Upgrading a W7/W8 dualboot machine
Hello, I already have a W7-W8 dual boot machine. I want to upgrade w8 to w8.1 Are there any major considerations I need to be aware of when upgrading w8 to w8.1? Does the w8.1 upgrade handle and cope...
View ArticleOld HDD F:/ is listed as system and can't boot without it
Hi Guys, any help would be greatly appreciated. Been running this system since 2010 win7 and upgraded to win 8. When I switched over to win 8 I also bought an ssd drive (C) and it seemed to be working...
View ArticleHow do I get a Windows 8 64 bit ISO?
I am running windows 7 64 bit and have the windows 8 retail. I made a bootable flash drive with USB and when I put it into my Mac (because I'm using bootcamp and want to install windows) it says that I...
View ArticleCan I repair install Windows 8.1 Pro to regular 8.1?
Hello, a while ago I was running Windows 8.0 Pro due to upgrading from Vista via the Windows 8 Early Adopter program. And at the time I was running Windows Vista Ultimate so I got upgraded to 8.0 Pro....
View ArticleDual boot - 2 x SSDs both W8 - 1 x Video / 1 x Music (DAW)
Hi Guys, I have a computer on which I compose music and would like to install video editing software on it. I don't want the video installation to mess the audio side of my setup so I would like to do...
View ArticleRecovery in W8.1 Enterprise. Can't find image restore.
Although I have been able to make a full disk image using the built in "system image" option, I can not find any way to restore it. The recovery options only point to system restore and refresh PC. I'm...
View ArticleShould I use an image of Win 8 OEM on new SSD or retail?
Hi, I just bought a new laptop with Win 8 preinstalled on the HDD. I want to replace the HDD with an SSD and according to Asus support, I was told the easiest way is to create an image of the...
View ArticleBuilding a PC
Hello,I am going to build my own PC.. (First Time)I'm not going to change the CPU Case.. just the things inside like Motherboard, Graphics Card etc..I want to keep the budget the most minimum...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 install interfers with Server install
So I have a removable SSD so that I could install O/S to suit. I installed Windows 8.1 Pro on it and had 2 3GB data drives attached. Changed these to GPT volumes and windows didn't like it and I had to...
View ArticleError code 0xc000225 when trying to boot
Hello, First, let me tell the whole history. I have a Samsung notebook series 7, bought last year. I had 2 partitions, C: and D: About a two weeks ago, I tried to install ubuntu with my windows 8....
View ArticleI have a recovery partition, windows thinks I don't.
When I installed my copy of windows 8 using a dvd, It installed a recovery partition during the installation. This partition allowed me to do things such as create a recovery drive, and use startup...
View ArticleTrying to reinstall Win 8
Hello everyone, i have a very very strange problem on my Dell N5110 I did everything possible but the Laptop still works very slowly and i just want to reinstall my Win8 or even go back to Win7. As you...
View ArticleWindows 8 Factory Install - SSD questions
I purchased a SSD upgrade and want to clone the drive, but was curious other then C:// what other drive would i need i got a few that im not tooo sure if i need or not, don't feel like doing a COMPLETE...
View ArticleSystem Reserved - Deleted - Not able to Install Windows
Hello Everyone, From many days i was trying to make backup but i was not able to make than i found that my Master File Table it corrupt which located in System Reserved. Than i thought of Re-Installing...
View ArticleSolved moving the "system" partition between hdds
okay here is the deal i have 2 hdds (160 gb and 1 tb) late last night used the 1 tb as a flash drive and re installed my OS on the 160 gb drive. the "system" files are on the 1 tb drive and all other...
View ArticleRecovery media for Windows 8.1
One of the first things I did when I had my new PC last year was to make a set of recovery discs. Now having used the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 I would like to make a set of backup discs for this...
View ArticleCreate system reserved partition after installation
Hi, I'm trying to recreate win 8.1 pro system reserved partition on my ssd. Initially I installed windows on my ssd (c: ) and windows created the sysres partition on my unformatted hd (without telling...
View ArticleInstall as XP mode in 8.1 (Windows 7 like feature)
Hi All, Windows 7 was having feature in which if we want to install any software it can be installed as older version modes XP,2000 etc.). Is there something similar in 8.1? Appreciate your input! Andy
View ArticleWindows 8 To Go
Has anyone gotten this to work: [Tutorial]Windows 8 to Go without Enterprise Edition - Microsoft (Windows) Discussion & Support - Neowin Forums...
View ArticleWindows 8 OEM Installation
Hello - Please accept my apologies if this is answered elsewhere but I have googled for days and cannot find anything on this. From what I can gather, there are 3 "generations" of Windows 8: - Windows...
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