it.

Upon the initial boot, you usually do (HP, Dell, Acer do it).

Once the disc is created, it can not be created again.

So it is important to remember where you store the disc.

Bill

 

[theog]

Don't they get pop ups nagging them to do it when they are using their machines?

I don't know - I have never had an oem machine.

On a related note, some apps. e.g.when you open it Paragon will tell you to run off it's boot media.

Hard to believe oem's don't do something similar.

The best thing would be if the machine nagged the user every start up - until they had actually done it.

Most OEM manufacturer's have a pop up, One Time only or 1 to 3 day time out.

One of my grandkid's Fujitsu Notebook came with Recovery Partition, Fujitsu REAL install DVD, & a Icon on the desktop to burn Drivers & App DVD.(about 18 month age)

Get son a Fujitsu Notebook, last month, came with NO Recovery Partition, Fujitsu REAL install & Drivers & App DVD's, but a System Reserved of 2gb.

The biggest problem with System Reserved & Recovery Partition is app's like AVG installing files there.

 

[usernamebryan]

my laptop:
CPU- intel i7 q740 @ 1.73ghz, 1730mhz, quad core
RAM- 6.00GB
Graphics- ATI Mobility radeon HD 5730 bios version 8.710.0.0

Desktop(problem computer):
cpu- intel core i7 860 2.80ghz, 2801mhz quad core
ram- 8gb
graphics- ati radeon hd 5700 series driver version 8.821.0.0

 

[usernamebryan]

the problem started when i tried to play Rift on my desktop. works fine on my laptop. i installed on desktop and when it went to update directx it ran into an error so i went to my laptop..copied and pasted the dx9 and dx10 files i was missing onto my external and put them into the system32 and syswow64 files on my desktop. that didnt work, and i still cant run the installer that came with the game..or the web installer on the microsoft website. i've tried making a system repair disk with my laptop, but neither computers will boot it..comes up with an error. i guess i'll have to try using another disk..maybe something went wrong when making it.

 

[dogbert2]

I just used the ei.cfg utility to remove the version stuff (key wise) from my slipstreamed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate (SP1) so that if I need to use the image to fix another system, it won't complain about the key being OEM, etc.

Why Microsoft does this is beyond me, you have a valid key on the side of your system, you dang well should be able to reload it without needing a specific ISO image/CD/DVD.

Pathetic

 

[usernamebryan]

the problem started when i tried to play the game Rift on my desktop. It plays fine on my laptop but when i installed it on my desktop and it ran the directx update it had an internal system error. I copied the dx9 and dx10 files i was missing from my laptop onto my external and placed them into the system32 and sywow64 files on my desktop. that didnt work and i still cant run the installer that came with the game, or the web installer on the microsoft website. i've tried system recovery as far back as i can go but no luck. also i've created a repair disk with my laptop but neither computer will boot it..it gets to the windows screen and an error comes up. maybe i'll try creating another disc..might have had a problem when making it.

 

[gregrocker]

It's the manufacturers who are refusing to supply clean-copy Installation DVD's in order to enforce the sponsored factory bloatware which can make up most of their profit margin on consumer rigs - in spite of the fact that MS requires them under their OEM agreement to provide a clean method to reinstall just the OS. They don't want to make it easy.

And MS will not offers installers to anyone other than someone holding a retail key as otherwise they view it as encouraging piracy.

Bryan, try downloading and burning another Repair CD using ImgBurn at 4x speed.

 

[usernamebryan]

[06/02/11 18:35:05] module: dxupdate(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 6624, function: CMDXInstall::Install

Failed API: InstallAssembly()
Error: (0x80070005) - Access is denied.



Unable to install Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3DX.dll.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dxupdate(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 2154, function: ExecuteCab

MDXInstall::Install() failed.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dxupdate(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 5763, function: DirectXUpdateInstallPlugIn

ExecuteCab() failed.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dxupdate(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 6624, function: CMDXInstall::Install

Failed API: InstallAssembly()
Error: (0x80070005) - Access is denied.



Unable to install Microsoft.DirectX.dll.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dxupdate(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 5783, function: DirectXUpdateInstallPlugIn

MDXInstall::Install() failed.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dsetup32(Mar 16 2009), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 280, function: CSetup::InstallPlugIn

DirectXUpdateInstallPlugIn() failed.

--------------------
[06/02/11 18:35:06] module: dsetup32(Mar 16 2009), file: setup.cpp, line: 1701, function: CSetup::SetupForDirectX

InstallPlugIn() failed.

 

[usernamebryan]

sorry didnt see your last post. not sure what you mean by using imgburn at 4x. im assuming you mean to slow down the burn, but im not sure how to go about that.

 

[DocBrown]

:ar: The Official ImgBurn Website

 

[dogbert2]

Rocker,

IMO, this is a pretty sad commentary, since 98% of all users will never USE the bloatware that PC
makers supply with their systems (given that there are acceptable open-source and freeware utils
which do the same things, in many cases).

Sigh

 

[SIW2]

You would be surprised.

Oem's make vast amounts from commisiions on the included apps. - lots of people buy them.

The average user is not aware there are alternatives - or where to find them - let alone how to install them.

They just click OK when McAffee tells them their trial is up and they have to pay. Same for MS Office and the other stuff that is on there.

It runs to hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

[usernamebryan]

thanks for the help with the imgburn. i have a repair disk now but it isnt what i needed. i can get to the same options from the control panel on my desktop. If i was supposed to run off a copy of pre-installed installation files when i got my computer where would it be?

Maybe someone can look at the error log for directx i posted and see the problem? it looks like the Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3DX.dll. file is whats causing the problem.

thanks for all the help