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Internal 2TB SSD suddenly inaccessible except through cmd as administrative user
I've been using the boot drive SSD from a Windows 8.1 computer as an internal, SATA-connected secondary drive in Windows 10 machine for months. And still often switching it back to the Windows 8.1 ...
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Unable to boot (Windows 8.1)
I have a problem similar to this: Missing boot files in Windows 8
I was unable to boot and I found an old rescue CD I had, Wondershare LiveBoot 2012. It booted, but I made a mistake because I clicked ...
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Windows 8.1 recovery USB drive not booting at all
I burned a Windows 8.1 iso to an 8GB USB drive but when I try to boot it from the BIOS I just get a blue screen error:
Recovery
Your PC needs to be repaired
The application or operating system ...
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boot menu two windows 10 and 8.1, move boot settings from 10 to 8.1
I have two windows from two separated Storage Drives,
1-new 240GB SSD disk, win 8.1(new OS, installed last week)
2- win 10(old OS, installed 2 years ago and used before, and now I need it some times)
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How do I change my disk from GPT to MBR (Without destruction of data)?
My laptop has Windows 8.1 currently running, and I plan to install Windows 10. The 8.1 that I am currently running is on Disk 0. I would like to convert Disk 0 to MBR, so that I can use EasyBCD to add ...
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Can't enter into boot menu of Asus Vivobook
I have an Asus Vivobook laptop running on Windows 8.1. But, I have forgotten the password to login to the system. Now I am trying to install Windows 10 via a bootable USB stick. But the problem is ...
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Recovering data from corrupted win8.1 (unbootable)
Following situation: I am trying to recover very important data from a laptop of my father which was previously running win8.1 I think. No backups existent as far as I understand. I was not there when ...
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How to disable "Update and shutdown" and restore plain "Shutdown"
My Windows 8.1 - Basic Edition PC forces me to update when I try to shut it down every day and I go along with it. When turning it back on, It'll update for like 5 minutes and then say something like, ...
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Dropbox starts by itself even though the option to start with system is turned off
Even though the option to "Start Dropbox on system startup" is unchecked, somehow Dropbox sometimes starts by itself. I have observed many times on Windows 10 and 8.1. I would like the only way for ...
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Can't install windows 8.1 - setup stucked
Recently I got a desktop with a hard disk Toshiba 500GB which has windows 7 installed on it.
When turning on the computer, windows logo appears and it does not go beyond that. After about 30 minutes ...
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How to uncheck “safeboot” from System Configuration when only using keyboard
As stated in my previous question ,
I am using Windows 8.1. I do not use my laptop’s screen cause it is broken, so I use a monitor instead. So what happened was,
I ran to “msconfig”,
and went to the ...
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How to Startup Windows 8.1 without laptop screen [Only using external monitor]
I am using Windows 8.1. I do not use my laptop’s screen cause it is broken, so I use a monitor instead. So what happened was,
I ran to “msconfig”,
and went to the “boot” tab,
then I checked “safe ...
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Boot - Asus motherboard boot opens up bios instead booting - occasionally
I have a system runs on windows-8.1, Asus motherboard(UEFI supported). Occasionally(at least once per boot) it opens up bios settings menu instead booting. It shows two boot device (i) HDD with ...
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Is One Key Recovery on the Bios of the laptop? (transferring harddrives)
Lenovo 510p ideapad
I need to changeout a 1tb hdd for 2tb drive. I'm used to making a windows backup of my harddrive on an external drive, then inserting the windows disks when the new drive is ...
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where is boot parameters file stored in windows?
Where is the file which holds the parameters for boot options (safe mode, etc) stored? I know that the BIOS software is stored in EEPROM. How about when we modify its parameters?
Say I have a ...
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