Waldie
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On my 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate computer, I used a guide from CNET to install Windows 8 Preview Release. I first shrunk a partition, formatted it, named it a simple directory (K), put the MS download assistant on it and ran it as an administrator, so that the installation would be downloaded to K, and it appeared to be doing just that. Everything worked (download and installation) until the window came up to enter windows live email address. In accordance with the advice from the CNET writer, he said "If you choose to enter a Windows Live ID here, make sure you have access to your email and can confirm your computer. Otherwise it might not let you boot into it. Since I do not use Window Live, I chose the option SKIP on the bottom. That might have been fatal. The next step SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE OPENING OF WINDOWS 8 graphical boot menu which would have allowed me to selerct Windows 7 as default, and therefore enabled a Dual Boot capability.
What actually happened is that nothing happened. I did not get the Win 8 boot screen. Finally I turned off the computer and restarted it,l and then I got the Win 8 Welcome screen greeting me, but after about 15 seconds it disappeared and my cursor appeared on a totally black screen. Nothing more. Shutting down and starting gave me the same result. No Windows 8 and no Windows 7.
Frustrated, I booted the computer from my Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit installation disk, and tried the repair function. It found an error, corrected it, and then booted me back to the ineffective Win 8 15 second boot and disapperaring act.
The Win 7 installation DVD will not UPDATE except from a functioning system. The alternative is to lose all settings and have to reinstall both Win 7 Ultimate 64 and all my software.
I have tried everything I know to get the computer to boot from the Win 7 boot sector, but no luck. Before I do a complete new installation, I am looking for suggestion as to how to get the computer to boot itself back in Win 7.
I tried F2, F10, F11, Delete key, but nothing brings me back to the Win 7 boot sector. Any help will be appreciated. If any guru is anywhere in Europe, I would be happy to call you and try to get this figured out. My last choice is to completely re-install Win 7, so I can actually see if my Win 8 is located on the K partition. It is about 100 GB so plenty of room for the Win 8.
Waldie (Ireland)
What actually happened is that nothing happened. I did not get the Win 8 boot screen. Finally I turned off the computer and restarted it,l and then I got the Win 8 Welcome screen greeting me, but after about 15 seconds it disappeared and my cursor appeared on a totally black screen. Nothing more. Shutting down and starting gave me the same result. No Windows 8 and no Windows 7.
Frustrated, I booted the computer from my Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit installation disk, and tried the repair function. It found an error, corrected it, and then booted me back to the ineffective Win 8 15 second boot and disapperaring act.
The Win 7 installation DVD will not UPDATE except from a functioning system. The alternative is to lose all settings and have to reinstall both Win 7 Ultimate 64 and all my software.
I have tried everything I know to get the computer to boot from the Win 7 boot sector, but no luck. Before I do a complete new installation, I am looking for suggestion as to how to get the computer to boot itself back in Win 7.
I tried F2, F10, F11, Delete key, but nothing brings me back to the Win 7 boot sector. Any help will be appreciated. If any guru is anywhere in Europe, I would be happy to call you and try to get this figured out. My last choice is to completely re-install Win 7, so I can actually see if my Win 8 is located on the K partition. It is about 100 GB so plenty of room for the Win 8.
Waldie (Ireland)
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate