Posts by Drew Allen77

Can you come to any conclusions on your own without having to link to explanations from other sites?

Nicole Morgan5 said:Oh, please. Just let him be. 🤣
On the Bug forum, after we all tried our best to lend a hand, he just started spamming endless walls of text—basically just logs—over and over again. He refuses to listen to anyone, insists on doing things his own way, and just keeps repeating the same tired points. It’s exhausting, really.

After five days of pure, unadulterated frustration, the decision was finally made to delete his thread entirely. Not just lock it, mind you—actually delete it. That is an incredibly rare occurrence on a forum like this. 🥱

I saw the thread... people were genuinely trying to help him, but he just won't 🙂
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You can just create an ISO image from an existing DVD and then burn that ISO onto a new disc.

Just select USA right at the start of the installation and you should be good to go...

Maybe you could let us know which specific error message you're seeing?

Intel and those drivers... 🙂 I run into similar issues while browsing the web; I suspect there might be a fix out there somewhere...

Wait, so you're telling me formatting actually wipes the data now?

Didn't you just claim earlier that it was useless, total garbage, and wouldn't work? You were saying viruses stay put after a format and can only be cleared by a full reinstall...

Total troll.

On paper, everything looks seamless, but in reality, you're going to run into quite a few compatibility headaches. It really all boils down to the specific file you're working with and the nature of the project at hand...

ruggedfalcon62 said:Man, you guys are being such a pain... Let me explain this to you, and then you can decide for yourselves if formatting actually wipes Windows...
So, here’s the deal... I was installing Ubuntu as my OS, but right before that, I wiped the entire hard drive using DBAN. Every single time I tried to boot up Ubuntu, I just got stuck staring at a black screen, even after running all the updates. After that failed attempt, I decided to format the Ubuntu partition and install Windows 7 instead. I noticed some drivers weren't working properly, so I ran Windows 7 Update to get everything squared away. Then, I formatted the Windows 7 installation and went back to installing Ubuntu... and wouldn't you know it? No more problems. It turned out to be an issue with the motherboard and graphics card drivers. So, now I want to hear from you "experts"... why does Ubuntu work perfectly fine after a Windows 7 format, yet fails when I try to install it on a completely wiped drive? It’s pretty obvious to me because the Windows 7 installation wasn't wiped out... so why are you guys acting like you know everything when you clearly don't... hahaha...

I'm looking forward to seeing that clever, witty response of yours...😵

Windows drivers won't work on Ubuntu. That black screen you're seeing beforehand usually points to a hardware issue, but I'm going to need a bit more information than that to really help you out...

ruggedfalcon62 said:Does anyone else follow this stuff? I’ve been reading about cases where certain viruses just won't budge, even after you try formatting the drive...

Here's another example for you. I installed a pirated version of Windows XP, and it kept throwing that "not Genuine" error at me. It was driving me crazy—I tried formatting the drive and installing different versions of Windows XP, but man, that "not Genuine" message just wouldn't go away. Eventually, I decided to wipe the entire hard drive using DBAN and then did a fresh install of that other XP version, and suddenly, everything worked perfectly. Apparently, there's a lot of talk online claiming that a standard format doesn't actually clear all your data... people really need to wake up to what's actually happening...😵

Are you serious?...😵 Do you honestly think Windows would throw a "not Genuine" error just because of formatting...🤣

Nah, it’s been way too long...

ruggedfalcon62 is honestly such a hilarious character.

How many times have you refilled them?

If this isn't your first time doing it, then they're really on you—just go ahead and grab some new ones...

try entering just gmail.com

It will.

If your free-to-play games are running fine and everything else on your system seems stable, then you're likely looking at a cracked file. You might want to run some diagnostics on your RAM and check your macOS installation too. I just hope you aren't running some kind of custom, pro-tier macOS build...

driftingbadger17 said:So, you're actually looking for pirated Windows?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S series

What exactly does "pirated Windows" even mean?

That’s a pretty weak crack.

Just boot from your Windows 7 DVD, and once you're in the setup, you can wipe all the existing partitions and create whatever new ones you need...

You might want to run some tests on the hard drive and the RAM.

Go ahead and disable Secure boot in your BIOS settings.