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Fresh install on a SSD after been erased.

Hi Roomies, I recently erased my 8.1.1 cause I was having problems and I wanted to get ready for Win 10 preview, and try it out. I used Partedmagic to erased my samssung ssd 840 evo and now I'm getting...

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How to Stop Win 8.1 from Installing

I have Win 8 Pro. Somehow that insidious offer to upgrade to 8.1 was activated by accident. I *_do not _*want 8.1. 8.1 has downloaded and is waiting for me to restart my computer to finish the install....

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Proper upgrade path from HDD -> SSD

Hello all, I'm on a Seagate Momentus XT with my current installation of 8.1. This is my second drive, same model, and I've had multiple problems over the past two years, especially with the 'Hard Drive...

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Solved Which Of Thes Disk Configurations Is Correct?

Hello All, I have 2 computers, a custom built desktop PC and an ASUS N550JK laptop. The hard drives that are installed on each are as follows: [Desktop PC] Drive C: Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (OS Disk)...

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Should I Install The Drivers That Came With My Motherboard

Hello All, I have a desktop PC with an MSI A78M-E45 (http://us.msi.com/product/mb/A78ME45.html#hero-overview) motherboard. I just did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro and everything is working...

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Unable to Refresh/Reset Windows 8.1

Hi, I have a built-in Windows 8 on my ASUS Laptop, then later on I updated it to 8.1. RIght now I am trying to do a Refresh/Reset on my PC, but it doesn't seems to let me do it. For Refresh it gives me...

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Solved Windows 8.1 with bing oem 64 deleted

Hi guys, need some help. Well I have a small acer notebook and I had Windows 8.1 with Bing preinstalled (oem) 64 without key (I think it's inside the firmware right?). Well I've installed windows 10...

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If I have 8.1, how do I add 7 as dual boot?

I may be in the wrong place - my wife says I'm ALWAYS in the wrong place - but at least I ask for directions. 1) Where is there another great thread that tells me how to add Win 7 Pro 64-bit as a dual...

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Solved Backing up program installation files

There is one application I have installed that no longer is available online. Before I go ahead and reinstall my operating system I was wondering if there was a way to backup the setup file? There is...

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lost dvd

Hi i lost my windows dvd . but i habe cd key .. where can i found clean and safe windows 8 .iso to use it with my cd key please ?:think:

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the drive where windows is installed is locked

hi guys... recently i changed my toshiba sattelite motherboard,and insert hard drive then,start machine dndt find any drive then i used,to refresh mypc then i recieved a message* _the drive where...

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No operating system error

Hey guys so I was helping my friend fix his computer and it needed a new mobo, cpu etc and we installed Windows 8.1. Everything ran perfectly and then when I installed the USB wireless adapter and...

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Migrating An OS Disk And The Resulting Partitions

Hello All. :D The other day I purchased a Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD for my ASUS N550JK laptop. My laptop's drive configuration (before replacing the drive with my new SSD) was the following: C:...

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How do i downgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows XP?

Hi, My Packard Bell Dot s2 originally came with Windows 7 Starter, this year I updated all of my PCs to Windows 8.1 Industry Enterprise. Now I have a new netbook I wanted to know how to downgrade the...

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Solved Win8 Reboots when logged in after new motherboard

Hello! I just got a new mobo & case & prosessor. I have dualboot for win8 and ubuntu, and when i booted the computer up i went through grub to win8. Once i got in win8 AND logged in(without...

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Clean install having 2 HDs (one of them is a backup)

Hello, right now I have Win7 and I want to do a clean install of Win8.1, but I have 2 HDs in my pc and one of them must remain untouched (it's my backup HD; also there is a Win7 folder, which I hope...

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Install Server on my desktop and start a domain?

I have a lot of desktops and laptops that don't leave the house. I also have a work office at home as well and wanted to know if I could install Windows Server 2008 or 2012 on a desktop and start a...

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Solved Options available when hard drive fails

About a year ago couple bought an HP Midi Tower PC from a well known store really cheap because it had been a display machine, and it has Windows 8 installed. The computer recently started...

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Solved Secure Boot and Windows 8 Activation

I'm just about to experiment setting up Secure Boot on my Gigabye GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard running Windows 8 Pro Media Centre edition 64bit. Do I need to reactivate Windows 8 if I enable the secure...

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Installing Windows 7 after Windows 2012 Server Installatio

Sais here, Install more than one operating system (multiboot) - Windows Help (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/install-multiple-operating-system-multiboot#1TC=windows-7) I should install the...

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