Recent content by antihelmlemon

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    newbie optical drive installation-success and then failure!

    you are a god or i am an idiot! or both! thank you, that was exactly the problem!!!
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    newbie optical drive installation-success and then failure!

    thanks for the quick response! I accessed the BIOS and took a bunch of pictures. NOt sure if the hard drive is in there. Unfortunately i dont have full system specs because i can't access the computer. in the beginning of turning it on, I am also able to access something called POST but have...
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    newbie optical drive installation-success and then failure!

    Hello! I'm in a bit of a bind. But i'm sure you guys get this all the time. My computer of 9 years which i built with my friends (well they told me what I should get and I just built it with their supervision) is showing its age and the optical drive is failing. I bought an Asus drive on...
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    can't update windows successfully (often)

    even though I didn't do this, I was about to. I got another notification that I should update and it might be critical if I didn't to the security of my computer. I figured it wouldn't go through, but it actually did and updated successfully. I wonder if others were having the same problem and...
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    can't update windows successfully (often)

    sorry for the late reply. I was having problems with receiving notifications through email and didn't realize that somebody responded. I have not tried the USB creation tool, but after going to the link, it looks awfully complicated and involved for a clean wipe. Is there some reason that is...
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    can't update windows successfully (often)

    I have a HP EliteBook 8470p. A LOT of my windows upgrades fail. I've downloaded the microsoft helper software and still nothing. The current fall update, I've tried three times. Each taking aroun 16 hours and freezing on a blue screen that tells me I am 52% complete. I'm wondering if...