Solved About to give up with Windows 8

Jayoneseven

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So I purchased and downloaded Windows 8 a couple of days ago. I have tried over and over to get it to install but to no avail. I've been using the upgrade option, as burning a disc hasn't worked (twice getting 0x8007045D) and each time I see the new Windows 8 splash screen, it states it's preparing my devices, then after a restart it, blue screens and restores me to Windows 7. There's a lot of dead pixels on the splash screen, and some really glitchy streaks from the mouse.

Now, I've tried the official Windows forum over and over, and after 2 days haven't been contacted or replied by any of the official staff. In fact I haven't had a single reply. I've tried the Tech Chat, nothing. I mean... considering this is the release, you'd expect a little activity with problem solving. So I instead tried a few things of my on, I updated my drivers and tinkered about a bit, but nothing worked. Now after I restarted I can't even run the installer. It says there was a problem in the download, and that I need to re-download. Where? How? Who knows! My email invoice tells me to download the installer, which then asks me to purchase Windows 8 again! I'm furious... how can they have messed this up so bad, and after almost 3 days not have responded to a single question!?
Has anyone had problems like this?!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
i read some guy had a problem installing Windows 8. it turned out to be his external hard drives giving him a hard time. he unhooked them and then the install went fine.

your error sounds like classic device install problems.

so the advice to give is, disconnect as many of your peripherals and cards as possible. then when windows 8 is done installing, plug all your cards and devices back in. a finished windows 8 will have a much easier time installing the devices than the basic installer.

so if you have TV tuners, network cards, external hard drivers, scanners, printers, etc., plugged in, disconnect them and try again. yes, you shouldn't have to do this. but some configurations can mess up an OS installer. at least it's not like the Windows XP days where we had to have floppies with SCSI drivers so that we could install to the hard drive.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
Every time I boot Window 8 I get a different error and it goes through the tedious repair process to find nothing, I am also about to give up, although it does perform like a dream when I goes which I like.

also if anyone knows why does the on screen keyboard toolbar keep coming back when I disable it, its bloody annoying
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Professional x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custon
    CPU
    AMD FX 8120 x8
    Motherboard
    AsRock 970 Extreme 4 AM3+
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 OC 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" AOC LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    OCZ 120GB SATA III SSD
    Seagate Barracuda 1TB
    PSU
    Corsair GS600
    Case
    Raidmax Helios
    Cooling
    Cooler Master X6
    Keyboard
    Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    ADSL2 2mb
If you have an antivirus product running, try uninstalling that first. I've come across reports that win 8 doesn't like Microsoft security essentials, at least, during the installation phase.

Good luck
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
I wish I had something I could unplug for this but I've already done everything, even my we can and phone chargers are gone. I'm currently looking at the restore blue screen so typing this on my phone.
The only thing I can think of is my video card. I'd have to revert back to using the onboard and physically remove the card and try installing like that I guess. Maybe that's a project for later as I have to head to class. This was supposed to be done this weekend :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
I'll try disabling MSE too but I had already checked my antivirus was uninstalled etc.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
I wish I was able to burn a disc and go from there but each time I try it starts to burn, sounding all happy, and suddenly stops, spits the disc out and tells me it's error 0x8007045D, and the disc is blank. I have tried downloading the installation again, and did so last night, letting it run the install after I headed to bed. This is what I woke up to:


Note I actually woke up to the black screen, with the dead pixels in the top left, similar to the slash screen. I wish I had taken a picture of that but I had just woken up. I have to pull a manual restart as it doesn't move past that black screen, and upon restarting I see that in the picture. Lots of broken pixels, then it reverts be to Windows 7. Without as much as a hint at a reason as to why.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build
    CPU
    i5 4670K
    Motherboard
    ASUS z87-Pro
    Memory
    G-Skill 1600 @10-10-10-27
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASIS GTX 660 Ti
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24 inch
    Hard Drives
    250GB 850 EVO, 2250GB 840 EVO, 2TB WD spinner
    PSU
    Corsair AX-1200
    Case
    TT Urban S31 (quiet case)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech M500
    Internet Speed
    Cable
This is exactly what you get with Microsoft. Nobody's ever home, but the line's busy! I suppose that you should hang up and try your call again. These people will NOT spoonfeed you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
This is exactly what you get with Microsoft. Nobody's ever home, but the line's busy! I suppose that you should hang up and try your call again. These people will NOT spoonfeed you.

I'd have called them yesterday but it was Sunday and their hours were short.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
*sigh*
Okay so now I've disconnected my video card, running on the onboard, so my computer is now moving at a snail's pace. The step of "checking devices and apps" was running on the installer for close to 40 minutes before I canceled, and since I canceled I can't load the installer because it now says the language pack can't be accessed. So now I'm running the upgrade assist to see if I can get a bit of insight, but it's also now on the "checking apps and devices" for close to 20 minutes.
Well I'm gonna keep tinkering away at this, if anyone has any other ideas let me know.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
Hey, here's the deal. Win 8 is not usable for some computers. The manufacturer has to update video drivers to get rid of the black-screen issues, which is going to take awhile. Beta drivers might work, if anyone made them for your video card set up, but if those drivers come in a suite, then you won't be able to get them installed in Safe-Mode, so you are technically screwed. Stick with Win 7, and when you one day in the far future buy a new computer, just get one with Win 8 on it. With any luck, you can check back in a few months and see if Microsoft/your computer component companies have solved the driver problems.

Win 8 has bricked my work lap-top, and HP has yet to make updated drivers for it too, so I figure I brilliantly wasted $45.00 on trying to install Win8 on a convertible laptop-tablet with an i5 chip---hahahahahahahaha, what was I thinking, eh? Win8 on a Touchsmart laptop/tablet seemed like such a sure match!

Remember, if you have to spend more than two hours trying to get a new OS to work on your system, you already wasted too much of your life on something that is not going to work---yet at least. Metro is too new for some mix/match componentry.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7
So I physically removed my video card, ran on the on board, loaded up windows eight, then reinstalled my videocard after downloading the drivers. All seems to be going well, but sometimes when I restart the computer starts up with like... really bad graphical issues, pixels all breaking up everywhere when I move my mouse, makes the computer unusable. A restart has solved it though each time so far.
Can't help but feel as though Win8 seems... well.. almost 'incomplete', anyone else feel that?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 ultimate
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Phoenix tech 6.00PG 8/7/2008
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 210
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