Surface Pro 3 will not boot from USB
Short story: BIOS says boot order is network > USB > SSD, but won't boot from any USB stick. Tried using Windows recovery options and choosing "use USB", and also the volume down + power to boot....
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Hello folks i am getting a new motherboard soon and i just wanted to see if i could take my hard drive with windows 8 OEM - i upgraded it to windows 8.1 - and put that hard drive to my new motherboard....
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So my laptop Toshiba satellite c660 1np could not boot up, so I read on the internet that enabling fast boot would work. I did that and it worked. I wanted to refresh my laptop so I wanted to install...
View ArticleSolved Cannot access US websites due to out of country install
Hi everyone, My mother's laptop was bought in Taiwan and the installation of Windows 8 was also done in Taiwan. For some reason, when she was in Taiwan, she was unable to access any US websites without...
View ArticleFinding Original Win 8 Pro Key after Media Center Upgrade
Here's the problem: I purchased two Windows 8 Pro Keys from Microsoft, one for myself and one for a laptop I sold. Unfortunately, after I upgraded to Windows Media Center, I lost track of which key...
View Article0xC0000005 install error
Hi, I am trying to install Windows 8.1 x64 on a Samsung NP-RF711 laptop, but at 89% or 92% of Gettings files ready for installation I get an 0xC0000005 install error. The BIOS is setup for UEFI. There...
View ArticleMy Win 8.1 comp crashed. Want 8.1 on new Win 7 comp.
My old desktop crashed and cheaper to get newer one that has Win 7 Pro installed rather than repair. Old comp had been updated from Win 7 to Win 8 and then Win 8.1. I have bootable Win 8.0 ISO dvd and...
View ArticleUnable to upgrade to 8.1 OxC1900101 - Ox4000D
I have tried 3 times to the update my desktop to 8.1 but always get the same message: "Sorrywe couldn't complete the update to 8.1. We restored your previous version ofWindows to this PC"OxC1900101-...
View ArticleProblem Accessing UEFI on startup
I have an 8.1 GPT/UEFI system from an HP, and I can't get into the UEFI on system start. I know that I may be able to do so from within Win 8, but I want to get in on startup. I've tried F1, F9, F10,...
View ArticleHyper-V and Oracle VitrualBox on same computer
This doesn't work for me. I had OracleVB installed with 6 clients setup and working. I then added Hyper-V via Control Panel, Programs and Features, Add features. Setup Windows 10 Tech Preview as a VM...
View ArticleBoot problems from multi drive system
Firstly, let me explain my setup. I have just installed a new 2TB hard drive, the plan being to test drive windows 10 on one partition of a triple boot with windows 7 & 8. There is a 4th partition...
View ArticleHow to do a re-partition and Re Boot Windows 8
Hi Experts, Kindly help if some one can. I have done a complete reset on windows 8 from a USB recovery disk. While trying to boot ,system didnt allow me to do image recovery,system restore etc... After...
View ArticleDual booting
After microsoft ended it's support for XP and not being able to afford a windows upgrade right now I decided to install a Linux OS, I did look around relevant post's and a tutorial but I keep coming...
View ArticleSolved Windows 8 Metro Boot manager Not Showing
Hi Guys i have Two Operating Systems on Different Hard Drives and the boot manager didn't appear(IDK Why) so i used easyBCD one OS is Windows 8.1 which is Default And Other windows 7 But now using...
View Articleinstalling Windows 8.1 in a external HDD from USB drive?
Hi, everyone. I bought a new and faster drive (7200 RPM) for my laptop and put it in an external enclosure with USB 3.0 connection (my laptop has 2 USB 3.0 ports as well). I want to do a clean install...
View ArticleSolved CyberLink PowerDirector 11 crashes my PC
I recently bought a new computer that came with Windows 8. About an hour ago I installed CyberLink PowerDirector 11 but every time I open it, it would crash my entire PC. I used to have the same...
View Articlea windows 8.1 pc frezes while windows 8.1 boots
freezes on the windows logo i cant go itno safe mode.. i tried rautorepair disk, even the repair disk failed to start, but when it started randomly, the repair choice had an error : hard drive locked....
View ArticleLaptop with Windows 8, want to upgrade to 8.1 pro with vlk
Hello, I have a desktop computer that's running Windows 8.1 Pro using a multi-activation key that's only been used on that one desktop computer. It's a builder key, so works on a fresh install. I...
View ArticleSwitching from HDD to SSD and clean installing Windows 8
Hey guys, wondering if anyone could help me with an issue im having. I have been googling things for hours trying to find someone in my situation but I can't find anything and I'm fairly sure there is...
View ArticleReinstalling Windows 8 Upgrade (from Windows XP)
I had Windows XP installed on my PC and when Windows 8 came out, there was a cheaper Windows 8 PRO Upgrade DVD version for those who had XP and Windows 7. I bought it and installed the Windows 8 and...
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