Operating Systems

The situation is the following, as I try to install any OS on the said laptop it always seem to be able to get me an error message or a black screen, most OSes don't even go past the "loading black screen" and even if some manage to do it, like Windows, it gets to a part where I get a corrupted...

My Acer aspire v5 laptop running on windows 8 when booting it says "Operating System not found". When I enter BIOS setting, in the information tab sometimes my HDD model and name won't show and then sometimes it does. I have tried using repair my computer on my windows 8 CD installer and all...

I've HP245 g5 laptop yesterday I've converted my hdd's partition scheme to GPT. And after that also it was working fine but today when I tried to boot my laptop it just show "3f0" error and says "install the os". I's unable to boot and also when I tried to boot from a bootable pendrive it is not...

I have an Asus K53SC, and there's one thing I'm wondering. What will be faster, Windows 7 or 8.1? Some laptops run better on 10, others on 7... I'm basically looking for fast internet, a decent bootup time & fast starting programs. Windows 10 is not an option (since 1703 there's been a glitch...

Hello i am a newcomer to linux world. I recently tried deepin os but it is too alow for my old laptop . Can you guys suggest a good linux distro for my specs Cpu i3 5005u Ram 4gb ddr3 Intel hd graphics 1tb hard disk Thanks in advance

Hello all, I have a Dell Inspiron 15r n5110 laptop. (It's kinda old, i know). It was working perfectly, then the next day I tried opening my laptop and it was stuck on the startup logo for windows and after awhile around 10minutes it brought me to the startup repair menu and got nothing. So...

So I Have an old Toshiba Tecra A8 / Satellite Pro A120. I was trying to load Kali Linux on it and was trying to learn it because I'm a noob at Linux. I succeeded in LIVE booting into Kali using a USB. I was running Windows 7 and it was working fine. I decided to install Kali and when i got to...

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When I try to install Windows it's telling me an erro occurred you need to restart your computer

Hello Tom'sHardware I am buying a new laptop for college, I'm using the services of PcSpecialist to pick all the individual parts for the laptop. They put it together and send it over. Though I have a question concerning whether it's possible to have both the MacIOS and Windows operating...

TL;DR This is a complicated, hobby, massive multi boot project, and I appreciate any help you can give. I'm not using VMs. If you don't want to read, that's fine. But if you like this sort of thing, please help me figure this out! I am attempting to dual boot several operating systems on a new...

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Greetings I have an Astrobe A10. I installed high Security which detected 32 viruses on anSDC. I don't have an SDC installed. I know nothing about operating systems. I don't know the version of android I am running or where to look. I changed my SSID and password with my DSL provider but it...

It's saying not bootable. I assume I need to get an operating system on it somehow, but it had a burned image on the old hard drive. It did not come with a Windows disk, just the activation code-number on a sticker on the back. I've heard there is usually an imaged operating system image on...

Pertaining to Toshiba C55-B5299 Satellite Laptop Windows 10 was accidently deleted from my laptop, and I am trying to retrieve important information. I know there is a hidden recovery partition, but I don't know how to access it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks, in advance.

Where can I find a list of current 4K large panel (60" up) with build in Android operating systems? Thank you.

including memory size and hard disk size

Hi all, Am planning to buy a new smart TV. After some research, I realized that each Smart TV has it own platform to run on. Looks like Web OS and Android OS for TVs are currently best available platforms. Can somebody tell me which one is good over other. Which one is future proof, good to...

Have installed this hard drive via the cd drive caddy method but unable to use anything on this second drive, drive D,I can see the programs bbut when I try to access them get a series of blocking messages. Di I have to chang this via the bios, something I am not happy about doing or is there...

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Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 17" 5758 running Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux 16 (came with windows 8). I got it a few years ago, and for the past year or so I've been experiencing issues where it would randomly disconnect from wifi. On windows 10, I would be using my internet connection, then...

Anytime i start my laptop it shows me a black screen and it says. Yukon PXE v6.1.2 (beta) (20080407) (C)copyright 2003-2008 marvell(r). All rights reserved Pre-boot eXectution enviroment (pxe) v2.1 (C) copyright 1997-2000 intel corporation PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F...

what os do you think is better for the following notebook: https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-one-d255/specs/

I found my old 10.1 inch laptop (https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-eee-pc-1001px/specs/) and right now it has Windows 7 ultimate installed. I noticed that the laptop is running very slowly and I can't even watch Youtube. So I ask, what is a good OS for just using internet/Youtube?

