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Why must the memtest86 software run from boot disk?
The memory must be available, so no operating system can be loaded. Though technically there is no reason why you cant run it from a hard disk.
Why must docmemory run from a boot disk?
It must run from a boot disk in order to boot a PC and test memory on that PC.
Can you merge an active and boot partition with a system partition and still be able to boot?
First of all boot partition must be active by default or your system will not boot. Second, there is not such thing as a system partition. There is a system disk which is usually located on boot partition. If you are asking about whether you can change size of boot partition in cost of another partition the answer is yes. The best way to do that is to use one utilities designed for such purposes, for instance, Acronis Disk Director.
How do I reinstall Microsoft office?
To reinstall Microsoft office, you must have the original disk your computer came with that includes Microsoft Office. Just pop the disk in and re-install the software.
You put your new geforce9800gt in and it wants to boot from the CD but you keep getting disk boot failure and it said to put the CD in again so you did and it just keeps doing the same thing again and?
Check BIOS setting for Boot order. First one must the hard drive with installed OS on it.
How do you reformat a netbook using usb flash drive?
It is possible to reformat a netbook with a flash drive if you use the program unetbootin. Unetbootin requires you to have a working operating system and an .iso file (a disk image of the new operating system you will be replacing the old one with. If ran from your desktop computer, unetbootin will give you the option to download a disk image, in this case, linux disk images. Linux is an open source operating system available for free. Or if you prefer to have Windows on your netbook, you will need to find the original Windows disk that came with your netbook, if any, or buy a Windows disk, and extract the .iso from the disk using .iso extraction software on a desktop computer with a disk drive. If you don't have a desktop computer or don't know anyone with one who would let you borrow it to extract the Windows .iso, visit your local library and request to use their computer for that. Extracting an .iso file is time consuming. Alternate: acquire a Windows disk image from the Internet by download. It is up to you how you accomplish that. You must then complete the form on unetbootin to prepare the disk image on your thumb drive. This is as easy as locating the disk image you wish to write to the thumb drive on your computer, then clicking next. When the procedure is complete, restart your computer with the thumb drive plugged in a USB port in your computer. When the computer boots, you should see a prompt on the screen to "press the * key to enter BIOS setup" or "press the * key to change boot options". Popular keys that manufacturers use are or . Look through your BIOS options, which are unique, and move the thumb drive up in "boot order" so your netbook boots from the thumb drive. After the BIOS option is set, reboot your computer once more, and if you are successful, your prepared thumb drive will boot whatever disk image you put on your thumb drive. Follow the disk's instructions to reformat your netbook.To put it simply, step by step:Acquire a flash drive (recommended 2gb+ for Windows XP, Linux, 4gb+ Windows Vista, windows 7).Use a working PC to download a USB boot preparation software such as unetbootin to prepare an operating system disk image to be written to the thumb drive.Write the disk image to the thumb drive using the unetbootin software. It will prepare the USB drive for boot, which may take at least 10-30 minutes. System BIOS is unique to the computer, the process will vary, but the phrase you want to locate is "boot order"Change your system BIOS options to boot from the thumb drive first.Restart your computer and follow the instructions from your disk imageIf all goes well, you have reformatted and reinstalled an operating system on your netbook without the use of a CD drive (assuming you didn't need to extract the disk image with disk image extraction software). Brute force approach is to buy a USB disk drive and install a disk that way, but the way I described will get it done for free, assuming you have a recovery disk. Good luck!
What is system partitioning?
System partitioning is a computing term for disk partitions of a hard disk drive that must exist and be properly configured for a system to operate correctly. The system partition refers to the disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system boot for the operating system.The partitons are generally on the same hard disk but the OSs regard them as separate.
What is a Single Drive Configuration?
When there is only one hard drive (disk) in the computer, the jumper(s) on the back of the disk (next to the power socket) should be set to Master or Stand Alone. When there are two disks, one must be designed Master & the other Slave or the system will not boot or only one disk will be seen.
When installing a hard drive or an operating system you will want to have the bios attempt to first boot from a?
Once the hard drive is installed in the computer, you must fdisk then format it the way you want. Next, you should set the bios to boot from the OS installation disk.
How do you clear your computer memory?
Before cleaning/wiping your hard drive. Be sure that you have backed up all of your information. As it will be nearly impossible to recover it back. After you have backed up follow the steps below: 1. Get your original Windows Boot Disk that came with the computer. [If you have it Skip to Step 4] 2. If you do not have the disk. There is another way of wiping it. There is a free ISO software that can wipe your hard drive. Download the ISO here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban If you know a better ISO Boot File. Use it! 3. Once the ISO has been downloaded. Get a Empty CD [Preferred not a DVD] and burn the ISO directly on the CD disk. 4. Put the disk in of you haven't. If you have just burned it. Leave the disk in the disk drive. 5. Restart the computer. Must have the disk in the disk drive! 6. The computer should automatically read the ISO in the disk. 7. Follow the prompts. 8. Start Erasing* *Please Note: Depending on your computer. The time it takes to erase the Hard-Drive will vary!
How do you clear your memory?
Before cleaning/wiping your hard drive. Be sure that you have backed up all of your information. As it will be nearly impossible to recover it back. After you have backed up follow the steps below: 1. Get your original Windows Boot Disk that came with the computer. [If you have it Skip to Step 4] 2. If you do not have the disk. There is another way of wiping it. There is a free ISO software that can wipe your hard drive. Download the ISO here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban If you know a better ISO Boot File. Use it! 3. Once the ISO has been downloaded. Get a Empty CD [Preferred not a DVD] and burn the ISO directly on the CD disk. 4. Put the disk in of you haven't. If you have just burned it. Leave the disk in the disk drive. 5. Restart the computer. Must have the disk in the disk drive! 6. The computer should automatically read the ISO in the disk. 7. Follow the prompts. 8. Start Erasing* *Please Note: Depending on your computer. The time it takes to erase the Hard-Drive will vary!
What are some popular disk recovery tools?
Disk recovery tools by Stellar are very popular. Their software is very easy to use and it recovers everything without any mishap. Must say its a great recovery tool.
