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I bought an used VAIO MODEL pcg61a11u and after formating it's HDD with another pc I'm prompted with a "operating system not found" screen. I feel that the original owner changed the BIOS to legacy but I cant acces the BIOS anymore since the assist function no longer exists. what can I do...

Hello, I have my currently installed Windows 10 on a separate partition on my HDD, however I feel like I want my system to boot faster and perform better so I bought a new 250GB SSD for system itself. The question is, is it possible for me to move Windows files somehow to the new SSD from old...

everytime i started my pc i got blue screen, so i decided to wipe my harddisk. When reinstalling Windows 10 blue screen popped up and restarted the pc many times and i got a different stopcode everytime it restarted

Hello my PC is full of junk. Whats the best way to do like a clean reinstall of everything? IS it enough with the windows 10 media creation tool? Please tell me your opinions, thanks :)

I'm searching detailed instructions on how to fix or install/reinstall LILO boot loader on an AntiX linux partition. I don't want to write on the MBR, I want the boot loader (LILO) to be installed on the partition with an already installed AntiX linux /. Thanks!

After the clean reinstall, the GPU (780m Geoforce) is literally no where to be found. I went to dell's website and used their "find my laptop drivers" and installed them, none of which included the Nvidia driver. The only thing I havent updated is my BIOS, and I can not and I wont update it...

I have tried to gather as much information about this as I can but there are still some things I am not sure about. My Windows is retail and I have my license connected to my MS account. Apparently, to activate Windows OS after a hardware change, you would want to click on the "troubleshoot"...

Whenever I try to reinstall java, the install is around 80% done when the error message "Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.", and this happens on all the versions of java I attempted to download, and it occurs on both 32...

Hello everyone, I have a laptop (Acer Aspire F5-573T running Windows 10) and I elected to swap out the hdd with an ssd to speed things up a bit. I followed some videos and ended up cloning the drive to the ssd using a Sata to usb 3.0 cable and Mini Partition tool software. However, after...

I was wondering, what's the best way of going about resetting everything, and i mean EVERYTHING, during a system reinstall? Specifically the things that get saved that aren't really an option to change, such as the registry and random data information that keeps popping up from my previous...

Hi guys, i own an Acer Predator Helios 300: 8 GB Ram GTX 1060 (6GB) Windows 10 64-Bit I uninstalled X plane 11 then i decided to reinstall it. My problem is, when i try to reinstall it, my screen went black and a message popped up saying " No bootable device detected". I already fixed it...

Hello Experts, I have software damaged 4G ZTE Dongle, I don't know how to fix them and i cannot find anyone to fix it, Is there someone to Help me....! :oops:

Ive windows 10 pro installed in a 250gb Sata SSD drive. Activated with a MAK licence. I've reinstalled a clean copy of windows 10 with the media creation tool 2-3 times a year. Reinstalling doesn't require entering a key and doesn't use up an extra activation licence when done on the same HDD...

Hi, So 5 years ago i build a pc. Now the pc froze a week ago. After restarting i would get a black screen, although a different black screen than just when my monitor is off, I could go into bios and i could install windows again, after installing i can configure my starting windows options, but...

My old motherboard recently bought the farm, so later this week it's getting an upgrade (ASUS z170 to AsRock z270), but that is neither here nor there. My main concern is the effect this change will have on my OS as I am currently running Windows 7 and I know that a reinstall of some kind will...

Hey everyone I want to build a new system but use my old ssd and hdd. The ssd has the OS installed on it. Can i just plug them both in and the system will boot normally? (Games are on harddrive, do i have to reinstall everything or can i just start my game like i would now?)

I've been having a bsod issue recently (dmp file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wUxjMv8XVdubdmIvT2YyarzSPqMJ8O9m) I just want to know if a reset is enough to fix that problem or do I need to do a fresh install? (I want to keep my files)

Hello all, I was curious what the easiest way to do this will be. I've had an SSD with Windows installed for the past couple of years, but I didn't switch from the HDD because I was in school and was doing work on there pretty regularly. I know I'll need to update Windows on the SSD, but I want...

Hey, I want to know a bit more about Amd vs intel. What is the difference in Amd and intel? Can you use an intel cpu with an amd gpu? What is the difference between threads and cores?(I've searched this on internet but i still dont quite get is. And what ghz on a cpu is reasonable to play AAA...

