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08-16-2018 06:11 AM
hi guys i am trying to install widows 7 from my original installation dvd, on my spare hp laptop, it loads but when it gets to the install now and i select accept terms > language> and chose custom advanced I then get this message > the file or directory C:\$Secure is corrupt and unreadable . please run the Chkdsk utility. but how can I ? also some times instead of loading a black screen opens and asks for a password ? for true cript bootloader 7.1 and e
when i press esc im being told an operating system wasnt found ?
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08-17-2018 05:23 AM
Sure you can try. In fact if I were you I might try to clone the old drive to new. You need a usb to SATA adapter you can find on amazon.com for about $15 and then cloning software. Put the new blank drive in the laptop, connect the old drive with the adapter externally, boot from a thumb drive containing the cloning software and clone (copy) the old disk to the new. I am pretty sure the clone will fail but you might get lucky. Post back if you need help. There is free cloning software like Macrium Reflect.
08-16-2018 09:14 AM - edited 08-16-2018 09:15 AM
check the DVD and see if it is scratched. Also we need the model of the HP spare laptop so we can understand the hardware environment you are operating in here. Maybe the hard drive has some bad sectors or you have a bad stick of memory. Either of those can cause weird errors when you try to install an OS. Nothing tests and stresses the hardware and shows up problems like an OS install.
08-16-2018 09:49 AM - edited 08-16-2018 09:51 AM
I have just put the original hardrive that had damaged sectors hence the need for new hardrive and it opened succssesfully with windows 8 on it . ps I will try the drive in a caddy on my current laptop to diognise it
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