Windows 8 issues! (I am a newbie)

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Hello, I am currently facing some issues, it's my first day with win 8.1. My anti virus is not here anymore (As it was on my previous OS, Win 7, quickheal anti virus)2. Nvidia panel is missing (GeForce Experience). Also when I did a test of my pc specs, it didn't even identified the NVIDIA graphics card, GT6103. Cant understand which resolution will be suitable for my pc. It looks like as if it is of cheap resolution. I'd like to have my previous resolution I used on Win 7 but can't actually remember it4. At the startup the PC asks for either Win 8 or 7 how can i set it to 8 only..5. When I turned off the PC, it at an instant showed up "Power Saving Mode" as it used to do when I shutted down back when I had win 7 but this time it had happened very quickly and the processors didn't stop "they make a sound while they are running"Kindly help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Did you upgrade from 7 or installed 8.1 clean and on different disk partition ? Sounds like later happened and no proper drivers were installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Yes. I guess that's the main issue perhaps. I upgraded from Windows 7 to 8.1. And when I was at the "choose the disk" option, I tried to choose Local disk C but it said that it should atleast have 12085 MB space free whereas it had only 8.3 GB free, so I chose disk D..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Yes. I guess that's the main issue perhaps. I upgraded from Windows 7 to 8.1. And when I was at the "choose the disk" option, I tried to choose Local disk C but it said that it should atleast have 12085 MB space free whereas it had only 8.3 GB free, so I chose disk D.. Is there anything I could do to fix it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
You could put bandaids over it, but your best bet is to back up your data (should have been done already before your upgrade) and do a clean install of Windows 8.1. Then you will load the latest drivers for your system, and I should mention that it would be a great time to switch to a better AV solution as well.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-Z77-UD3H
    Memory
    16 GB Patriot Viper 3 DDR3-1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 470 GTX
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    Crucial M4 256 GB, WD WD20EFRX 2 TB
    PSU
    OCZ 700W
    Case
    Corsair 300R
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Well, in that case, you didn't upgrade 7 to 8.1 which got installed on second partition. If you upgraded all your drivers, settings and programs would be kept. If windows 7 is not damaged, you can make some space on W7's partition and try again, this time making sure that 8.1 goes in the partition where 7 is installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
As far as I know, you can't directly "upgrade" from Win7 to Win8.1 -- in the sense that you can keep apps, settings, and data. MS considers Win8.1 a different version OS than Win8 and has traditionally only allowed updates from one version to the next.

See the "Will I be able to keep my file ...?" in the linked MS thread: Update to Windows 8.1: FAQ - Windows Help
 

My Computer

System One

Yes either a clean install or go from 7 to 8 then 8.1 as mark is right
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64 Home Version 1803 (Build 17134).472
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP 15-bw067sa
    CPU
    AMD Dual-Core Processor E1-7010(1.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    HP
    Memory
    4096MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon tm R2 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 Pixels
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba
    Case
    True Blue
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Prection Touchpad
    Mouse
    Built in with touch keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Fast
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Microsoft Office 365 new version: Fast Track Office 2016
    CCleaner
Hey. Right now every problem seem to be solved except for one, when I shut dow the pc the processers in the CPU keep on working or functioning as i know from the sound.. Back on win 7 it used to become quite meaning they stop working when i shut it down. So how do i fix it..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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