Recent content by Log420

Thanks again for your time and input. I'll give it 24 hrs or so to see if any geniuses come up with something 8) We'll probably end up where I thought we would from the beginning. Personally, I'd have already used the cradle/clean install if it was me, but Dad doesn't want to have to...

SFC says it can't repair the error. Looking like a pull hdd/copy files/reinstall hdd/clean install/copy files is where we'll end up but thought booting from a Win10 dvd and doing an upgrade installation would work. The stumbling block is when the Win10 upgrade goes to start, it puts up a...

Thanks for your reply, but I am unable to boot into Win 7 due to the corrupt file. I am booting from the Win 10 install dvd. I am unable to use disk copy software due to being unable to boot into Win7. I've told Dad will we most likely need to clean install either 7 or 10, and to ensure we...

My Dad's laptop running Windows 7 crashed the other day, and after running Startup Repair, it found that compbatt.sys was corrupt. I tried copying over a good version from my pc & recovery partition but that only resulted in a blue screen. Today, I attempted to do an upgrade installation of...

Thanks for your input. I'm currently leaning towards spending a few extra $$s and getting an MSI GeForce 750 TI model (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127783) as it has a BIOS switch that allows to choose between Hybrid(UEFI) and Legacy. From what I've read, the...

Looking for confirmation that a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 TI SC is compatible with my Gateway DX4860-UB33P. Some comments I've found say it will not work due to a BIOS issue, and others say it works great. Per CPU-Z, Motherboard = IPISB-VR (P02-A2) Comments are about 50/50 that the machine will...

Looking for confirmation that a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 TI SC is compatible with my Gateway DX4860-UB33P. Some comments I've found say it will not work due to a BIOS issue, and others say it works great. Per CPU-Z, Motherboard = IPISB-VR (P02-A2) Comments are about 50/50 that the machine will...