Solved Windows 8 stuck at reset your pc.

[DemonicEnigma]

What operating system are you using to post up now

I am booting from a recovery drive because reset did not work, but the recovery drive is not working ether.

Is that the recovery drive you made from within windows like this:


http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html

My ipad

 

[SIW2]

Use this key to install:

http://www.eightforums.com/installa...retail-windows-8-1-windows-8-product-key.html

CoreSingleLanguage=Y9NXP-XT8MV-PT9TG-97CT3-9D6TC

Professional=XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB

Core=334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT

If you bought the $40 upgrade offer , it is almost certainly Pro.



You can use your upgrade key to activate afterwards.

(Ignore the tutorial title that has been added.) If you have windows 8.0 use the key that corresponds to your edition.

 

[DemonicEnigma]

Use this key to install:

http://www.eightforums.com/installa...retail-windows-8-1-windows-8-product-key.html

CoreSingleLanguage=Y9NXP-XT8MV-PT9TG-97CT3-9D6TC

Professional=XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB

Core=334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT

If you bought the $40 upgrade offer , it is almost certainly Pro.



You can use your upgrade key to activate afterwards.

It says the key didn't work.

 

[DemonicEnigma]

now the key is working but then is says it can't connect to the internet

 

[SIW2]

Not clear to me what you are doing or why you want to connect to the internet.

I think the tut added to my previous post has misled you. Ignore that.

Is that a flash you are booting?

Create a little text file in the "sources" folder of the installation/recovery drive media and save it as ei.cfg



It should contain this:

[EditionID]
Professional
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0

I looks like this:

 

[DemonicEnigma]

i have downloaded the windows setup 8.1, entered the key you gave then the setup keeps saying it can't connect to the internet

 

[SIW2]

I wasn't intending you to d/l that. Completely ignore that tutorial .Not relevant here.

See my post above yours. #25

 

[DemonicEnigma]

I wasn't intending you to d/l that. Completely ignore that tutorial .Not relevant here.

See my post above yours. #25

ok i put

[EditionID]
Professional
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0

in a file like you said on the recovery drive usb.
Now what ?

 

[DemonicEnigma]

This is what is on the usb recovery drive

 

[DemonicEnigma]

 

[DemonicEnigma]

do i now boot from the usb recovery drive, because i just tried that and the screen stayed black with just the mouse pointer on .

 

[SIW2]

Seems you have winre.wim on the recovery flash and not the real boot.wim

Just out of intrest, can you find a .wim file on your flash?

If you can get into windows, the way forward is to try and register the reimage and osimage before attempting a refresh.

( It can be done from pe also, but that is too complicated to explain)

 

[DemonicEnigma]

Seems you have winre.wim on the recovery flash and not the real boot.wim

Ok what do i do ?

 

[SIW2]

If you can get into windows, the way forward is to try and register the reimage ( which contains the recovery/refresh program ) and osimage ( which contains the actual os files needed for refresh/reinstall )l.

That is done with a guy called reagentc.

You might get away with just this command:

reagentc /enable.

Try it first and see.

 

[DemonicEnigma]

If you can get into windows, the way forward is to try and register the reimage and osimage before attempting a refresh.

That is done with a guy called reagentc.

You might get away with just this command:

reagentc /enable.

Try it first and see.

enter it in run or command prompt ?

 

[SIW2]

Admin cmd prompt.

 

[DemonicEnigma]

this came up.

 

[SIW2]

Looks fine. Now do

reagentc /info

 

[DemonicEnigma]

this shows.

 

[SIW2]

Show hidden files ( in folder options) and look for a hidden folder C:\ESD\windows\sources\install.esd