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This what my disk partitions are: Attachment 64841 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/installation-setup/64841-how-remove-win10-compleeeetely-win8-1-dual-boot-diskman.png)*What are those...
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My HP Pavilion with Windows 8 recently experienced a hard drive failure and I replaced it with a Samsung SSD. I have a usb drive with the recovery saved on it but I can't get the computer to boot from...
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View ArticleCannot upgrade to Windows 10 (KB3035583 not installed)
I think I open this thread in correct forum. If no please forgive me (and for my English too) Attachment 64898...
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Recently my Windows 10 was corrupted and I reinstalled my windows 8.1. I did a clean install and saw that my SSD and HDD were already partitioned. I deleted the OEM and System reserved partitions since...
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Hello, I do some of the tech work for a local teen 1 year school program. A lot of them are there for behavioral purposes. They each have a laptop to do school work with, but we've done a lot to lock...
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