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Hi, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5738Z). It has a simple SATA HDD. Ubuntu installed fine and I did not like it. So I decided to remove it completely and install Windows 8 (I have...

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UEFI Settings for USB Boot and Recovery.?

Hi All, I'm having my first encounter with UEFI on a new(to me) HP Laptop with Windows 8.1. (excuse the noobiness) I have read/Googled quite a bit and am trying to understand. If I understand the...

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Solved Installing Windows 8.1 Upgrade

Interesting problem. I replaced Windows 7 with Windows 8, using a valid product key. Several attempts to rid my computer of the windows.old folder failed. While working on removing that folder, I...

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Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Version Cannot Update to Windows 8.1

I bought a legitimate copy of Windows 8 Pro Upgrade version about a month ago. While doing a clean install on my desktop computer, I found out that you cannot do a clean install from an upgrade version...

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Solved Shutting down windows 8

Okay I've been looking here- Turn automatic updating on or off - Microsoft Windows Help...

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Endless loop while updating to 8.1

Windows 8 (not Pro) New ASUS laptop. Logged into MS account. 8.1 downloads to 51%, starts the install, then quits and goes back to the download. Over and over. I've installed all win updates,...

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Trying to install Windows 8 32 bit from a 64 bit Disk

Hello Guys, I have a copy of Windows 8.1pro 64 bit which I run on my main computer, I have an old laptop which is about 7-8 years old, I'd like to install a copy of Win 8 for test purposes and mess...

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windows installed too many partitions?

after putting fresh windows 8.1 on my new 64 gb ssd, it put 3 partitions as you can see. One was called D. When I clicked it I was told I had to format it so I did. It can be seen all the way to the...

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Solved How to remove grub bootloader? – please help!

Hello everyone! Though this issue has been discussed already here, I've been unable to solve this puzzle for the last two days. So, I have a new ACER Aspire 5600U all-in-one with Windows 8...

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How to upgrade clean install to ssd.

I have a Dell Studio XPS 9000 running Windows 7 home premium 64bit and a USB 3 card installed. I want to upgrade it to Windows 8.1. I also have an HP laptop Envy dv6 running Windows 8.1 USB 3...

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What Pro Pack required for Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro.

I have a machine with Windows 8 (Home). I want Windows 8 Pro. I do *not* want Windows 8.1. My question is can I use a Windows 8.1 Pro Pack (product key) to upgrade Windows 8 to 8 Pro (*without* going...

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Questions about the contents of the DVD to install Windows

hello i am irani and cant speak english very good I am preparing for exams Microsoft mcsa2012 I have information about the Windows Installer files About wim file format About building behind Windows...

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windows 8 or windows 8.1

at the moment im on windows 8 i am thinking of updating to 8.1 is it better to stay on windows 8 or update to 8.1 whats the pros and cons

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Windows 8.1 problem

Hello just taken the jump from windows7 to windows8.1 bought a full version of the disk I have installed it on my ssd. Put in my second hdd and installed other stuff security and some programs and have...

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Solved Reinstalling Windows 8 on an empty hard drive

I recently bought a laptop with Windows 8 and have erased the hard drive while trying to install another OS (not a good move, I know). This caused problems and now I'd like to re-install windows 8,...

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Can't find windows 8.1 upgrade in store

So today my PC has crashed and had to reinstall windows again. I only got Windows 8 CD and not 8.1 so it installed 8 Windows 8. I did all the updates (checked around 10 more times after rebooting etc.)...

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Updating a Win8 Pro to Win8.1 Pro with a Legal Upgrad disc

I've a windows 8 Pro package that require me to install it as follows: Upgrade eligibility requirements apply. I had no problems here, I've upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro. Also I've had no...

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How to get Windows 8 ?

Hi, I had purchased Windows 8 and I had to format my HDD. Now i installed Windows 7 and want to upgrade to Windows 8 but I cannot find the upgrade assistant for it. Secondly , I found one but it says...

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Backup and Restore User Settings in Windows 8.1

I used to use Windows Easy Transfer to backup my settings and files before reinstalling/reimaging...etc - now that doesn't exist, and File History really doesn't cut it when it comes to apps and...

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Dual-Boot Partitioning. Windows has active partition.

Hi Windows 8 users, I am considering triple-booting with: -Windows 7 (primary and default operating system) -Windows 8.1 (wanna use app-tools) -Ubuntu 13.04 (virus free, and can be used incase of...

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