Operating Systems

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.