How to Force my OEM Key in Windows 8 Core?
Hello. I've got an Asus n550lf with windows 8 single language. Because I'm noob and I wanted to have dual-boot without gpt disks, I've raped off my original windows 8 oem. I've reinstalled but I guess...
View ArticleBoot file missing File: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000f
I'm not sure what I did, miss be when I was installing activclient but now I have a boot error asking for the windows installation disk. Also says File: \Boot\BCD\ Status: 0xc000000f Info: The Boot...
View ArticleSolved Cannot Create USB Install Due to 8.1 Product Key
I already have a Win8 Pro USB installer setup but I don't think it can be used to do a repair install for my Win8.1 Pro upgrade. So I'm trying to create a new USB installer setup specifically for Win...
View ArticleThe Windows 8 installer opens up 2 tabs in my browser
When I get to the part in the Windows 8 installer that it tells me what needs to come to my attention, instead of opening a little browser inside of the program as I guess it's trying to do, it opens...
View ArticleHow to reinstall the pre-installed windows 8?
my laptop came with a pre installed windows 8 having gpt format but i downgraded to windows 7 and reformatted it to ntfs,.. now I want to go back to windows 8 and format the drive to gpt again, but the...
View ArticleAcer Aspire 5920G - no HDD found while setup
Hello to All! I stumbled upon this *thread (http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/9573-sata-driver-load-windows-8-setup-5.html)* as I was looking for help after failing to install Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit...
View Article"Error. - 1603 Fatal Error during installation"
Hi All, This forum was recommended by a friend for honest and helpful answers. Hope someone can help me. I have only basic/medium computer skills so I have hit a wall with this problem. My laptop is hp...
View ArticleBlack Screen On boot and installation
Hi , i have a weird problem i don't whta's wrong , i looked everywhere ad i couldn't find anything since 2 days :confused: , i have black screen on boot , the boot logo doesn't appear , i can't acess...
View ArticleIRQL error message during Win 8.1 installation
While setting up a new system tried to install win 8.1 and got the IRQL screen. :( Any help please.
View ArticleFast start up windows 8.1 dual boot windows 7
I read this article Windows 8's Fast Startup does not play well with dual-boot systems | gHacks Technology News...
View ArticleSolved Dual Boot, then removed old HD now no boot at all
I had windows 7 running on my computer. When windows 8 came out I used a second harddrive as the windows 8 installation drive. Windows 8 automatically setup a dual boot system where every time I...
View ArticleHibernation does not work after migration to new HDD
Hi, I have used Pragon HDM 14 to migrate existing Win 8.1 installation (gpt with uefi and secure boot) to new hdd. Migration went ok, system booted up from new hdd. However after that it seems...
View ArticleHelp on best storage settings
Hi guys. I am configuring a new windows 8 Laptop/Tablet and want to ask you for your help and opinion for the storage configuration. The device consist of a Tablet part with Windows 8.1 and a 64 GB SSD...
View ArticleCannot see file and folders copied from other windows 8
Hi everyone, The problem is the next: I have new PC for that i was asked to setup and install software, i perform on it clean windows 8 install, it have single HDD 1TB that was partitioned by regular...
View ArticleSECURE erase of a HDD drive (FREE)
Hi there sometimes you want to REALLY erase a HDD -- this FREE method will write X'00' - Hex zeros - on every writeable are on your disk -- destroying / removing previous data -- while this isn't of...
View ArticleDual boot W 8 and 8.1
Hi all I would like to dual boot 8 and 8.1 Reason is that when I updated through store my CAD did not work any longer, hence I would like to dual boot and try and not in a VM due to issues with my 5...
View ArticleHow do I change default drive?
Please someone help, it's driving me mad :mad:. I've already tried the whole regedit thing where I changed ProgramFilesDir and ProgramFilesDir from C: to E: I've only got a 60GB SSD drive where Windows...
View ArticleWill an Win 8.0 key work on a clean install of Win 8.1?
Hello all, I purchased a Lenovo Y510P laptop over a month ago which came with Windows 8.0. and I hated it from the get go. I was aware that 8.1 was available as a free download so I downloaded and...
View ArticleHow can i upgrade from OEM 8.1 to KMS 8.1 Pro?
A while back I purchased a computer that had Windows 8, I then upgraded it to 8.1 when the update came out. Through work I have been given permission to us one of the MAK keys we have for 8.1...
View ArticleCannot find update to Windows 8.1
I already tried to install this: Update is available that prepares Windows 8 and Windows RT-based computers for the update to Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT...
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