Solved win8 disappeared!!

chasthur

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novice here:
Using HP desktop win7. For 75th birthday got win8 pro from ms store. Read a dual boot article online said make a 50g partition on c drive. did that, said put in cd. did that and, oh joy, worked great....pretty soon had win8 to play with to see what all the fuss was about. Started checking it out and all was happiness and joy for about 15 minutes then a big red popup said win8 failed or something.

Now it's gone and can't find anywhere....looked in c drive, partition is still there, explored and is full of files..but no boot select on restart...looked in msconfig > boot and not there..?!? Did the ESC thing on restart but don't see any win8 !! Sooooo...

Can I erase the partition (or whatever one calls the erasing) and do the whole thing over? or make new one and retry? In the Ozarks here and no tech help for 50 miles...forget the whole thing and find something else to play with? Just curious anyway, don't need it:think:

Chas

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  • OS
    win7
Yes you can. I would make the partition bigger, at least 100 GB. Windows 8 will take up about 30 GB, this will give you enough room for any thing you might want to download.

Make sure to change the boot order in your BIOS to boot from cd/dvd drive.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X 4 965 BE
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
    Memory
    G-Skill 8 GB PC 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD XFX HD Radeon 6790D
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2l Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 320 GB w/OS
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB data storage
    PSU
    Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
    Case
    Thermaltake OverSeer RX 1 fulltower
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper212 120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder 3.5
is that what you mean. theog? Bassfisher....... make a new 100g partition? how to get to BIOS (whatever it is)

Chas
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win7

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X 4 965 BE
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
    Memory
    G-Skill 8 GB PC 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD XFX HD Radeon 6790D
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2l Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 320 GB w/OS
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB data storage
    PSU
    Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
    Case
    Thermaltake OverSeer RX 1 fulltower
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper212 120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder 3.5
Windows 8 is not happy :mad: with Logical partitions.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
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