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It says that because I had no previous OS, the key I have cannot be used to activate Windows 8.

I bought a new laptop without an OS. I purchased and installed Windows8. I bought a Windows 8 Pro key, and whenever I try to activate it, it says I need a previous version of Windows in order to activate it. Any ideas on how to activate it w/out installing another OS. Note: I am willing to...

I think the boot partition was larger than 1TB, and theog, I upgraded to Windows 8 from Windows 7

So I posted about this in the past. I have had an issue for the last three months where I haven't been able to downgrade to Windows 7, or refresh or reset Windows 8. Everytime I try to do it, I get an error message saying that the hard drive is locked, or there are files missing. I tried to...

All of my drivers are up to date. Thank you though. Any other suggestions?

I updated the BIOS after I upgraded, and I believe all of my drivers are updated. So updating my drivers wouldn't do anything.

Windows 8 Performance Drop So I upgraded to Windows 8 64bit a month ago, and my gaming performance has dropped ever since then. I have a gt650M, so I know that isn't a problem. I didn't do a clean install; I did the upgrade via the assistant. For instance, Just Cause 2 stutters, whereas in 7 it...

Do you think a simple reformat would work?

Hi all, I am relatively new to this forum, but I need some help figuring out this issue with my PC. In short, I cannot reinstall either Windows 8 or 7 from a new disk. I can't do the Windows 8 refresh, nor can I do the restore. I have looked at other forums, and nothing has seemed to work. Any...