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iso for windows 8

Hello, Is it somewhere possible to download legal win8 dvd without a serial? It is very handy for troubleshouting family that have troubles with their pc. (format.) Already thanks!

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Can i re-use my windows 8 DVD?

Hi, i bought windows 8 on my PC. Now i want to buy it for a second PC but i dont want to sit through the painfully slow download process all over again(I have a very slow connection). I installed by...

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Solved How to delete Windows.old and other old user folders

I installed over the web. I decided not to save anything and expected a clean HD. I got a lot of old shit which take a lot of giga bytes. How can I take ownership and delete the garbage? :) Kind...

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Too slow windows 7 loading after installing windows 8

Hi I have installed windows 8 for about 2 day. Now I have both windows 7 & 8. After I have installed windows 8 each time I select windows 7 in the boot menu it takes too long to load windows 7. I...

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win 8 not installing on ACER laptop tried everything

Hi i have ACER ASPIRE v5-431 laptop. i have installed Win 7, ubuntu, xp, vista. But when i try to install Windows 8, it just doesnt install. it gives me following error : Attachment 11705...

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I want to reinstall Windows 8 and don't know what to do

I downloaded and installed Windows 8 on my laptop and after playing around with it, I would really like to do an absolute fresh install and start over. The DVD I ordered at the same time finally...

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Windows 7 File REcovery

I tried to create system image disks and got the following error message: The back-up failed. The drive cannot find the sector requested. (0x8007001B) What am I missing?

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Solved How to setup this sound notification feature?

Hi, My setup of windows 8 went without any problems. I am currently using the mail feature which is great, unlike the Android tablet when a mail arrives there is sound notification. How do I set up the...

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No Option given to make Win8 Pro DVD

Greetings all, I have been doing alot of research on this forum the last couple of months and it has come in very handy as i get used to Windows 8 - which i might add, it's beginning to 'grow' on me....

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Help: Windows 8 Storage Spaces and 3Tb Drives

Hi. Can anyone help me? I am really concerned I may have lost the contents of the Storage Space I have created in Windows 8.:cry: Having read an article by Woody Leonhard extolling the virtues of...

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Solved Backup error 0x8007001b on brand new Pavilion 20

Hi all - Just finished setting up this brand new PC and I would like to make a recovery disk set for it. Trouble is, everytime I begin to make the disk set (to DVD) I get this error, and it stops the...

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Preinstalled windows 8 netbook SSD upgrade

Hi, I bought a new netbook (aspire one 756-887Xkk) just a week ago with windows 8 x64 preinstalled. Now I want to upgrade my netbook with an SSD doing a clean install as I think there's way too much...

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Windows Shell Startup Issue

I have my Win 8 set to pass the start screen and go straight to the Windows shell desktop. The issue I have is the applications such as realtemp, my logitech keyboard, Nexus don't auto load even though...

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Problems trying to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro

hi there, can someone help me please? I am using an Acer laptop and I am trying to upgrade my computer from Windows 7 Ultimate Edition to Windows 8 Professional. I have tried three different discs but...

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64-bit System Builder Install Fail, Compaq Presario V6000

Greetings -- I am trying to upgrade a Compaq Presario V6000 laptop from 32-bit XP Pro SP3 to 64-bit Windows 8 Pro. This machine has an AMD Turion 64-bit CPU, ample RAM and HDD capacity. I am installing...

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PC wont boot after trying to downgrade to Windows 7

I got my new PC and wanted to downgrade to Windows 7 since it was running Windows 8 and I found it unbareable. It didnt let me run the USB on any of the advanced menus so I tried just overinstalling it...

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NX Mode

How can I determine if NX mode is supported by my AMI V4.1 BIOS? I tried CoreInfo but when I run it the CMD window comes up but immediately disappears so I can't read it. I have looked in my BIOS but...

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Disc read error

Upgraded to windows 8 pro, worked fine for sometime, but now it does not boot- says either error loading operating system or disc read error. Re installed win8 after booting with another hard drive...

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Mastering Windows 8 in 15 minutes.

Hi. I am new to the forum . I joined today having put a new laptop to work yesterday, the 1st time I had seen Windows 8. Needing to do some work quickly, I didn't really have time then to mess around...

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What happens when you delete the EFI partition?

Since my first boot up on my new laptop here, Lenovo g580, it seems as though I've been permanently locked out of the BIOS. I got in just the first time. After trying just about every suggestion on the...

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