Hello,
I recently got an refurbished older Dell Core 2 Duo with Windoze 7 on it and it was working great; love it!
However, I got a notification from Microsoft that I could upgrade Windoze 7 to 10, so I signed up for it.
I also recently upgraded my Gateway Laptop from Windoze 8.1 to Windoze 10. I also updated my 7" Windoze 8.1 Tablet to Windoze 10.
I also use a Dell with Windoze 7 at work. I really like Windoze 7 better than Windoze 10. Its ease of use I think is still better in 7 than 10.
A few days ago, I was notified on my refurbished Dell that Windoze 10 was ready to install on the drive. So I started the install process. At one point in the install process, it asked if I was sure I wanted to install the new OS. At that time, I got cold feet, and decided to not do it now, because I really liked the way the computer was working for me and the speed was great, and I decided I wanted to wait until I became more familiar with 10 on my other devices. I chose to not complete the install.
A few days went by and when I sat down at the computer, there was a notice that I had Windoze updates to install for my computer and it needed to reboot. I chose not to re-boot and let it install the new updates.
A couple of hours later while I was ripping a CD, the computer suddenly shut down on its own, and the message came up not to shut my computer off while the updates were being completed, so I didn't and it finished what it was doing and re-booted my computer.
When it began to reboot, a message come on the screen which said," Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent GE V1.2.50 PXE 2.1 Build 086 (WfM 2.0) and it hung up there with a blinking cursor.
I have done all kinds of diagnostics on the computer. I tried to use a Registry Mechanic Boot Repair for Windoze 7 and nothing works!
I still get to the same message every time I reboot the computer, so Windoze NEVER gets to load.
I am wondering if there is any way I can get past this IAB initialization screen to get the OS to boot.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,