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General Computer Support / Re: Windows 10 inaccessible boot device error on startup
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:30:23 pm »
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General Computer Support / Re: Down Them All - can not copy url!
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:06:37 pm »
I use Win 7 and use the right click all of the time.
Which OS are you using and as I've asked, what are you trying to do ?
Which OS are you using and as I've asked, what are you trying to do ?
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General Computer Support / Re: Getting no updates
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:03:03 pm »
I think you have tried the first six of these methods, so carry on from Method 7.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2509997
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2509997
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General Computer Support / Re: Windows 10 inaccessible boot device error on startup
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:53:38 pm »
I think as long as Win 7 has SP1 you should be able to do a clean install of Win 10 without bothering with the other 200+ Win 7 updates.
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:49:25 pm »
I see the bad sectors have increased from 24 to 32 KBs.
Did it boot up okay after the chkdsk ?
Did it boot up okay after the chkdsk ?
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General Computer Support / Re: Down Them All - can not copy url!
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:22:58 pm »
Can you explain what you are trying to do - I find your post a bit cryptic, but I use right click to select Copy.
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General Computer Support / Re: Windows 10 inaccessible boot device error on startup
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:20:13 pm »
Are all non-essential items unplugged from the machine ?
As you seem to have tried everything, I think you will have to revert to your previous OS - please tell me you created a system image before upgrading...
As you seem to have tried everything, I think you will have to revert to your previous OS - please tell me you created a system image before upgrading...
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General Computer Support / Re: Getting no updates
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:10:40 pm »
No, it should be okay - some people never switch desktop machines off and when I've done a factory reset, I leave my laptop on overnight to download the updates - just have to adjust the power settings so that the screen doesn't stay on all night but I have it to never switch anything off when using AC.
Without going back through the thread, do you have a recovery partition on this machine to factory reset with.
I know this would involve more work to bring it back with whatever you have installed, but as you've tried all of the known fixes - perhaps this may be the only solution - providing MS are still chucking out updates for Vista which they should be until 2017.
Anyway, if leaving it on overnight doesn't do it then I think it's something you should consider if that option is available to you.
Without going back through the thread, do you have a recovery partition on this machine to factory reset with.
I know this would involve more work to bring it back with whatever you have installed, but as you've tried all of the known fixes - perhaps this may be the only solution - providing MS are still chucking out updates for Vista which they should be until 2017.
Anyway, if leaving it on overnight doesn't do it then I think it's something you should consider if that option is available to you.
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 12:37:04 pm »
Oh, nothing like that and I prefer my meat fully cooked
How did the chkdsk go ?
How did the chkdsk go ?
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 10:38:26 am »
Good - as it's after 6:30pm here, I'm going to have to shoot off to do my evening meal and will be back in a couple of hours or so.
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 10:33:57 am »
Where you are at now, you could type n then exit to close the cmd window or enter the shutdown cmd where it would try to reboot into normal mode - is this where it puts you into the Recovery Environment ?
See what happens when you enter y and the shutdown cmd.
See what happens when you enter y and the shutdown cmd.
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 10:25:29 am »
So that must have been run within the Recovery Environment where the volume doesn't need to be dismounted first, so you wouldn't have seen that message where you have to type y or n
You could do it from there again if you like.
Just been given another Karma point - was that from you ?
You could do it from there again if you like.
Just been given another Karma point - was that from you ?
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 10:15:42 am »
That's the standard response to a chkdsk /f or /r cmd as it cannot be run in Windows and has to be done before Windows boots up.
Type and enter y then enter shutdown /r /t 00 and wait for it to do its thing.
To see the full report, go Start - type eventvwr and press enter.
When Event Viewer has read the data, expand Windows Logs by clicking on the arrow head next to it then click on the name Application - Action - Find then type chkdsk or wininit into the Find box and press enter.
Cancel the Find box and read the report in the scrollable window.
BTW - How did you manage to capture the last chkdsk report ?
Type and enter y then enter shutdown /r /t 00 and wait for it to do its thing.
To see the full report, go Start - type eventvwr and press enter.
When Event Viewer has read the data, expand Windows Logs by clicking on the arrow head next to it then click on the name Application - Action - Find then type chkdsk or wininit into the Find box and press enter.
