Formatting 3TB HDD for windows 8.1 pro install.
I purchased a product key and am in the process of trying to install 8.1. I have A 3TB hdd that i deleted all of the partitions from. I have been looking to find out what partitions and formats I...
View ArticleConvert MBR To GPT To Install Win 8.1
Ok my daughters Acer laptop already has Windows 8.1 installed. It has a MBR disk. My USB Flash Drive won't boot from it but it does my my desktop so not the USB flash drive.The flash drive was created...
View ArticleSolved Win 8.1 Recovery Disks
Hi guys, My lappy *LENOVO G50-70* came with *pre-installed win 8.1 but the OS crashed*, I did not take any backup/recovery disks so* i have installed win 8 and then updated it to win 8.1*, The product...
View ArticleSolved Windows 8 updates not working
Every time I try to update the 99 updates now, they always get stuck infinitely on 0%, I need suggestions for all the possible fixes. Then when I shutdown my PC it then fails to configure, reverts the...
View ArticleSolved Auto Sign in to Windows 8.1 help
Help with my Bungled attempt to establish a Log on user Account Automatically at Windows 8 Startup w/o having to enter name andpassword at startup in Widows 8.1. I correctly did this using "Option One"...
View Articlemajor laptop windows 8 installation issues
a friend dropped off a dell 3521 for me to install windows8.1 on. for some reason windows8 has disappeared and the Hdd is locked of so i cant install 8.1 on any partition. i took the Hdd drive out to...
View ArticleSolved Can't find product key for Windows 8.1 upgrade from store
I purchased and installed Windows 8 some time ago and then upgraded to 8.1 via the Windows Store. When I got the upgrade I saved the ISO file in case I needed to reinstall. At no time did I receive a...
View ArticleCannot find "Windows Boot Manager" in UEFI BIOS
Hello, Yesterday, after many, many problems with my computer, I finally decided to reinstall Windows 8.1 Pro onto my ASUS X200CA netbook. However, after backing up and reinstalling the OS, I found that...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Clean Install Reboot and missing Bootmgr.
I am trying to install Windows 8.1 onto a new PC a clean install. I boot from UEFI CD/DVD Drive with the windows 8.1 install disk in it and it gets to the "Press any key to continue" screen, I press a...
View ArticleHow to Recover windows 8 onto laptop?
My asus Laptop, K55N-DB81 has Linux on it. BUT before I had windows 8 on it. Now I want to re-install Windows 8 on it, but I don't know how to. I didn't create any recovery disks :cry:, and the Product...
View Articleupgrade to win 8.1 halfway, laptop shutdown
Hi guys, i know this may sound really stupid but it happened to me. I was upgrading from windows 8 to 8.1 from the windows store but when the computer was updating the pc, the computer when off. That...
View ArticleHow to download Windows 8.1 Update 1 Official ISO file?
Hi. I am new to this forum and I have been reading about tricks for downloading Windows 8.1 ISOs to perform clean installs on OEM machines. I also happen now to be in the same situation since the...
View Articlelenovo g570 not booting after installing windows 8.1
i installed windows 8.1 using pendrive after shuting down that laptop is not starting. During boot it is not showing anything.Nothing is happening even after i press f2 or f10 or f12.my laptop is...
View ArticleWin 8.1 clean install
Spent hours trying to access a Win 8.1 iso to enable a clean install. Tried all info noted in the forums with no luck. Finally decided to do a Win 8 clean install and upgrade through the store. So far...
View ArticleSolved Clean install using 8.1 ISO, with Win8 Key?
Hi there. So I purchased a windows 8 license key upgrade while running windows 7. I burned this to USB and now am able to use it to do a clean install to windows 8 on my machine when I want. Only...
View Articleclean install windows 8.1 with OEM key
any idea with OEM keys pre-installed in the my laptop as i too want to clean install windows 8.1 also my os was windows 8 Single Language and i have a 8.1 Pro ISO would that be a problem ???
View ArticleProblem after xp installation for dual boot with windows 8
Hi I have a sony vaio vpcyb3v1e. I have windows 8.1 installed and i tried using a bootable usb to install as multi boot, the xp black edition on a separate partition. After doing that i couldn't be...
View ArticleRe-Install Windows 8.1 OEM.Dont ave th disc.
Hi guys. I am having the same problem. I want to reinstall the OEM verion of my Windows 8.1. But the thing is that i dont have the windows installation disc. You can say i lost it. When i downloaded...
View ArticleSolved Cannot Downgrade to 7 Legacy Enabled, Secure boot disabled
Hello, I am having an issue with downgrading to Windows 7 and It's not nearly as easy as normally installing an OS. I get to the expanding files screen, and once the system reboots it goes back to the...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Core/Single Language Installation w/ Win8 key
Hey guys, my Windows 8 installation sort of died, so I want to reinstall Windows 8.1 on top of it. My Windows 8 came preinstalled with my Dell laptop. 1. I have a Single Language key, but I keep seeing...
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