I have a laptop running a fully licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. For some reason, the boot partition has become corrupted. I didn't get a Windows 7 disc or a recovery disc with the install.

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. Plus, if you have a netbook or another type of computer without an optical drive, you don't have any other ...

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can native boot from a virtual hard disk without a hypervisor In response to my posts about managing multiboot with Windows 7 and Linux, Microsoft IT Pro ...

If you want to download Windows 7 ISO file for free and install it on your system or install it as a virtual machine via VirtualBox or any other virtualization software, you can download it by using ...

I did a search and didn't find any results concerning this problem. I've just built a new system and my Windows 7 disc won't boot, so I'm installing Windows XP so I can then install Windows 7 on top ...