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    Reinstall windows7 from upgrade CD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by karan1981, Apr 28, 2010.

  1. karan1981

    karan1981 Notebook Guru

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    Everyone



    I have problem with my window7.

    Some time back I installed IE7 by mistake and after that it started giving me "No such interface" error whenever i right click on my computer. I read many places and tried to re regitser some drivers but no use.

    Now I think I get other statup errors etc.

    I have got the windows 7 upgrade cd from HP.

    Now my question is can I reinstall windows7 again without all my existing data being lost or I will loose all my data.

    I have many applications like visual studio and others which I dont want to loose.

    So what option do i need to select if i insert this upgrade cd.

    Would appreciate your replies
     
    karan1981, Apr 28, 2010
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    try booting from the upgrade disk and see if it give you a 'repair' option.

    Have you tried to force-reinstall IE8???
     
    newsposter, Apr 28, 2010
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  3. Kalim

    Kalim Ceiling Cat Is Watching U

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    Your subject makes it sound as if you want to reinstall Windows 7, but it appears that you're more interested in re-installing IE8, is this correct?

    Perhaps someone can confirm this as I have not needed to do this myself, but if you go to:

    "Control Panel" -> "Programs and Features" -> "Turn Windows features on or off"

    Locate the "Internet Explorer 8" check box. Is the IE8 box checked or unchecked?

    If it is checked, then uncheck it and reboot. Come back and check it. If it is unchecked, check it. At some point I think Windows should reinstall IE8.
     
    Kalim, Apr 28, 2010
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  4. karan1981

    karan1981 Notebook Guru

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    yeh this weekend i will try to boot it from the disk and see for that,
    no not only ie8 both other dll errors I can see on startup etc. So I guess my windows is kind of screwed up, will try to repair and see if it works.

    My question was if i reinstall without formatting will i loose all mydata
     
    karan1981, Apr 28, 2010
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Reinstall IE8 FIRST and ONLY from an installer you d/l from microsoft.com

    A repair install of Win7 is a last-resort kind of action.

    If any of this intimidates you, find help from a knowledgeable/trusted friend. Stay away from Geek Squad.

    Regardless of what people tell you or what you read, you should ALWAYS make copies of your user files when screwing around with the OS. Far better to have unneeded copies than to need copies and not have them.
     
    newsposter, Apr 28, 2010
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  6. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    If you do proper backups before install, you will not lose any data and sun shines all weekend.

    If you don't make the backups, something will go wrong and you lose all the data and it's probably cold and rainy weekend anyways :p

    So please think of everyone else and give us sunny weekend :)
     
    KLF, Apr 29, 2010
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