I have spent the better part of two days trying to resolve a battery recognition problem. I have tried a host of fixes promoted online and have not been able to get anything but incomplete, short-lasting results. I have also tried different, good batteries (Apple and generic), different AC...

HI guys, I'm trying to decide between these two laptops: Asus 555LF i3 5010 2.1 / 4 GB RAM / Nvidia geforce 930M / 15.6 in 1366x768 / 1 TB HDD 5400rpm / Win 10 Home Asus 540 LJ i3 5001U 2.0 / 4 GB RAM / Nvidia geForce 920M / 15.6 in 1920x1088 / 1 TB HDD 5400rpm / DOS The main differences I...

I am DIRE need of help with my Toshiba Chromebook. The issue is Chrome OS related. So, I contacted Google Chrome support. I chatted, LIVE, with a support rep., for a REALLY LONG time, only to say (in-the-end) that it was a HARDWARE issue and to contact Toshiba, directly. I have been...

I have been trying to install and run more than one operating systems in one laptop. Any help how I can do it?

Are there any other operating systems other than Windows, Mac, Linux (all distributions), Chrome OS and Steam OS? I was just curious.

After countless hours researching the solutions to this problem I have come up empty. I think part of the problem here is most people who found a solution aren't stuck with the archaic Aptio Setup Utility. Laptop comes preinstalled with Windows 8. I am attempting to downgrade to Windows 7. I...

Does anyone but me notice the MOS strategy? For years efforts were made to ensure backwards compatibility, but Google, with its "Islands of stand alone systems, taught Microsoft much money could be saved by having one system to maintain. Microsoft is taking it one step further by abandoning...

I've been working on an old laptop i got from my uncle (he gave it to me free after lending me a pair of 23" monitors i have to pay him for later). Laptop Specs: Dell Inspiron 1501 AMD Sempron 3600+ 2.0ghz OEM Hitachi 80GB HDD (bad)- Replaced with HGST 500GB HDD (after a lot of reformatting)...

I have recently blanked my computer's SSD since I was experiencing issues with GRUB. Now, Ubuntu wouldn't install since it always says "the installer has experienced a fatal error" and my Windows 10 bootable USB stick (created by the Windows Media Creation Tool) wouldn't register in the boot...

I purchased a used laptop from somebody online and now they are not answering any of my messages. She claimed the laptop was working and just deleting her files when she dropped it off to me. I think maybe the battery died or something because when i went to turn on the laptop i immediately...

I just bought a Philips TV (this one, I think: http://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/32PFL4901_F7/4000-series-led-lcd-tv/specifications ), and it turns out it's a smart tv. It has failed to play flash and HTML5 videos so far, so I'm wondering if there's anything I can do about that? can I install...

For a home theatre PC, would you recommend Windows 7 or 10? (in this particular scenario, Windows MUST be used... NO other Operating Systems.)

Hi everyone, So I have a laptop i'd like to use, it's nothing extraordinary, but not such an under-powered laptop, it has a core i3 a little over 2 GHz, i don't remember exactly, 4Gb of ram and a little graphics card, but the hard drive is pretty slow. Everything took a few moments on windows 7...

Hi...everyone, when i installing sp2 for office2010 for 64bit giving msg there is no product affected by this package installed on this system 2010 anyone can find solution?? plz let me know thanks CB

Recently purchased a Dell Laptop (4 months ago) that came equipped with Windows 8.1, but need to transfer to new workplace due to upcoming move, and they do not support 8.1 or higher operating systems.... :no: As a result, I need to downgrade to Windows 8, and i was hoping to get some advice to...

Hello guys, I have a Sony SVF153B1YW which is about 2 years old. Recently, I decided to downgrade my OS from 8.1 to 7 since the ram on this system was 2 GB and 8.1 was taking up too much memory. So I created a boot-able DVD comprising of Windows 7 installation. I inserted the disk into the...

