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    Reinstalling Windows 7 on HP laptop with new hard drive

    Figured it out on my own. CD/DVD drive was listed under Legacy boot. I had to uncheck UEFI boot in order to boot from Legacy, and since I put CD/DVD on priority in Legacy, it started up perfectly.
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    Reinstalling Windows 7 on HP laptop with new hard drive

    I'm attempting to figure out how exactly to reinstall windows 7 Professional on my HP laptop. I replaced the hard drive and have no access to whatever information was on there. Originally the laptop I bought was refurbished and it already had Windows 7 Pro on it. I have the 25 digit product...
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    Time for Upgrade? -- HDMI home receiver vs. toslink or coaxial receiver

    Thanks for the reply, prisoner. Yes, now that I think about it, HDMI is the best route to go. If I were to get a receiver without HDMI inputs & and only Toslink inputs, then in order to get the digital audio that I want, I'd have to get an HDMI audio de-embedder to de-embed the digital audio...
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    Time for Upgrade? -- HDMI home receiver vs. toslink or coaxial receiver

    Hello, everyone. I've provided a bunch of background information on my set up and wiring in here in hopes to receive some quality input from this community. Currently, I run my DirecTV & Xbox One HDMI outputs to TV's HDMI input. To play the play audio on my old (RCA input-only) receiver, I...