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  1. J HARDAN
    J Hardan Win User

    How to tell past version of windows from BIOS and how to do fresh install...


    I purchased a used Laptop from a school surplus auction where they made no mention of the Windows system being uninstalled this matters because they were very informative of other items I purchased although they could have just forgotten to mention this. Upon power up, it kept throwing a PXE-X0F media test failure error so I loaded optimized settings from BIOS. This corrected the error and now only boots to BIOS. No matter what settings I choose or how I restart, it boots straight to BIOS.I am unable to tell which scenario is valid:1. Is there is a problem with the BIOS and the windows sy

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    J Hardan, Jul 28, 2023
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  2. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Jul 28, 2023
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  3. MORE123
    more123 Win User
    Fresh windows install help.

    Hi.
    I have Samsung Series 7 NP7005ZA-S0AUS laptop pc. I decided to do a fresh windows install so I used a flash drive to re-install windows (I formatted the hard drive at the begnining of the installation). When the laptop booted first time in the installation process, I got a screen saying boot menu but it's empty. I clicked alt+ctl+de, the laptop restarts and gets me back to the same screen. I entered the bios and made sure the hd is on the top of the list and save/restarted but same issue. I tried loading bios default settings and that did not help either. I noticed in the boot menu that there are exclamation marks next to the HD and the SATA DVD drives, not sure what that means but they were not there before. I honestly think a bios update can do the trick but there is no way to upgrade the bios of a samsung laptop without Windows like my case so I am stuck.
    Any help will be very much appreciated.
    Notice: The hard drive has 8GB msata built in.
     
    more123, Jul 28, 2023
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  4. BRANDONWH64
    brandonwh64 Win User

    How to tell past version of windows from BIOS and how to do fresh install...

    Windows 7 wont install drivers

    +1

    If you having an issue installing a driver that worked before you formatted or wont install on a fresh build, sometimes this means hardware damage
     
    brandonwh64, Jul 28, 2023
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