Recent content by MegaMech

So, now the bcd is kinda broken. I have another drive that is often unplugged because it's old. It has W7 Ultimate. Whenever I try booting windows 7 or 8.1 it think that I'm booting into W7 Ultimate, even if that drive is unplugged. (I temp swapped into this w7 ultimate disk. It seems that...

Ya it works now. I just needed to delete that 350MB partition and extend the other partition. Than in w7 installer I deleted and clicked new. Thank you for your help.

I deleted the 350MB partition using dskmgmt.msc, will try installing w7 again. The delete partition button was greyed out in the w7 installer for the 350MB partition.

And to further clarify: I cannot install Windows 7 until I have dealt with the MBR. And I cannot delete the MBR from within the W7 installer.

Yes I disconnected the other drives. So I should just delete the MBR. That should be fine? So just use diskpart clean? You misinterpreted my comment about the Ubuntu boot menu into the idea that I completely ignored your advice. Obviously, the ubuntu boot menu is not available when only the...

The Linux ubuntu boot selector menu. I choose between ubuntu and windows 8.1. The disk is basically blank. I was putting some files on it. It used to boot w8.1 but I reformatted it awhile ago into a data disk. I can still load the ubuntu boot selector without this ssd plugged in but it wont...

Thank you for the response, I get the same error. Should I reformat the disk? It has an MBR partition of 350MB. Will I ruin booting into the other disks if I delete this partition? "The selected disk has an MBR partition table, on EFI systems windows can only install to GPT disks"

Hello, W7 refuses to install because none of my drives are GPT. I want to install W7 onto my blank SSD. I did some googling but want to make sure I implement the right method based on my circumstance. I have four drives: Main::W8.1 (1TB SSD) Partition with Ubuntu (80GB P., total 2tb)...

I also tried resetting the CMOS, cleaning out the dust. I noticed a screw was falling out of the mobo. Then realized they were all loose. So it's possible that something got shorted out due to the mobo moving around too much. But it was working fine for quite awhile before I switched out my...

Hello, I upgraded one of my SSD's and my computer constantly power cycles now (turns on for a second, than turns off. It tries turning on again a few seconds later). My mobo has been kinda finicky in the past and the cables for my four drives are very tight with acute bends. Is it possible...

@Elizabeth If they actually send the key after payment... I told someone to run malwarebytes and hitman pro and they didn't bother. (I was home for reading break, so I can't do it myself :( ) head office downloaded a program to screenshot next time 'it' happens and they don't think the crypto...

Thank you, unfortunately the anti-virus program is chosen by head office. In-fact it changes almost year to year. I definitely, absolutely, completely agree with you! I'll see if I can get the boss to talk to head office... It's to bad that they're too nice to wring them out for such a crass...

I found evidence of what I think is the third generation of cryptowall on a computer at work. I found about 10 files. 5 images, 5 .html files of cryptowall threat things on the PC in the startup folder as well as another 10 under C:/. This meant that every time the computer was booted these...