Fresh Windows 8.1 install - how to change ?? name
Hello all I've found so much useful information over the past week here at eightforums.com, thought I'd try and see if you can rectify my latest idiocy... I've a new hard drive onto which I installed...
View ArticleOS on DVD with unrelated files
I need to download a copy of Windows 8 Pro 64-bit and save it to a DVD with files already on it. Will it work? The only reason I'm asking such a stupid question is because I have more desperation than...
View ArticleQuestions on the "August Update" update
Hi There is an ISO MSDN that integrates the "August Update" update of Windows 8.1 Update? If no, when I install this operating system on a new computer, what would be the proper procedure to install...
View ArticleNeeding assistance dual booting Windows 7 on Windows 8.1.
I'm having some trouble dual booting Windows 7 ultimate on my current OS Windows 8.1. I have the installation CD in my desktops dvd drive. I reboot and go in the BIOS and I don't see the option to boot...
View ArticleInstalling SSD On Initial Boot, Alienware X51
Hi, I will soon be purchasing an Alienware X51, but I am choosing to separately buy a Crucial SSD to install the OS on. I can find videos on YouTube detailing how to physically install the SSD, but it...
View ArticleDell 15r turbo/se
Anyone here with the above mentioned laptop? I need some help with mine which has no ssd
View ArticleClean install of Win 8 to new SSD Acer Predator G5920
Hey all...first time poster here. I can normally sort out my PC problems by reading the threads from others, but not this time. I bought an Acer Predator G5920 over a year ago. i7, 16gb RAM, 2TB HDD...
View ArticleInstall Win 8
Hi I know this has been done before but my question is, that after the last Windows August update debacle I had to revert back to Windows 7, I wish now to reload win 8 with my purchased license, will I...
View ArticleSolved EFI change to GPT to install Windows 8
HELP is appreciated. I had a SSD hdd die completely. I was given a used SSD hdd that was formatted. Drive 0 Partition 1: System Reserved 100.0 MB 86.0 MB Free System Drive 0 Partition 2: 55.8 MB 55.7...
View Article8.1/Ubuntu dual boot GRUB query
I have a Windows 8.1/Ubuntu dual boot system. Can anyone give me instructions on how to get rid of the GRUB loader to end up with Windows as the default loading OS that will give me the Windows blue...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update Error 0xC1900101-0x40017 on Dell XPS 18
I have a Dell XPS 18 portable all-in-one machine that came with Windows 8, then I updated it to Windows 8.1 without any problems. It caught a nasty virus and I had to restore it to factory settings,...
View ArticleCreating a windows 8.1 image containing metro apps
Hello all I have been doing so research lately into system imaging and deploying said image across multiple devices. I want to image Surface Pro 3s (about 40 of them) with several dozen apps from the...
View ArticleWindows could not install windows 8. We have returned
There are so many good tutorials on the eightforums site that I was sure I was going to finally find an answer. ...But, I seem to be stuck in a loop without a solution. I have a Dell Inspiron R15 S...
View ArticleReset you PC screen stuck on "please wait"
I have a toshiba laptop, windows 8. I am trying to do a factory reset of my laptop. However, once I proceed through the advanced options screen and select next for a reset I come to a blue screen with...
View ArticleInserting the serial number in an ISO
Hi With MDT 2013, Windows ADK and the Windows 8.1 Update 64 bit (multiple editions) MSDN ISO, how do I create an ISO that allows no more insert the serial number of the Core edition during the its...
View ArticleCreating an single ISO for Windows PE 5.1 32/64 bit
Hi With MDT 2013 and Windows ADK, how do I create a single ISO that, at startup, allows to choose whether to run Windows PE 5.1 32 bit or 64 bit? Thanks Bye
View ArticleRecover RAID 1 Drives after Windows 8.1 Install from 7
Ok - need some help. I recently upgraded my home built Windows 7 PC to Windows 8.1. When I did so, I lost my RAID 1 Array that was previously working. The RAID 1 was not my system drive but my data. My...
View ArticleP Pavilion dv6-3049tx Entertainment Notebook PC - Windows
Hello I have a HP Pavilion dv6-3049tx Entertainment Notebook PC with windows 7 which I am using from quite sometime, recently I decided to dual boot my system with windows 8. But after taking an...
View ArticleWindows 8 problem oxc00001 after installation Ubuntu 14
I upgraded my HP windows 7 pre-installed to windows 8.01. I tried ubuntu 13 using wubi then i removed it but once I switch on my pc , I get windows 8.01 then ubunto( which fails to boot due to windows...
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