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Mnpaul

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1. Set up your recovery info on a removable drive

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 07:01 PM

Jun 2015

the restore partition is useless if the hard drive goes south. I used a Win 8 repair usb for the first time and that was great. You have a refresh options, a go to restore point option and a reinstall option.

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Fresh installation of Windows 7 on an Acer laptop [View all] csziggy Jun 2015 OP

Set up your recovery info on a removable drive Mnpaul Jun 2015 #1

I no longer need the recovery option csziggy Jun 2015 #2

You could do that and it would be simplest. gvstn Jun 2015 #3

Tried a fresh install - reformatted the hard drive - no joy csziggy Jun 2015 #4

There is one more thing you could try. gvstn Jun 2015 #5

Here are the basics these are all just a few clicks but I like pictures. gvstn Jun 2015 #6

Thanks - it's running "clean all" now csziggy Jun 2015 #7

Good Luck! gvstn Jun 2015 #8

No matter what, it's not a waste of time csziggy Jun 2015 #9

OK, took about 2 hours to run "clean all" with diskpart csziggy Jun 2015 #10

Whoops - posted to myself csziggy Jun 2015 #11

Could be a HDD or RAM issue Earth Bound Misfit Jun 2015 #12

Windows Memory test says the RAM is OK; I suspect the HDD csziggy Jun 2015 #13

I'm beginning to suspect the DVD. gvstn Jun 2015 #14

Maybe - but it's now installed Windows and I'm working on the drivers! csziggy Jun 2015 #15

Fantastic! gvstn Jun 2015 #16