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    what is purpose of 300 MB "Recovery Partition" in 8.1?

    it appears the old <F8> during boot to choose options doesn't work with this version (or I'm missing it), so I wonder exactly what the purpose of it is. Is it where the files are stored for a 'refresh'?
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    DISM /restoreHealth failes with error: 0x800f081f

    after updating to 8.1u1, i'm running "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" and I get the following: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.3.9600.17031 Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031...
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    fingerprint reader for Win 8.1

    I am interested in one for a) Windows logon, and b) RoboForm use. there used to be some available called Eikon UPEK, but Apple bought that company & now it seems there's only OEM vendors who sell the technology to notebook vendors. Is anyone still making this stuff or is it and Windows...
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    bare-metal restore of 8.1 in UEFI secure boot mode

    Hi, I built a new PC running 8.1, GPT, UEFI secure boot mode, everything. I'm now at the point where I'm ready to start migrating my data to it, but before I do that, I need to get some backup software that offers me the option to boot from a recovery CD and restore from an image file backup...
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    migrating hard drive to much newer motherboard

    Hi, I have a very old dual-boot system of Win7/Win8.1. It has a motherboard using Intel's P35 chipset, running a Core 2 Duo E8400, and ATI Radeon HD 2600 graphics. This is all 2008 hardware. Anyway, it's clear there's something wrong with the USB on this motherboard. I've been having...
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    Solved install goes straight to RECOVERY

    OK, my company has a licensing agreement with MS with Software Assurance, so i downloaded the US English Win 8.1 Pro ISO. details on the ISO below: MD5 (SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_8.1_64BIT_English_MLF_X18-96634.ISO) = ae933ae02925d6ece7f325ca93dcb118 First I tried installing on a late 2013 27" iMac...
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    questions about upcoming 8.1 update

    Hello, I have a dual-boot system (using BootIT NG) with two hard drives. Disk0 has Win7 (normal setup with 100MB System Reserved volume) and Disk1 has Win8 (normal setup with 350MB System Reserved volume). I don't have drive letters assigned to the other OS' volume, so Win8 won't access the...
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