Recent content by Gypsywindrl

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    Question Audio device disconnected or not found

    Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a while, been out of the computer scene for some time, but slowly getting back into it. And here's the problem - My nephew just started his college courses for this year, and bought a new laptop. A Gigabyte G6 Series Intel Core i7 GeForce 4050 Windows...
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    Question How to get from C:\> to just plain old C:\

    This is what's happening. Below is a copy/paste of what's happening. If anyone has any idea what's happening I'd like to hear it. Thanks for the help in advance. A quick explanation - I type in the cd cmd and I bounce from the C:\ right back to C:\>. C:\>cd C:\ C:\>cd C:\ C:\>cd C:\
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    I'm not working on the computer issue at this time, due to a death in the family. Be back in a day or two
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    I reset the defaults in the BIOS and got same old same old. I changed where the drives were plugged in and, as of, installing the second, smaller drive, and it's only one connected. And it was never installed in the desk top, I used it as a external drive for my laptop. And it's been...
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    Thank you for the fast reply. However, I did that many, many times. Standing on my head, while singing We all Live in a Yellow Submarine. I still get the same message.
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    How do I check that?
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    Thank you for the fast reply. However, I did that many, many times. Standing on my head, while singing We all Live in a Yellow Submarine. I still get the same message.
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    Question I keep getting "Windows cannot be installed

    So here's the poop. I built a desktop computer a short while ago, and I was running windows 10 Pro, but it was an older copy and I was having some issues, silly things like programs freezing, some not opening at all, etc. And since I had a disk for windows 10 pro, I just went ahead and put in...
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    Wifi and Windows 10 - Not working

    Toshiba C870d Satellite upgrade to windows 10, wifi won't work. Any suggestions?
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    Stuck at Post

    Ok. here is the final results, after installing a new MB and CPU, it turned out to be the one piece of hardware I didn't test, the hard drive. Well luckily I had a new one kicking about and tossed it in. I am pleased to say, this message is coming to you from my old new computer. I finally...
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    Stuck at Post

    I was thinking the same thing. I have swapped out the ram already, so that ones off the list. I just don't have the parts handy to try the power supply or the CPU. I'll have to see what's in the other computer, besides this one, and see what's compatible. Wish me luck.
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    Stuck at Post

    Thanks for thinking I'm capable enough. LOL OK, tried that. And I'm pretty sure I did it right, and the same old, same old. Still stuck.
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    Stuck at Post

    Ok. Tried all that. (never did either before, was fun) Still can't get passed the Asus "please press DEL to...." I'm still stuck. But keep the suggestions coming. I've never popped the battery before. Took me a bit to find it, buried under the graphics card. LOL.
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    Stuck at Post

    Thanks for the suggestion. I can not get into the BIOS. And I tried you suggestion and nope, it didn't work.
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    Stuck at Post