Cancel the Find box and read the report in the scrollable window.
BTW - How did you manage to capture the last chkdsk report ?
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Everything Else / Re: Microsoft and Canonical bring Ubuntu Linux binaries and Bash Shell to Windows 10
« on: April 01, 2016, 03:33:12 am »
I enjoyed reading the discussion posts below it 
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:26:39 am »
Hope it isn't too long before you get your strength back up.
Bye for now.
Tom.
Bye for now.
Tom.
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General Computer Support / Re: Several Computer Problems
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:15:25 am »man you beat me to it boggin lol....
Had nothing else to do at the time :lol
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:14:03 am »
Take all of the time you like, Pete - you have enough on your plate without worrying about what to do with your laptop - we'll still be here (hopefully) whenever you are ready to resume.
Actually - notwithstanding anything else, I had a feeling that you were enjoying delving into this
Actually - notwithstanding anything else, I had a feeling that you were enjoying delving into this
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General Computer Support / Re: Several Computer Problems
« on: April 01, 2016, 02:08:24 am »
You have two programs on there that I wouldn't touch with a barge pole and they are Uniblue Powersuite and ASC and they could be the cause of your problems if you have allowed them to "clean" your registry.
While I know ASC has an Undo option, not sure about Uniblue - I tried that in my naïve days and it screwed my system.
Fortunately I had the foresight to create a system image before running it.
One other thing you could look at is the temps should it be overheating.
With a desktop pc, I believe you can check these in the BIOS, but a useful program I have installed is the free version of HWMonitor.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
With an older machine and newer games, the GPU may not be up to it and with a desktop pc, the PSU is also something to consider.
HWMonitor will also show if your voltages are as they should be.
I would also do a chkdsk /f to see if there were any bad sectors developing.
The 30 day trial version of HDSentinel is a handy program for checking out a HDD as it will give you a written report.
http://www.hdsentinel.com/
Use the green download button then uninstall when done so as to be able to use it as and when.
While I know ASC has an Undo option, not sure about Uniblue - I tried that in my naïve days and it screwed my system.
Fortunately I had the foresight to create a system image before running it.
One other thing you could look at is the temps should it be overheating.
With a desktop pc, I believe you can check these in the BIOS, but a useful program I have installed is the free version of HWMonitor.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
With an older machine and newer games, the GPU may not be up to it and with a desktop pc, the PSU is also something to consider.
HWMonitor will also show if your voltages are as they should be.
I would also do a chkdsk /f to see if there were any bad sectors developing.
The 30 day trial version of HDSentinel is a handy program for checking out a HDD as it will give you a written report.
http://www.hdsentinel.com/
Use the green download button then uninstall when done so as to be able to use it as and when.
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: April 01, 2016, 01:47:15 am »
Not so long back I had a biopsy taken during a procedure - that was okay but the prep and the camera up was certainly no fun.
How are you getting on with the computer ?
How are you getting on with the computer ?
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General Computer Support / Re: Installed programs cannot be found
« on: March 31, 2016, 02:33:06 pm »
Search Everything should be able to find them for you - just put the name of the program in the line above the main window and it will show you where it is located.
https://www.voidtools.com/
https://www.voidtools.com/
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General Computer Support / Re: Movie maker effects don't play
« on: March 31, 2016, 02:22:42 pm »
It's quite possible a K-Lite Codec pack could resolve your problems.
Here is a help article someone has posted with links to K-Lite.
http://lehsys.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/how-to-load-k-lite-codecs-for-windows.html
Here is a help article someone has posted with links to K-Lite.
http://lehsys.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/how-to-load-k-lite-codecs-for-windows.html
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General Computer Support / Re: Movie maker effects don't play
« on: March 30, 2016, 02:46:26 pm »
Do any of these errors apply to you http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-live/movie-maker-common-errors-faq and have you tried your restore points back to when it was working - or is that too long ago ?
You could also see if there's anything to help you in this article - http://superuser.com/questions/260916/how-to-install-windows-movie-maker-for-xp
You could also see if there's anything to help you in this article - http://superuser.com/questions/260916/how-to-install-windows-movie-maker-for-xp
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: March 30, 2016, 02:04:38 pm »
Yes, the HDD is starting to fail with 24KBs of bad sectors reported.
