hey britec i have a question. im trying to restore my desktop back to factory settings but at 90% or so i get an error msg that says "the request could not be performed because of an i/o device error' it happens on the second recovery disk.. im trying to restore it because when i try to log onto windows 7, it gives me a black screen after the log in screen and just shows my mouse arrow or it just freezes at the login screen. it also says kernel missing/corrupt then it takes me to this mega trends screen which iv never seen before.
i tried doing that already but now i cant even get past the boot screen unless i have the repair disc in. i noticed the mega trends msg, i googled it and it said something about s.m.a.r.t. that my hard drive is about to go out or is already bad. you think thats it? i have a new hard drive that i went and bought. i know how to install it but do i just load the discs now with it or do i have to do something else to that new hard drive? thanks for your time by the way.
do i download it through a usb? because right now im using a laptop to talk to you not the desktop in question.
Sorry Jay, Did not know machine was not bootable.
can you download this ISO and make a bootable USB or CD
You can use
Rufus to make a bootable USB
MHDD 4.6 ISO
i ended up just taking it to a pc shop so they could do it and they said it was the hard drive i couldnt figure that rufus thing out. so now i have my new harddrive installed, now what? just load the discs that came with my desktop? it has 4 discs first is system disc and next is recovery disc one and two, last disc is the language disc.
You took it to a shop and they installed the Hard Drive and never installed Windows for you with all the updates wow, they just dam right bad PC Repair. How did they charge? they should of installed Windows with updates and drivers and put a Antivirus on etc etc for a price.