Recent content by pixeldust

Please excuse me but I am a newbie! :o What do you mean by "EFI" mode? I did not see the various partitions as you have pictured in your screen shot. It just showed Drive 0 unallocated 238.1GB and then I just clicked "Next" and the install commenced.

I am having a perplexing issue after doing a clean install of Windows 8 on a 256GB SSD where I can not get into the "UEFI Firmware Settings" Tile in Advanced Options. Basically, when trying to enter the EFI/BIOS via: Settings in Charms / PC Settings / General / Advanced Startup / Restart Now /...

Yes, to be safe I right away created a system restore disk! :thumb:... Actually, I made a bootable 16GB USB flash recovery drive which has a recovery partition! The problem with that would be if I were to recover back to the factory setup I would then have all the bloatware installed which is...

I would like to do a fresh install of Windows 8 to eliminate the bloatware on my Asus N56VZ. The notebook came OEM pre-installed with Windows 8 and I know that the Product Key on this notebook resides in the BIOS on the motherboard. My specific question is, If I purchase a new retail copy of...