I have Gigabyte h55m-s2 motherboard on my pc with latest bios . When installing windows 7 x64 (support by mother) using bootable usb. The bios got stucks when inserting Pendrive on usb drive. Please is there any fix to install windows 7? anyways i have windows 7x32 but i want x64 architecture...

I am currently thinking of building a pc but I am stuck with the motherboard choices. Which motherboard would you recommend for my build: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/krprD2 . Any extra feedback on improving the build is highly appreciated.

Hi, After having my computer built for a few days I have run into some issues. I was re-doing some cable management and decided to re-seat my Graphics card into another PCIE slot and now I cannot POST. Previously, I was able to post fine. I have noticed that the two debug lights for ‘CPU’...

Hi :-) I've been having issues with my new laptop and it's extremely frustrating. When I try and launch applications, it takes forever for them to launch and the same things goes when I try to close an application. It even takes just a long time to log into my laptop. I don't know much about...

Is this CPU cooler compatible with LGA 1151 socket motherboards? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1UH4T52465&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-CPU+Cooling-_-9SIA1UH4T52465&gclid=CITMpM79rNICFUdlfgodn9IPRQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have tried everything in this thread, and most others I've found. My microphone continues to mute itself every 5-30 seconds or so and the volume drops to zero. I watched it a few times, sometimes it goes to around 40 to 50 percent then drops again to zero. I am so incredibly frustrated and am...

How to monitor,IN-GAME,cpu clock speed?Mine is i7-4790.Thx

Heres an idea i had this morning, i've not seen it mentioned anywhere before For a highly overclocked system Get an RVK fan and some air ducting They come in different sizes so one of the smaller ones would probly be best Cut out the fan grill at the rear of pc case Feed in some of the ducting...

is it really possible to make a gtx 1080 work in a laptop with an exp (egpu), i would like to do that to my laptop, i buyed my laptop in the year 2014, sys req are i5 4th gen, 11 gb ram, 1 tb hard disk, Windows 8.1 please send an answer soon as possible

I want to lower the cost of the graphics card to afford a better cpu (looking at an i7 6700k) but for 2 1080p monitors at 60hz do you think a 1060 would be enough or just get a 1070 so I won't have to upgrade as soon in the future

I have a motherboard that has only one PCI E x16 slot. This slot has 8 lanes in. Will the max power draw for this slot still 75W or will it be the lower 25W that PCI E x8 slots are limited to. (Note that the slot uses PCI E x8 2.0 technology). I am asking because I am looking to buy a GTX 750ti...

The audiobook is split up to 44 parts, it goes 1-9 without a problem, and after 9th it skips to 41st and goes over to 44th, then comes back up to 10th and then it goes fine all the way to 40th. I thought that maybe the part numbers are messed up in the "metadata" (don't know how exactly is it...

I'm looking to upgrade my power supply soon. Right now im running of a CX430 and im looking for options. I don't really want to go over $100 USD This is about what I have now. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/mRbsJV I was looking at the HX750i and the AX760i Does anyone know if the link software...

This is my example below. say i wanted to check www.google.com using 8.8.8.8, In the Hosts file, I would write: 8.8.8.8 www.google.com But if I wanted to check www.google.com/images-for-you (a url I just made up) How would I write this? Can I do this? it wouldn't be just 8.8.8.8...

So my pc was working just fine, then one day it suddenly shuts off with some smoke popping out from the PSU. So I bought a new PSU, and tested it. My PC now wouldn't power. No Lights or Fans or anything. Then after I tested various setups, eventually I figured out the new PSU would work fine and...

My Inspiron 1525 overheated and shut itself off. I cleaned out the dust but when I restarted it all services show they are "stopped". Is there a way to get it running again?

Mother baord: H16m DS2 Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10) can support this ram

I have a Gateway computer that continually shows a 'install the latest version of flash player' error message. BUT, the message as a Gateway Computer Logo on the message. I DO have the latest version of flash player and Google chrome confirms it. What could be causing this crazy message? I have...

Hello, My laptop's hard drive usually has like 30 GB of free space. However since yesterday I am noticing I have about 200 GB of free space all of a sudden. What might be the reason of this? I havent manually deleted any files. Thanks for your help.

Looking for a bit of help me my build. Will be gaming on a 1920x1080 Vizio TV. Need assistance mostly the G-card and Ram. Never overclocked before but was looking to OC the processor and g-card, possibly the RAM up to 1866 if i get 1600 ram. I know my Power supply is more then i need, trying to...

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