This will be why the Startup Repair took as long as it did and failed to repair.
Was that chkdsk done with the recovery built in chkdsk or with a chkdsk /r from the cmd prompt ?
Does the recovery cmd prompt have a x:> prompt ?
The shutdown cmd also failed at my recovery cmd prompt as well but I normally enter exit to close the cmd window and then click on either the Shutdown or Restart buttons.
I find your HP recovery set up puzzling.
If you did it from Safe Mode with Command Prompt then it should have worked, but you must enter the cmd correctly -
shutdown /r /t 00
with a space before each forward slash and a space before the double zero after the /t
Can you run another chkdsk c: /r to see if it reports it is still repairing files etc. ?
If it says the volume is okay, then run another Startup Repair, but the HDD will fail eventually and you should create a full system image onto external media before it does so that after the HDD replacement, you can restore it back to the way it was, but working.
You would also need to create a System Repair Disk which can be done on your wife's machine if it is also a Win 7 one, but it must match your 32 or 64 bit architecture.
If you don't have any personal stuff on there and you are able to reinstall any paid for programs, then you could purchase a set of OEM Recovery Disks from HP for your model which will take it back to out of the box, but this involves time consuming work with Windows Updates, updating the likes of Java and Adobe - uninstalling older versions of Java - reinstalling your programs and if applicable, a printer.
You could of course put it into a repair shop and ask them to do it all for you which would take the pressure off you.
However, I recently had occasion to recover an older Toshiba Win 7 laptop with a bought OEM Recovery disk for trouble shooting purposes and on the envelope it came in, it said that it didn't include MS Works which came pre-installed on that laptop - if you went with loading the new HDD with an OEM Recovery disk, you could then restore that with the system image you have created which will save a lot of work.
PS - One advantage with hearing problems is that you won't hear the wife nagging you or asking to you to do this that or the other
This will be why the Startup Repair took as long as it did and failed to repair.
Was that chkdsk done with the recovery built in chkdsk or with a chkdsk /r from the cmd prompt ?
Does the recovery cmd prompt have a x:> prompt ?
The shutdown cmd also failed at my recovery cmd prompt as well but I normally enter exit to close the cmd window and then click on either the Shutdown or Restart buttons.
I find your HP recovery set up puzzling.
If you did it from Safe Mode with Command Prompt then it should have worked, but you must enter the cmd correctly -
shutdown /r /t 00
with a space before each forward slash and a space before the double zero after the /t
Can you run another chkdsk c: /r to see if it reports it is still repairing files etc. ?
If it says the volume is okay, then run another Startup Repair, but the HDD will fail eventually and you should create a full system image onto external media before it does so that after the HDD replacement, you can restore it back to the way it was, but working.
You would also need to create a System Repair Disk which can be done on your wife's machine if it is also a Win 7 one, but it must match your 32 or 64 bit architecture.
If you don't have any personal stuff on there and you are able to reinstall any paid for programs, then you could purchase a set of OEM Recovery Disks from HP for your model which will take it back to out of the box, but this involves time consuming work with Windows Updates, updating the likes of Java and Adobe - uninstalling older versions of Java - reinstalling your programs and if applicable, a printer.
You could of course put it into a repair shop and ask them to do it all for you which would take the pressure off you.
However, I recently had occasion to recover an older Toshiba Win 7 laptop with a bought OEM Recovery disk for trouble shooting purposes and on the envelope it came in, it said that it didn't include MS Works which came pre-installed on that laptop - if you went with loading the new HDD with an OEM Recovery disk, you could then restore that with the system image you have created which will save a lot of work.
PS - One advantage with hearing problems is that you won't hear the wife nagging you or asking to you to do this that or the other
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: March 30, 2016, 10:27:36 am »
Oh - I'll be back in a couple of hours or so unless I fall asleep in my armchair after my meal
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General Computer Support / Re: NEED HELP wINDOWS 7
« on: March 30, 2016, 10:23:56 am »
That's okay - I'm shooting off for a shower now and then have my evening meal.