Recent content by PeterSt

Shawn, The XP fix IMO will just work. That is, if it were about drives from the other OS being visible in the one. So, avoid that and it will work (not tested with XP, but with W7 as the other OS). Your #2 is about just "breathing" into something else than the normal Boot and you will loose...

Restore Points which won't be created programmatically So, here we have another clue to Restore Points not being created. Mind you, this will be about ALL procedures in whatever programs. Could be mine, could be a driver install. It is TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. Here goes : RemarksWindows 8: A new...

In the mean time, here's another addition. And please notice, this is (in my case) all about knowing in advance that you will need the Restore Point. So, I am trying to depend on it, which may count for others just the same. And point is : it shouldn't disappear without notice (but it will when...

highstream, If you are referring to the problem of the W8 drive not being visible in the W7 active OS : W7 is running. Open Explorer, rightclick on Computer, choose Manage; In there, choose Disk Managament; Find the partition which will represent the W8 disk/partition (in my case W8 and W8 are...

Arnold, I don't think you can decide in the BIOS wich OS to boot from. This is to be done via BCDEdit (open a command prompt and type BCDEDit /? and you will see it is easy to tweak). An exception would be a DVD (or CD) but then the DVD drive has to be set as the first drive to boot from *and*...

System Restore Points - Stop XP Dual Boot Delete - Vista Forums Shawn, I have an addition to this, or a variation if you want : In my case under W7 there was no drive of W8 visible. It just never received a drive letter (somehow). This obviously means that no Offline entry can be created in...

If that's a PS/2 mouse+keyboard, you could plug it into USB ports (via such a standard adaptor) and see what that brings. If either already is USB connected try another USB hub (like the ports on the front of the PC will use a different hub vs those on the back). If you can't get into the BIOS...

This won't be specific to Windows8 but it will apply there just the same I guess; N.b.: I got myself a Belkin Windows8 Transfer cable (F4U060), which sure doesn't do my job out of the box. Still, solutions for what I want may exist. I like to setup a WIRED PAN over USB. Googled my life out of...

What I have heard is that there are a sufficient number of problems with W8's USB3. Some have been solved already, so it would be a good advice to apply the latest updates for W8 (I really saw issues vanish by it for people). Otherwise look here : Windows 8 USB 3 compatibility - Neowin Forums...

I don't know what you have been reading into, but if you ever get it running today, it won't run anymore tomorrow. And that in the situation you made it for. IMHO Windows upgrades (to SP1 etc.) belong to that. I think you approach it from the wrong angle. So ... The idea is good and people will...

Solved ! Shawn, super ! And then to think I had been looking into that thread but didn't see it as relevant. Also, that "Download Tool" looks as being related to downloading itself. But it isn't at all (obviously now). Btw, ran into the W7 problem of no other HDDs allowed to be in there...

Hi all, I'm into my 4th hour of trying to clean install W8 Enterprise which originates from TechNet. I must be overlooking something severely or am in lack of general knowledge. But let's assume the latter. Look at the first screenshot below (taken from a tutorial in here); The second screen...