EFI / UEFI partition Deleted
accidentally i delete my efi partition. now i cannot boot up to windows 8 any advice what should i do? sorry before
View ArticleIn need of direction on my new install
Hello to all long time since posting for help (Win Vista days). Recently my MOBO died and the knowledgeable tech at micro center suggested I upgrade to Win 8 in the process as he felt Vista OS would...
View ArticleRe-installation of Windows 8 on manufactured desktop
Hello there Eight Forums, I am looking for a bit of help per-say, I have never dabbled in the installation or reinstallation of Windows 8 so far, but I am looking for information on how to re-install...
View ArticleEFI partition issue during installation
Hi - I am new to this group, so apologies in advance if this has been already asked and answered... I have a laptop with Win7 on one drive and a Linux system on a second drive installed on it under a...
View ArticleCan't Install Windows 8 on Replacement Hard Drive from Del
I got the replacement hard drive from Dell that I was told would come with Windows 8 and drivers preinstalled. Well I installed the hard drive and it tells me that NO OS can be found. I didn't have a...
View ArticleUpgrade to 8.1
I just got the "Get Windows 8.1 preview for free" popup and clicked "go to store", but it simply opened the Store main page and can't update it because I can't find it on the Store. Please help.
View ArticleWindows 8.1 WEI missing ???
Hi there Is it something wrong with my install (I'm running on a VM with VMware) because I can't see anywhere how to run the WEI. I installed W8.1 from the ISO downloaded from TechNet. Has this been...
View Articlewindows 7 downgrade Help!!!!
Hi guys im new to the forum but im looking for a bit of help ie recently downgraded from windows 8 to 7 and i now have the problem of missing drivers which are ethernet adapters and bus controllers im...
View Article8.1 and updates
hi it seems that when there is an updates for 8.1 i just want to d/l 1 update at a time that it does all of them is it me or does anyone else have that problem(not really a problem per se) i just like...
View ArticleReinstall Windows 8 after system recovery
I will need to do a complete system recovery. My computer originally came with windows 7 and then downloaded and installed windows 8. I have my product key. When I downloaded windows 8 it gave me the...
View ArticleNot enough space to install
My computer has 10.5 gigs free but the installer says i need 13gigs, can i just plug in a 4gig flash drive or something and would it be able to install like that?
View ArticleTell me how lucky i am after installing Windows 8.1...
Well took the plunge and installed 8.1 against better judgement, because for the first time i hesitated to do so. True you have small tiles and medium tiles, but for me the medium tiles should be the...
View Articleproduct key cannot be verified
when i tried to install windows 8 to my PC a massage : we cannot verify this product please check your installation media my product key is: TMN83- FD4F6-QG269-KYDK3-WQG67 PLEASE HELP ME SOLVING THIS...
View ArticleWindow 8.1 on Samsung Series 7 Ultra
Hello all! I recently upgraded my Samsung Series 7 Ultra to the Windows 8.1 preview to check out it's new offerings. It's ok I suppose. Some positives and some negatives. Anyway on to my point: So with...
View ArticleSysprep fails if Metro Apps have been "updated"
Well, here is a fun one. A coworker spent the entire day getting a Windows 8 machine up and ready for imaging. As part of the process, he went ahead and let it update the metro apps from the store. Big...
View Articlestill attempting to dual load Win 8 and Ubuntu
I have made a little progress since my last post. I can load Ubuntu but only from the live disk. I have stopped at that point because I need to know if I now proceed as was normally done with previous...
View Articleflash drive but can't run the windows 7 installation
I've a USB flash drive with windows 7 on it which works fine with any PC. But when i plugged in my PC, the my bios doesn't recognize as a boot drive. It only recognize my Hard Drive. I've also tried to...
View ArticleSolved after w8.1 back to w8 - cannot create windows to go
Hi there I don't know what W8.1 has done to my system but after getting rid of it and re-installing W8 ENTERPRISE again I cannot create Windows to GO any more It doesn't matter if I plug in an SSD, a...
View ArticleNow I am REALLY miffed
I just found that 8 doesn't come with WMP what the heck is Microsoft thinking !! Music is really one of my passions and now I find I cannot play CD's with 8 - this might be the last straw:mad:
View ArticleLicense confustion in a VM
I want to run Win 8 Pro in a VMWARE WORKSTATION 9 vm so when ms comes out with new os'es and or I get a new pc with one I can just move/convert the vm and keep running it as is without reactivation if...
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