Clean Install
As per topic, I am after doing clean install on my laptop to get rid of bloatware, but there are 2 preinstalled softwares I would like to re-install. How can I do that? Thanks
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I downloaded the Windows 8.1 preview from the store, and it was updating (fish logo + update % below it). At the end of the update, it did a blue screen and then my screen went black. Now when I turn...
View ArticleNew PC, I just want a clean install
Hi I'm very new to the pc tech world, but I'm trying so please forgive any "stupid" questions I ask. I need help bad and I really need to start asking if I want to learn anything. So, here I am. Tons...
View ArticleWin 7 & 8 manually add dual boot.
I had Win7, removed the HD, and installed Win8 on a new HD. NOW, I want to make the Win8 drive dual bootable. I want to use the built in boot menu...
View ArticleWill Windows 8.1 Upgrade Lose Your Calendar Settings?
I'm currently running Windows 8 that my laptop came with. I decided to wait for the official 8.1 release in October instead of the Preview. I have a lot of Calendar reminders on my Windows 8 Stock...
View ArticleWin 8 no longer boots - Drive Letter Issue/boot partition?
Hello I recently took my hard drive out of my laptop, and plugged it into an external USB drive to copy some files to another laptop. Upon putting the hard drive back into my laptop, windows 8 would no...
View ArticleLiterally at my wits end...upgrade not going past 29%
Hi all, I'm hoping you can help... I have a Samsung np300e5a-a01dx I'm trying to upgrade from windows 7 premium to windows 8 Pro I've tried repeatedly all day but cannot get it past 29% So far I've...
View Articleunable to boot into system, winload.efi error
I am pretty new to Windows8. I just mess up with my Dell XPS 12 yesterday by using a partition tool to create a 2nd partition from C:\ now When I boot into the system, I got the following message:...
View Articlehelp please.. was installing win8
help please i was installing windows8 enterprise on my laptop and im stuck on the partition thing before i have like 4 factory partition and i chose one to install windows8 and say "we couldnt create...
View ArticleBootloader for Windows lost
Hi everyone I tried to install ubuntu 13.04 x86 on my 16 GB flash drive using the pendrive program. When i restarted my laptop and selected boot from usb drive i then selected install ubuntu on my dva2...
View ArticleWin 8.1 on HP Envy M6 AMD A10-4600m.. 4 devices botched
gang have any of you gotten all devices working on a amd 700 series mboard design, A-series HP ? DV6 models [some] are this platform and several M6 including mine which is M6-1035dx. I have four...
View Articlehow to install window 8 in my laptop
hello sir, Recently i took samsung lap where win 8 (licensed) is pre-installed. Due to some virus its giving lot of troubles . i need 1 a steps to reinstall the OS 2. Is it possible to do partition of...
View ArticleSony Vaio SVE14 - migration Windows 8 to ssd issue
Hi, I am trying to migrate my OS to SSD but I spent one evening without success. I was trying to clone disk but after swaping drives I'm getting screen that my system should be recovered. Can someone...
View ArticleDefault desktop icons for all users
Hoping Brink will be out there to answer this one. Hello Brink, for Windows 7, you released some registry entries to add My Computer/User Folders/Control Panel onto the desktop for all users, which...
View ArticleSolved Error at BOOTING. W8 not loading.
Hello,I've been trying to fix this problem for 2 days now, and well no success I would really appreciate any help since this computer is new and quite powerful for me so I would hate letting it go :(...
View Articleremove win7 from duel boot sys w/o sys recovery partition?
Hello everyone, I had a computer with windows 7 home premium x64. A while ago I decided that I wanted to up grade to windows 8 and so I partitioned my os drive and installed (OEM) windows 8 Pro on the...
View ArticleWindows 8 Setup is stuck at booting screen.
Hello,Im trying to install Windows 8 (Not 8.1) but it gets stuck at the booting screen (Where setup shuold load files) My system specs are on my profile.
View Article0xC000000D (Unreadable Boot Config) error
I have the flash drive (http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html) made properly, but whenever I try to boot it, I get a 0xC000000D (Unreadable Boot...
View ArticleRemoving Window 7 after Upgrade to Window 8
Hello Everyone, I have recently upgraded to Window 8 and now I ahve both Window 7 & 8 installed in my system. I can keep both however due to limited hard disk space I want completely remove Window...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7
I just bought a Qosmio X70-A and am wondering if I can get windows 7 on it. Either by reformatting the whole hard drive or by downgrading from 8
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