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Clean install on existing Win 7 PC with SSD & hard drive

I am about to upgrade another PC (about 4 months old) currently running Windows 7 64bit. The PC is set up so that although the PC has the OS and programs on the SSD (C drive), all other data and info...

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Cannot access any recovered files

Hello, I upgraded to Windows 8 yesterday from the Consumer Preview, and while the upgrade seems to have gone along fine, I can no longer access any of my files that were recovered from the windows.old...

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Installation failing once “getting devices ready” @ 100%

Hello all, I have a Gateway DX4831 desktop PC which is currently running Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit, I am trying to install Windows 8 using the download assistant. I have uninstalled all of...

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Formatting and Re-installing

Hey, I have dell xps 15 windows 7 machine with 8 gigs of memory, which i recently upgraded to windows 8. But i have constantly been having problems with my hdd, I ran the dell support utility and my...

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Repair install after network card change

I just changed the wifi card in my laptop and forgot to back it up first. After changing it it failed to boot because of a recent hardware change. I downloaded a copy of windows 8 pro to attempt to do...

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Windows 8 Acer version?

Okay, so basically I formatted my whole hard drive, losing all my recovery/backup partitions. I was wondering, if I have a Windows 8 ISO (legal and legit), could I just install it on the computer and...

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uefi MODE

HI ALL i have 2 hdds -500gb -250gb i have 6 partitions in all and data in all partitions one partition is extended partition i was running on standard windows 8 installation in 500gb one i installed...

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Win8 32 / 64 question.

I may have screwed up. I was running dual boot win 7 64 and vista 32. After reading questionable reviews on Win8 I decided to upgrade Vista and leave my win 7 version alone. Now I have Win 8 32 on that...

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Windows 8 Pro Install gets stuck at "Getting Ready 25%"

I received an upgrade version of Windows 8 Pro from school, and get all the way through the installation process, but for some reason, during sections when it does the "windows must restart" it...

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Windows 8 dual boot ubuntu 12.10 on 2 ssd drives

Hello all. I am new to the forums and have been having a very annoying issue as of late. I currently have a machine installed with Windows 8 pro 64 bit installed on one Samsung 840 pro SSD. Works...

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W7 64B USB boot on Windows 8 EFI - Error 0Xc000000d

Hi guys, I have an ASUS U32VJ laptop (Complete USB 3.0 ports - no 2.0, i5 3210, HD4000+GT365M, 4GB RAM). I want to install Windows 7 64bit for now and just leave W8 in a partition I will not look at....

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Power fail during upgrade assistant

I ran upgrade assistant to upgrade from windows 7 to 8. I had paid for my upgrade and assistant was downloading my upgrade. It had got to 70% but was taking for ever due to my poor bandwidth, I live in...

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How to Install Windows 8 on the expired verion of Win.8 RP

Hello guys this is my first post....i wanted a help from you guys...the problem is that whenever I try to install win.8 pro on my expired win.8 RP,it tells me that "The version of this program isn't...

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Windows 8 Crashing after several minutes

Good afternoon all, My partner's PC decided to start acting up on windows xp, so after a few attempts to fix it we decided to go down the windows 8 option since it was on special offer at the time....

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New Motherboard

How am I suppose to install windows 8 on a new motherboard if all there is are the upgrade versions of the disc? I have vista on my old motherboard but that doesn't seem to be working any more. When...

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Windows 8 pro, UFEI bios, cloning disk

Hi, I am running windows 8 pro in a Intel i5 3470 + Gigabyte B75M-D3H system with UEFI bios . I have two drives OS drive is a SSD & a 1 tb HDD with two partitions. I am removing the SSD & want...

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Solved Get back from Windows 8 Pro Media Center To Windows 8 Pro

Hi there, I have a genuine copy of Windows 8 Pro which I got from the educational institution in which I study. Now, my license is for Windows 8 Pro. Today, I got an email from Microsoft saying I must...

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Cant Install Win 7(64bit) on my Windows 8 64 bit laptop

Hello i have Lenovo P580 Windows 8 64 bit i7- 3520M @ 2.90Ghz Nvida 630GtM 2gb. So now i want to install win7(64bit) and keep it as dual boot, i did everything right while making UEFI usb and now when...

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Dual boot Win 8 64x but ADDING Win 7 32???

I have a lenovo with windows 8 home premium 64. Our family doesn't like it and I have a new copy of windows 7 home premium 32. However, I don't know if all my drivers would work so I don't want to look...

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Change Photos Background

All right! A pair of geniuses showed me how to change the Start Page background. About a month ago, I pasted a picture on my Photos background (Commander Riker is standing there with a horrified look,...

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