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General Computer Support / Windows 7 messed up after recovery and I start school in 36 hours. :/
« on: January 21, 2013, 04:55:18 pm »
Hello!
I'm hoping someone can lend me a hand because I really need to have my computer up and running when I start school on Wednesday. I saw some topics that were kind of similar to my problem, but not quite the same.
The Seagate hard drive that came in my ASUS UL50VT bit the dust and I replaced it with a WD Black of the same size (500 GB) but higher RPMs (5400 to 7200). ASUS comes with their own recovery software and I read that it would restore Windows as good as new. Nope.
Windows Update cannot be turned on and some of the troubleshooters won't load. Windows 7 says that it's activated and will show me the key. It's OEM so I don't have any install disks.
I've tried a number of different troubleshooters, updating Service pack 1 manually (which won't install due to catastrophic failure), updating all the drivers I can think of, sfc scans, and even this program. The Windows troubleshooters keep telling me the problem is resolved, but it's not. When I ran Tweaking there were errors in the first operation but everything else looked like it ran OK.
Help me Obi Wan Tweakobi, you're my only hope.
I'm hoping someone can lend me a hand because I really need to have my computer up and running when I start school on Wednesday. I saw some topics that were kind of similar to my problem, but not quite the same.
The Seagate hard drive that came in my ASUS UL50VT bit the dust and I replaced it with a WD Black of the same size (500 GB) but higher RPMs (5400 to 7200). ASUS comes with their own recovery software and I read that it would restore Windows as good as new. Nope.
Windows Update cannot be turned on and some of the troubleshooters won't load. Windows 7 says that it's activated and will show me the key. It's OEM so I don't have any install disks.
I've tried a number of different troubleshooters, updating Service pack 1 manually (which won't install due to catastrophic failure), updating all the drivers I can think of, sfc scans, and even this program. The Windows troubleshooters keep telling me the problem is resolved, but it's not. When I ran Tweaking there were errors in the first operation but everything else looked like it ran OK.
Help me Obi Wan Tweakobi, you're my only hope.