Problem installing Windows Updates after Fresh Install?.
My daughter bought this Windows 8 OEM OS HP Pavilion g6-2240sa 64bit Notebook PC around three years ago and lately it was very slow and she asked me to have a look at it. As it was three years old I...
View ArticleWindows 10 Upgrade Nightmare
Several months ago I upgraded my 8.1 system to Windows 10. No problems. Then due to software I needed that was not ready for Windows 10, and some malware, I restored to factory. Last month I decided to...
View ArticleCannot install to MBR (non UEFI) disks
So I have a sata hdd in laptop, no other hdd's. Booted of usb install media. Problem is this. When creating partition instead of auto creating the extra hidden partition it just makes to main windows...
View ArticleNew Installation -- System using wrong Network Name
I just performed a clean install of win 8.1 (I couldn't take win 10 fonts anymore). All went fine but because I hadn't loaded Dell drivers yet, my wired internet wasn't working. So in order to connect...
View ArticleInstall Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on lenovo ideapad 100-14iby
The laptop came with pre-installed Windows 8.1 x64 (Lenovo 100-14IBY, 2GB RAM, Intel N2840 CPU) and I wanted to install Windows 7 x64 Ultimate so I could enter it to a domain. I made a bootable usb...
View ArticleBios Not Detected Hard Disk in New FreeDos Laptab Lenovo
Hi everybody! I hope somebody help me... :rolleyes: I bought the new laptab LENOVO B50-80 FreeDos: Processor: Intel Core i3-4005U Dual Core Processor (3MB Cache, 1.7GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3L 1600MHz Hard...
View ArticleSolved windows update stuck reverting changes. broken monitor.
i have a laptop windows 8.1 64 bit on it. it downloaded windows updates and got stuck when completing 100% saying it failed and started to revert changes. it got stuck for a whole day now. so i...
View ArticleDisc Purity - How to check Burned ISO - still Virgin/Pure
**Hear me out here peoples, This is a question I suspect that is technically very relevant to many on the forum - and I haven't seen it addressed anywhere else. Media creation tool or direct download...
View ArticleSolved Factory Reset
Hi, I am factorey resetting my PC due to a virus. It is 98% complete and a message has appeared saying "there is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\HarddiskVolume1" it gives...
View Articlecreate a Uefi Bootable USB with both Windows 7 and 10
Hi all, Does anyone know how I am able to create a Uefi Bootable USB Flash drive that contains both windows 7 and windows 10 ?
View ArticleHDD not recognized GPT UEFI
Hello, I've got an Asrock Fatal1tyZ68 Professional Gen3 Mainboard. Before I had Windows 8.1 installed on a small 512GB HDD with MBR and everything worked fine. Now I've switched to a 6TB HDD. The...
View ArticleWindows 8 Key and hard drive locked
I was surprised when Windows 10 was being uploaded last Thursday morning. I was still not sure about 10 and decided to stay with Windows 8 so I declined the upgrade. My Dell started to reload 8. I made...
View ArticleFresh Windows 8 Pro OEM Install on New SSD on Same Laptop
Greetings, _*Situation:*_ I purchased an ASUS laptop with an OEM Windows 8 Pro (*not *8.1) OS back in December of 2012. Windows 8 Pro came pre-installed on the single HDD that was in the laptop. Since...
View ArticleDual installation with Windows 7 and 8
Hi there... Recently i was caught in a situation where a Laptop with base installation of *windows 8 with GPT* type Disk was needed to be configured with Windows 7 too as a dual boot operating system....
View ArticleRepair Install of Windows 8?
How can I do a Repair Install of Windows 8? I am working on this computer for someone. Its an HP Pavilion 17. It has multiple drives installed. 2 partitions are hidden. I would like to get to the...
View ArticleHow to find out which version of Win 8 my cd key is for
So I have a cdkey and have downloaded a windows 8 iso, got it on an usb etc. However when I try to put my key in it says it's not valid for what's on the iso. I'm guessing I got the wrong version of...
View ArticlePro Pack upgrade "we can't connect right now..."
Wow, I am getting really tired of my project to set up a win 8.1 HTPC with MediaCenter. System: new Gigabyte Z170 mobo, Intel Skylake i7, 16 GB DDR4. Steps so far: 1. I purchased a full version of 8.1...
View ArticleDual boot trouble - Win8 and Win7
I currently have UEFI Windows 8.1 installed on a 1TB drive, formatted in GPT. This has created an issue when trying to install W7 - it doesn't play nice with UEFI......
View ArticleWindows 8.1 will not install.
Hi, Finally decided to sign up after spending the last 8 days following "how to's" on this forum. Whatever I try, I can't get Windows to install onto the desktop PC. This computer was running perfectly...
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