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I have a very weird problem installing a Windows 8 Evaluation copy. I downloaded the copy straight from the MS website and it installs without any hiccups though it simply won't let me access the...
View ArticleWhere to download Win 8 Iso.
Hi, First, I will start by stating that I do have a key. The problem is that I don't know where I can download Windows 8 legally, while the upgrade program does not work. Even tutorials like...
View ArticleSolved Can i use diskpart to remake the os partition?
I am stuck and i am hoping someone here can help. i have a dell laptop with win 8 on it that it came win. the recovery partitions are intact etc. only thing not intact is the OS partition. the recovery...
View ArticleHelp me downgrade please
Hi everyone, I'm new here and signed up in hopes that someone experienced could answer my question. I have a Hp Dv6-2164ca laptop that had a windows 7 pre installed when it was purchased. I upgraded it...
View ArticleWin.Old
Hello I upgraded from Win 7 to Win8, and now have a folder named Win.Old listed in Windows explorer. It takes up 156 MB of space and the correct folder(User) which is similar, takes up 570MB of space....
View Articlewindows 8 uefi 2.3.1
hello i has a laptop toshiba nb 500 13c and i has a win7 and i want to upgrade to windows 8 but when i open the upgrade assiest this is say that i dont has a uefi 2.3.1 for secure boot thats of...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 8 while keeping Windows installer on th
I have a netbook with windows 7 installer. While the netbook(PC) is booting I can press a button and tell the netbook to install fresh new windows 7. Without losing this installer how can I install...
View ArticleHow to do a custom install.wim of Windows 8?
Good night everyone! Well, I'm here trying to dink around in getting a custom image of Windows 8 done. I want to do this as I know later on this year and next year probably, the amount of people asking...
View ArticleBooting and Running Windows 8 from USB drive via GRUB
Hi there As Windows to Go is only available for ENTERPRISE versions and booting from a VHD requires there to be an OS already installed on the physical machine I was wondering if we could "Borrow" a...
View ArticleHelp?
Hi!, I have this week recovered from a catastrophic bitlocker failure. I got locked out of my machine/main C drive and despite having and entering the recovery Key was totally unable to restore...
View ArticleDual Boot - Install Win 7 on Pre-Installed Win 8 System
I am setting up a new system for client. I would like to add Win 7 in a dual boot so client can test drive Win 8 while still having Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit as a fallback. My personal system is a triple...
View ArticleCorrupted(?) Win7x64 to upgrade to Win8Prox64 -- Possible?
Hi, I just registered just to ask for this particular dilemma I have. Since it wasn't even posted on the "sticky" up top -- I might as well ask about it. Since Feb. 28 these are the updates that I have...
View ArticleVB 6 Pro Install on Windows 8
I'm installed Windows 8 on my desktop. *The Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant indicates that this software will install OK*. It was NOT flagged as a problem. However, when I went to install it, there were...
View ArticleHow to make a image of a factory recovery partition
Hello everyone some time ago Installed Windows 7 on one of my Windows 8 computers. But during the install i had to delete all partitions and that was the recovery partition that had he recovery...
View ArticleInstall time
Hi all sorry if this is the wrong place I'm installing windows 8 from disc how long should it take so far it's been doing it for 3 hours and its only done 24% thanks
View ArticleDual Boot Windows 8 on New SSD
Sorry, I read the tutorial on dual boot but am still a little confused. I installed a new SSD and want to install a clean copy of Windows 8 Pro 64 bit on it while retaining Windows 7 Home Premium 64...
View Articlewhat is windows.old folder in c drive?
hi friends ,,,,my pc was running slow so I refreshed the pc by using settings and general tab option. it asked to insert the disc and I inserted too and it performed few repairs and the pc was re...
View ArticleHelp installing Windows 8 on SSD
Im reformatting and reinstalling Windows 8. I've always installed it on my Samsung 830 128gb SSD When I boot up Windows 8, and try to select where to install windows, My SSD is broken up into Drive 0...
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