Hey all,
This is actually an issue my good friend is having. I'm not too tech savvy; I understand the basics of OS installations but if anything goes wrong (as it did in my friend's case), I don't know how to help.
Here is the issue:
My friend had successfully installed Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto two separate partitions on a single hard drive. A couple of days ago he attempted to update his Windows 8 CP partition to Windows 8 RP.
To do this, he booted Windows 7, used the built in disk management software, and formatted the Windows 8 partition. The disk management tool somehow turned his Windows 8 partition into "Free Space" instead of unallocated space. He claims that his computer booted normally a few times after he performed this operation.
However, a few days later, he booted his computer using a Windows 8 RP DVD in the hopes of installing W8 to one of his partitions. Once he made it into the actual installer, he found out that the installer would not let him install Windows 8 onto the partition he had formatted, because it is "free space." The installer would not let him format it, or mess with that partition in any way.
Not being able to install Windows 8, he rebooted his computer, and found that now his computer won't boot to Windows at all.
Anybody know what could have caused this, and how to fix it? He wants to keep his W7 partition, and end up with W8 RP in the partition allocated currently as "free space."
Thanks in advance,
Alex
This is actually an issue my good friend is having. I'm not too tech savvy; I understand the basics of OS installations but if anything goes wrong (as it did in my friend's case), I don't know how to help.
Here is the issue:
My friend had successfully installed Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto two separate partitions on a single hard drive. A couple of days ago he attempted to update his Windows 8 CP partition to Windows 8 RP.
To do this, he booted Windows 7, used the built in disk management software, and formatted the Windows 8 partition. The disk management tool somehow turned his Windows 8 partition into "Free Space" instead of unallocated space. He claims that his computer booted normally a few times after he performed this operation.
However, a few days later, he booted his computer using a Windows 8 RP DVD in the hopes of installing W8 to one of his partitions. Once he made it into the actual installer, he found out that the installer would not let him install Windows 8 onto the partition he had formatted, because it is "free space." The installer would not let him format it, or mess with that partition in any way.
Not being able to install Windows 8, he rebooted his computer, and found that now his computer won't boot to Windows at all.
Anybody know what could have caused this, and how to fix it? He wants to keep his W7 partition, and end up with W8 RP in the partition allocated currently as "free space."
Thanks in advance,
Alex
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7/Windows 8