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View ArticleHow do I remove Ubuntu without recovery partition, USB boo
Hi, I installed Ubuntu 14.04 a few weeks ago and I was happy about it, but I need to sell this PC and I need to install Windows in it. The problem here is that I erased the recovery partition by...
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I have Grandma's Asus Laptop with 8.0 OEM, while trying to fix the bootloader, I messed up the partitions with diskpart, etc. (I do not have the recovery on 16 gb stick) The laptop is UEFI w/GPT...
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I'm trialling W8.1 Enterprise and have run into something I don't understand regarding partitions.... here is what I did. 1/ I run the W8.1 installation and decide to format ALL partitions from the...
View ArticleInstalling 8 on my Windows 7 32-bit
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View ArticleReagent.xml - explain details
In order to backup any reagent.xml I had, and understand how it works, i saved different version of the file: version 1 1.the one inside the USB recovery (recovery partition included) 2.the first one...
View ArticleDual boot Win7 and Win8.1 SysPrep with UEFI GPT Problem
I've create 2 partitions, 1st partition is Win7 SysPrep and the 2nd partition is Win8.1 Sysprep I install Win7 and press Ctrl-Shift-F3 to form SysPrep, same as Win8.1 in 2nd partition. I made this...
View ArticlePERFORMED TABLET RESET now UNABLE to START TABLET
plz help i have lenovo thinkpad 2 tablet it was not running well so i decided to reset it ... but after 1 hr,it says "WINDOWS INSTALLATION FAILED PLEASE RESTART THE INSTALLATION" and it keeps on...
View ArticleDowngrade from windows 8.1 to Windows 8?
Hello all, I recently brought windows 8.1 pro disk to install in my pc with windows 8 pro but i didn't liked windows 8.1 at all.... and now i am stuck... how can i install windows 8 pro again... i have...
View ArticleRemoving Old Windows 7 in 2nd Drive (dual boot)
Windows 8, 64-bit. Used to run Win 7 on our main drive, and used a second one for storage (mainly games), however something happened, making us unable to boot. So we decided to upgrade to Windows 8,...
View ArticleDrive is locked! I'm desperate....
Hello guys, I just registered because i have no solution for my situation... I'll try to describe in detail what happened to my hard drive, where I have all my info and have no backup... i had an ssd...
View ArticleGeneric install key being detected as OEM key
Well hello all! I'm having a strange issue with a laptop I'm trying to get back up and running. It's a Toshiba laptop that came with Windows 8 with it, obviously UEFI and an embedded key. The person...
View ArticleFresh Win 8.1 installation - Win 7 mirror drives failed
Hi all, I have just installed windows 8.1 on my tower PC. The previous set up has 2 software RAID mirrors set up using the Win 7 functionality. Upon loading Win 8.1 the 4 drives (2x mirrors) are...
View ArticleRemove grub bootloader /fixmbr and /fixboot not working
I tried out Ubuntu on a dual boot and i decided dual booting was not working for me, so i'm trying to remove it and get back to normal. So i followed a few tutorials online and deleted the swap and...
View Article8.1 Asking for Activation months after install
Hello, Please read this one carefully - as the problems seems quite common - but I can't use any of the fixes I brought my zoostorm tower with out an OS - and purchased a copy of windows 8.1 OEM...
View ArticleCreate a bootable Install disk
Hi I just bought a Laptop with W8.1 it does not come with an install disk and the supplier flat-out refused to provide one, pointing me to the recovery partition saying that was all I needed. The...
View ArticleHow do I create a recovery partition on a 2nd HDD
Thank you for reading! *Skip to the bold part below if this is TLDR.* I've tried searching around for answers, but I'm afraid that I'm just not familiar enough with what I'm hoping to solve to even...
View ArticleI have a question about activation.
Hi. I recently installed Windows 8.1 using a DVD, but I realized the product key was used on another computer. So, I was thinking of purchasing Windows 8.1 online from Microsoft, but it's $150! At a...
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