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"Darn" Win 8
I had to replace the motherboard in my backup desktop. I couldn't get the same Z77 motherboard (it was discontinued) but I did get a Z77 from another motherboard vendor. I have a triple boot, Win 7/Win 8.1/Win 10 (all on separate drives) on that machine. I thought Win 7 would be a problem since its an OEM version, but it was a breeze and just had to install the drivers for the different motherboard hardware. It even activated without problems.
Win 8 was a different story. When I first booted to Win 8 it came up with setting up hardware but never got any further (after an hour). I tried a couple of things including startup repair and it came back with a message that it couldn't repair it. After several other attempts (and about 4 hours), I decided to start over and do a clean install. That worked however, the Win 8 Pro (full license not an OEM) required a call to Microsoft activation, reading all the numbers and keying in new numbers to activate!
The 8.1 update was installed this morning.
As there was nothing but the basic Win 10 pre-release install, I did a clean install on Win 10.
I had to replace the motherboard in my backup desktop. I couldn't get the same Z77 motherboard (it was discontinued) but I did get a Z77 from another motherboard vendor. I have a triple boot, Win 7/Win 8.1/Win 10 (all on separate drives) on that machine. I thought Win 7 would be a problem since its an OEM version, but it was a breeze and just had to install the drivers for the different motherboard hardware. It even activated without problems.
Win 8 was a different story. When I first booted to Win 8 it came up with setting up hardware but never got any further (after an hour). I tried a couple of things including startup repair and it came back with a message that it couldn't repair it. After several other attempts (and about 4 hours), I decided to start over and do a clean install. That worked however, the Win 8 Pro (full license not an OEM) required a call to Microsoft activation, reading all the numbers and keying in new numbers to activate!
The 8.1 update was installed this morning.
As there was nothing but the basic Win 10 pre-release install, I did a clean install on Win 10.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- i7 6700K
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
- Memory
- 16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel (i7 CPU)
- Sound Card
- RealTek Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 27" Dell SE2717HR
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1080
- Hard Drives
- 500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
- PSU
- EVGA Supernova 750 G2
- Case
- BeQuiet Silent Base 600
- Cooling
- Deepcool Captain 120EX
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech wireless
- Internet Speed
- Cable - 100MB Downlink
- Browser
- Edge/Firefox
- Antivirus
- Microsoft
- Other Info
- Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.