The Obsession-Out: Bite and don't let it go.

[Ace Ventura]

congratz on your fresh OS then. Make a backup image of the entire drive for later use once you've gotten it working.

How do I do that? Basically burn it onto a disc again?

[Inferno.]

lolwut. I don't really know what you're doing, but installing Win7 should be straight forward. Just get the ISO, burn it with ImgBurn or something. Boot it up and install Win7.

I'm off to play some more Skyrim. Tell me how it goes.

It is that simple for everyone but Roxas.

[deadlegion]

They kill me with one hit! So I have to run like a mad man around until my magica recharges, do some petty attacks, then run like crazy until it recharges again.

lol
I don't use magic much tbh, unless you count Shouts. Prefer bows for ranged attacks. Oh yeah, enchantments

[Ace Ventura]

It is that simple for everyone but Roxas.

It's not that it isn't simple, it's just that my buddy sent me a bad ISO. Gobby finally told me to just download it straight from MS, so I did. And now it worked.

[deadlegion]

It's not that it isn't simple, it's just that my buddy sent me a bad ISO.

Is he Russian?

[Inferno.]

Is he Russian?

%))))

[Ace Ventura]

Is he Russian?

Nope.

[deadlegion]

Russian American.

It's the end of the world.

[Ace Ventura]

Okay so it installed and what not, then it restarted, and it said press any key to boot from cd/dvd, I waited, and then it said disk read error. Weird...

[gezegond]

How do I do that? Basically burn it onto a disc again?

No. Download "Ghost 4 Linux" ISO and burn it to a disc like you did with Win7. Then follow this guide to create a back up image of your windows partition. Use the same thing to restore it later on if your windows got screwed.

This is most useful when you also install a bunch of programs, since you won't need to install them all over again. I usually install my windows, update the drivers, install antivirus and necessary programs I regularly use, then create the back up image.

PS: Make sure you make more than just one drive when installing windows or you won't be able to use the imaging software locally and then stuff will get complicated. You can change it later on but it's easier to set it up when installing windows.

[gezegond]

Okay so it installed and what not, then it restarted, and it said press any key to boot from cd/dvd, I waited, and then it said disk read error. Weird...

Are you installing it on the drive that windows was previously, or did you format your entire hard drive?

[deadlegion]

Okay so it installed and what not, then it restarted, and it said press any key to boot from cd/dvd, I waited, and then it said disk read error. Weird...

Your HDD has decided to retire.

[Ace Ventura]

Are you installing it on the drive that windows was previously, or did you format your entire hard drive?

Drive Windows had before.

Your HDD has decided to retire.

So I need a new Hard Drive? Lovely.

[gezegond]

lol
I don't use magic much tbh, unless you count Shouts. Prefer bows for ranged attacks. Oh yeah, enchantments

I usually don't either, but giants seem to be weak to them since the arrows did almost no damage and were too slow. I dual wield flames and electricity and sprayed it on him and it seemed to do lots more damage a lot faster so I went with that.

[gezegond]

So I need a new Hard Drive? Lovely.

No you don't. HDDs are though motherfuckers.

Drive Windows had before.

What has happened is that your computer isn't sure where to boot from. Most likely because your previous windows installation had a special hidden recovery drive and you installed a fresh one without recovery so now you have two bootable drives. This can be fixed (I've done it before) but it's a real pain in the ass. It's easier to just back up everything you have, format the entire HDD, and make a complete fresh install with new drives.