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Thanks for the reply. It is a HTPC gaming build. The GPU is an MSI GTX 970. PSU is EVGA gold rated 750W which I overshot on to leave room for SLI in the future (although maybe not in a HTPC case!). Yes, all of the latest drivers from motherboard website, graphics card website, and SSD. Well...

Hi I built my computer a few weeks ago and it has been working great although sometimes it locks up completely. This has happened when I am in front of the computer but also when I leave it alone for some time and come back to find it frozen or barely responding before becoming completely...

What would I be chainloading to exactly? Please elaborate. I am after something like this, although with GPT and dual boot support: 89 - Automated Windows partition backup\restore boot menu using CloneZilla

It would seem it does affect it as I just did a test Windows 8.1 refresh and the laptop now just boots straight into Windows 8.1 without showing the GRUB menu. Thanks but I would rather not use legacy technology like MBR if I can avoid it. Yes I could always do a clean dual install but I am...

I am clean installing Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu on a friends new laptop and although I have taken Clonezilla images of partitions on my personal laptop should I ever need them I was hoping there was something more user friendly I could install on my friend's laptop. Anarethos Recovery Toos with...

Thanks Genet, you solved both of those queries :)

I just found this post: http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/38486-need-help-formatted-genuine-windows-8-lenovo.html#post330277 Unfortunately I did not check whether Windows 8.1 was core, pro, or single language before clean installling - is there anyway to see which version my key is...

Hi I have clean installed Windows 8.1 on a friend's new laptop. The install media is a flash drive created from a Windows 8.1 image I downloaded directly from Microsoft using some trick I found on this website. If it matters I may have used my Windows 8.1 upgrade key for the trick or if that is...

That worked very nicely, I now have a fresh clean install of Windows 8.1 without having to install 8 first and I now have a single 300MB recovery partition. Thanks for that. I think it is interesting upgrading creates a 472MB recovery partition but the clean install used 300MB (May be...

Thanks once everything is as it should be that was my main concern, that said, it seems messy to have two recovery partitions, especially with one of them to the right of the main Windows partition because if I want to resize that by shrinking my data partition that was supposed to be next to it...

Upgrading Win 8 to 8.1 created a new 472MB rec partition? Hi Before upgrading I had 4 partitions for my UEFI Windows 8 install, the main partition for the system, and the three others it created during install. After upgrading to Windows 8.1 it has reduced the main Windows partition by 472MB...

BIOS is at 215, installed a few days ago, latest.

Thanks for running those tests, but I am not sure how I can use the information! Are you suggesting I try anything in particular? I notice the link I posted does not work, probably due to Javascript, but if you goto Asus Support, put in UX32A, and then select the Others category where the...

Think I mentioned the install was originally MBR until I converted it to GPT but I want to highlight that in case it is an issue. Guide I followed to convert without reinstalling: https://www.facebook.com/notes/handdee-j-schoonhoven/converting-windows-8-bios-installation-to-uefi/10151455547806918

Thanks! Firstly, thank you all for the multiple quick replies - I have been going out of my mind with this the last few days. I am able to install and confirm Expresscache working on the remaining 18GB of the SSD, I have many times before, I was just holding off for now to work out what I am...

Hi I have tried the recommendations throughout this thread over and over again but I am still getting Intel Rapid Start Technology errors, no BIOS options for RAID or Intel Rapid * Technology, and no Intel Smart Response (Accelerate) functionality. As the problem seems slightly different I have...

My laptop is an Asus Zenbook UX32A with an Intel® HM76 Express Chipset and 4GB of RAM. It has a 465GB HDD, and 22GB SSD. It supports Intel Rapid START Technology and Intel Rapid STORAGE Technology as Asus offer out of date Windows 7 x64 drivers for those technologies - I have called them...