Windows 7 restore help

If you can not boot your system, remove the hard drive and put it into a USB external drive housing. Connect to a working PC, copy the data off.

Always check to ensure the hard drive you are about to rebuild is actually sound from a hardware perspective. The only absolutely sure way to have a perfectly clean system.

You will need a Win7 install disk. You will need a legal product code and the win7 disk must match the edition of the code and its bitness 32 or If you do not have the original Windows 7 install disk, borrow one from a friend.

If that disk has SP1 Service Pack 1 on it, it will save you many hours. Do not install anything but Windows Updates until your system is up to date. Once you have the update list, install all of them together. Installing updates in batches will not speed the process or make it better. Boot your system to the Windows 7 install disk. When it asks where to store the system, click Advanced. Delete all partitions. Proceed with the install until you get your new desktop. Change Windows Update setting to Never check for updates.

This is the setting you will keep. Set Windows Update service to Stop. Start globe, type services in text boxt that pops up, select services from the list.

Find Windows Update in the list, right-click and choose stop. When you get the list of proposed updates some plus , look for the Windows Section in the Recommended update section. Find the updates in that section that are NOT labeled security. Click once on each. Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.

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