Posts by feralpilot18

ironcyclist58 said:Koke, which version of Windows 7 are you trying to install—the 32-bit or the 64-bit one?
The 64-bit version should support GPT (with BIOS booting), whereas the 32-bit version won't.

It’s Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit....

Hello.
My laptop finally arrived back from the repair shop after they swapped out the hard drive, but now I’m hitting a wall trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
...the select disk is of the GPT partition style...
While browsing online, I stumbled upon some instructions on how to convert GPT to MBR using diskpart, but that isn't really an option for me since it would require wiping the partition where my backups are stored....
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Nathan Ramos said:Wait, so you're saying it didn't take a tumble?

If it’s been sitting idle for a while, you might want to pop out the RAM and give those contacts a quick, thorough cleaning just to be safe.

But if it did take a fall, your best bet would be to swap in a different Western Digital drive and see if that does the trick.

The Dell is dead...

Hello.
I'm dealing with an issue on my Dell Inspiron.
The machine is about two years old and hasn't seen much heavy use,
though there were times when it wouldn't even boot up for weeks at a time.
Lately, however, it just shuts down randomly. I've verified the charger works fine and the battery seems healthy. I also popped the cover off to check for dust, but it wasn't particularly dirty... I checked the CPU temperatures as well, and everything appears to be within normal ranges.
I attempted a fresh Windows installation, but the system crashed again right in the middle of the process.
Does anyone have any suggestions?