Can't activate Windows 7 using Daz Loader even after WAT Fix: "Failed to patch boot sector"

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  1. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Your computer is haunted :tooth:
     
  2. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Some older machines have MBR/boot sector protection of HDD0 right from the BIOS. Check that.
     
  3. erpsterm35

    erpsterm35 MDL Expert

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    would be better if OP can tell us what kind of computer being used (name & model of PC) and what kind of drive that person is installing Win7 onto (either an HDD or SSD)
     
  4. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    In that sense, HDD0 = boot disk. Could be an SSD, too (unless it's IDE).

    With BIOS protection of MBR/boot record on, the BIOS would display a message on access, but only in the real text modes. In graphics modes there is no message, only a silent block.

    There are also AV software and security programs doing that.