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Changing HDD to SSD

If I remove the HDD from my Samsung NP350E7C-SO2UK,which has Windows 8 installed,and replace it with a blank SSD can I then install Windows 7 by booting from my Microsoft disk which has Windows 7 Home...

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System recovery image question?

So I made one because my PC had made my disk to Dynamic. Not sure how to convert them back. I formatted my hard drive and put back restored windows 8. Now my problem is that I thought it would reset my...

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Dual Booting

Recently bought a new Samsung laptop with Windows 8 installed and would have preferred to have been able to use my Microsoft Windows 7 installation disk so I could dual boot between the two systems but...

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Windows 8 Install

I have a Gateway DX4870-UB318 that came preloaded with Windows 8 64 Bit. Prior to purchasing this I bought the upgraded Windows 8 Pro upgrade for a laptop. I did not like it on the laptop and took it...

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Solved Installing Windows 8 on to fresh hard drive

I just bought a 1TB hard drive and want to install windows 8 on it (since I'm used to it already) I have the files for windows 8 on my computer ready to be put on the new hard drive, but thing is, how...

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How Do I Downgrade To Windows 7?

Hi Eight Forums, I recently got an Acer Aspire E1-571-6442 and I have been using Windows 8 for a bit to try it out. I have decided to downgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium x64, but whenever I load the...

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Errors during installation

During a clean installation I get stuck at set up part of the installation for various errors. I did manage to get past this point once, but windows was unable to configure, so I attempted to...

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Eight will not update after install

I am having serious issues. I installed windows 8 pro and here are the issues I am having. Every time I install (Pro Disk) when it finishes and restats, it goes right back to the beginning of the...

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Some booting up problems!

So I have a 400gb vhdx windows 8 backup. The only problem is that restoring the image formats my hard drive. -_- So I have Linux and MAC on separate partitions, so I don't want to reformat. So I came...

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Dual boot issue.

I am having a bit of an issue with my dual boot set up between W7 and W8. I have W7 as my default setting hence the old text bootscreen. Which is fine. Everything works well, the only issue is that...

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Help for W 8 newbie please!

Hi all, Dave here & I've just gone to W8 after a thunder storm wiped out two PCs! I'm struggling to find stuff on 8 atm but I'm getting there Here is a couple of questions from my list. I live in...

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Windows 8 to Windows 7 - Where I am doing wrong?

First I guess I made the mistake and attempted in install windows 7 onto a windows 8 pc before disabling the driver security. So now everytime my PC starts it gives me an option of windows startup -...

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HDD to SSD with System Recovery Disks, "No bootable media"

Not sure if it's Lenovos only, but trying to migrate Windows 8 OEM to an SSD has been a huge pain in the ass. This process should not be as difficult as Lenovo/Microsoft has made it. I purchased a Y400...

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Error in installing windows 8 from OEM disk

Hello, I have got Dell OEM Windows 8 64bit dvd. But when I click on Install Now button .. it gives an error ” *The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for...

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Solved Windows 8 (re)installation wqith multiple monitors

I have an ASUS mother board and don't use an graphics card. I had two monitors and an HDMI cable plugged in. The short story is that the Intel drivers seem to get lost. Windows installed normally until...

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Solved Windows 8 activation error 0x0000022 sony vaio bios produc

Hi everyone, I had a gruesome activation issue with an embedded-key windows 8 Sony Vaio. I found in the end, Reinstall holding the assist key at startup, Do! connect to a wifi network, use a Local...

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Remove everything and reinstall Windows

Attachment 23455 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f27/23455-remove-everything-reinstall-windows-screenshot-1-.png) Okay, so my question is: When I hit that big shiny button, will it wipe...

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Help with windows 8 reinstall

I got windows 8 online and I went to try and use the re install feature but its prompting me with this "Some files are missing. Your Windows installation or recovery media will provide these files" But...

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Relocate User Profiles To Another Partition or Disk

I did a Clean Install on a new SSD Drive. When I tried the Relocate User Profiles to another Partition, the System gave me a message that I would have to re-install, but the Windows 8 CD will not...

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Multiple Windows Operating System Issue

Hey gang, I'm having issues disabling the option to choose which operating system to log into every time I turn on my computer. I previously had windows 7 installed on my primary drive. I had formatted...

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