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I think I have this sorted. Everything worked fine until I installed the monitor driver, downloaded from the manufacturer, so I can get the correct 1280 x 800 rather than 1024 x 768 which the generic driver allows. Once I installed the driver all of the symptoms above reappeared; uninstalled...

Just on the offchance, I shut everything down and started the Windows 8 disk from power off - as opposed to straight from DISKPART. It's installing as we speak, so let's see if this solved the deterioration problem. Later: Here's an interesting thing - the installation dialogue asked for a...

OK, thanks, that's a job for the weekend I think!

Well, that didn't work - quite the opposite. I did the 'Clear All' stuff, then when I tried to format the disk DISKPART gave me an error saying that there wasn't enough space to perform the operation. So I tried to install and W8 says "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one"

Thanks, I'll give that a go and let you know. I should have mentioned that I ran the W8 Release Candidate for a couple of months with no issues like this, then reinstalled Ubuntu.

Hi, I was given and Acer Aspire 5520 - Acer Support: Aspire 5520 Series Specifications - some time ago which had Ubuntu installed. I used it like that for a year or so, but want to run a Windows based database program so I purchase a Windows 8 DVD and installed it. Worked like a charm, for a...