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Windows 8.1 64 bit I had the failure message with unhelpful Error Code 80072EE2. I don't know if the upgrade actually did fail, as there was a new green/white Metro Store icon on the taskbar. The changes are so minimal it is hard to tell. All the other upgrades succeeded. I ran the...

You are right but the Windows image recovery in Advanced is well hidden and you need to have your USB boot drive ready before Windows fails. I don't think many average users would do that or even know where Windows image restore was hidden or even if it works provided they even knew how to use...

If you have a modern UEFI BIOS then it normally will only run a Windows signed boot drive or usb. The only disk image companies that can provide a bootable recovery drive that I know of are Easus ToDo and Paragon. Nero recovery disks, for example, will not boot. Easus sent me an ISO file to...

Thanks - that will save another 6.6Gb!! I understood from the Forum Tutorial at: Hibernate - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Help Forums that switching off via "powercfg /h off" automatically switched off the "fast startup" feature also?? Is this no longer true? The industry does not see to have...

Windows 8 64bit Regards moving the C:\Windows\Installer files to a D drive by uses of a symbolic link. Chronicles of Nushy: Save precious SSD storage by moving the Windows Installer files How do you actually go about deleting the protected system folder C:\Windows\Installer and its many...

Thank you. I will try F1 and perhaps F12 and so on. F8 gets me to the Apios Bios software which is where I learned that new to me UEFI settings are required. The manual gives F11 to get to the OEM PowerRecover of Windows and [Del] to get to the UEFI Firmware Configuration settings. I have not...

Coke Robot, Thank you so much for clarifying these settings. It all used to be so easy before W8 and UEFI. My current fear is that I make all these sensible backups and then when needed nothing boots up to make a repair. The OEM manufacturers and image restore software companies seem also at a...

Thank you. I have created a 64bit UEFI version of Ubuntu (Linux Secure Remix) as per their instructions below and created a bootable USB. As my original post, Boot Select Mode is set to UEFI. Unfortunately it only booted straight into Windows. Is there any source to explain what all these...

Unfortunately, my computer does not have a One Time Boot option. I can get to the BIOS setup using F8 key, but that is it. I presume I will have to set the BIOS manually in order to boot a USB / disk and that was what my question was asking about. A live Linux distro signed by Microsoft?

Hello, I am really confused on what settings are required in the UEFI Bios to run recovery USB/ disks or Linux live CDs. It all used to be so simple. The manufacturer helpdesk seems unaware that it supplies UEFI systems - so I am working blind. Have tried boot CDs and USBs but all have booted...

Seleen, Many thanks - it worked and I have regained 10Gb of vital space. :thumb::thumb::thumb: I tried Iobit Unlocker before but it could not do what your Unlocker advice did.

I have a small 64Gb SSD boot drive C: I installed Windows ADK to enable EasusToDo imaging software to create a boot disk. This has left 3 folders about 3Gb in size in my c:\users\me\appdata\local\temp folder I have therefore very little free space left on the C drive. The folder attributes...