I have this idea that old OS's like Windows 2000 and XP must be generally faster, including games, because they're less demanding on the machine. Setting compatibility issues aside, is this in any way true? And is it worth it, if you have an old dual core like mine(amd 64 X2 4800+) and an old...

I have a laptop that is a few years old. About a week ago it was dropped and since I have been having problems with it. I'm almost positive it is the heard drive causing them. The computer will turn on but freezes at the starting windows screen. Sometimes it says can not find bootable device...

Hello I have a desktop PC that I am thinking of exchanging for a Macbook pro since mobility is becoming more and more essential for me. Windows offers a lot that OS X doesn't, so I would like to keep the hard drive of my PC that way I would use it as sort of an external hard drive i could boot...

I would like to know if there is a free boot manager or some other software out there that would allow me to boot to 3 or more different operating systems.

Hi there, I've been having trouble with my Asus N56V laptop. It crashes out of nowhere and does this more often as the laptop is used more regularly. I'm rather certain the problem is not software related as I've reinstalled different operating systems and formatted my drive and it keeps...

Can't upload your thumbnails on YouTube even after verification? Follow these steps for a simple to fix the problem. This tutorial is for Windows but you can modify the steps on your behalf for other operating systems. 1. Make sure your account is verified, check by going into Creator...

Hi guys, so few days ago I found my old rotten school laptop, I wasn't admin on it so I thought I might as well just take its harddrive out and format it with sata usb cable and reinstall operating system. I did format the drive through disk management, used full format. The drive is...

ok so im about to go to work at a new job boss wanted me to be knowledgeable at both windows/mac systems i told him that ive never used any mac computers really ever and that id started studying some of the lastest mac operating systems now i can uninstall/install all windows systems with my...

I/we've bought a new laptop. It was with freedos operating system, to reduce costs. It had a HDD that was switched with an SDD. So I have an external HDD, an SSD and dvd-writer/reader inside. I wanted to put an OS on it by myself, as I'm studying IT. I tried installing multiple os-es by...

My laptop keeps on failing to boot up and says operating system not found or sometimes a blue screen error 0xc0000185 or sometimes another error. I forgot the name and i didnt took a screenshot of it. Restarting it by ctrl alt del does the trick and boots up. But it takes a lot of times doing...

Sorry for not being very clear in the question, I don't know exactly how to state it. Anyways I was wondering if this would be a good practical idea. I have an old Inspiron 2600 with 128mb ram. 20gb harddisk. (Can use usb as storage) They keyboard is shot along with the screen cable. Would it be...

Good day to all members. I badly need help. I upgraded my Laptop Asus X453MA to Windows 10. After 15 days, my PC got infected by a virus. I decided to reset the laptop and after that, my restore files has been deleted and I cannot restore it to it's Original OS, (Windows 8.1 with Bing). - It's...

Hello, I bought an Asus laptop and tried to install Windows 8 on it from CD and everything went perfectly well until I got to the point where I was asked which drive I want it to be installed on and there I got the following warning message: 'windows cannot be installed to disk 0 partition 1'...

Hi everyone, I'm still planning on undertaking my first desktop build (multipurpose, light games, streaming etc). I thought I would challenge myself, setting a budget of $600....which I'm pretty close to (I have an SSD to put in already)....ideally including OS, but I think that might be...

i bought acer e1 522 (4 gb ram,2 Ghz,amd A6) it comes with linpus linux os(practically useless) i cant install os (windows )via usb ,my usb is not displayed in boot manager is there anything deal with this -- boot type UFEI other type is legacy but i didt tried it

What are the advantages that Android is chosen over iOS and other mobile operating systems?

I have recently purchased from a friend an HP laptop. The laptop has been completely wiped of everything including an operating system. I do not know which operating system I should get plus I am unfamiliar with the differences between full versions, service packs and oem options. The laptop...

Hi all, My wife's Lenovo laptop boots through to the usual safemode options (normal, safemode, safemode with networking etc) But no matter which option you select after that it goes to a black screen with the mouse cursor visible and loading circle occasionally flashing up beneath it. You can...

I am starting to dabble in Operating System creating, and I am wondering whether or not I would need to start with a clean "Blank Slate" PC or if I can keep my computer as is and code and test on the side. Any help would be nice. Thank you in advance.