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    Advice needed Re: installing Win 8 to a new HDD

    Just an update, I created a UEFI bootable USB using method two. I had problems booting with the USB connected initially, the laptop would just hand after pressing F9, as a work around I tried pressing F9 without the USB connected so that it was showing the boot UEFI file option, then connect the...
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    Advice needed Re: installing Win 8 to a new HDD

    Hi Ashad, Thanks for your reply. Yes, the ISO I have is the x64. I can access boot select menu without the USB inserted, I see two options in there; Boot from EFI File Notebook Hard Drive I'm wondering if Rufus didn't create the bootable USB correctly, I'm just about to try by mounting the...
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    Advice needed Re: installing Win 8 to a new HDD

    Hello, Apologies if this topic has already been covered, My wife has a HP Sleekbook 15-b050sa which came with Win 8 pre-loaded, problem is my young son knocked it off the table causing the hard drive to completely crash, doesn't spin up properly, when it does spin it makes a scraping sound and...
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