I am dual booted now, though it is a bit different than how XP did it. Let me know if this is normal. When I click on my backup drive, my...
Pete, thanks for the suggestions. I may have to reinstall my original OS, as both drives weren't connected during the process. I did figure out...
Thanks Pete, but I want to get this computer stable before doing too many changes. I disconnected this drive and opened my other one. When I...
Thank you. I'm still lost when it comes to navigating this OS. I'm sure there is an easy way to get to the desktop, but I have to use search to...
So, how do you change the location for IE? I can't see a place on the new IE that allows for options or tools. As far as my OS partition that...
I wonder if Bill Gates would trust one of his technicians to do brain surgery on one of his family members. OK, here is the latest from the...
Apparently it isn't necessary to do a clean reinstall when you get an NTLDR missing boot problem. Just replace any XP OS with Win8, and the other...
Is there a special procedure to dual boot two hard drives on one computer, both with Win 8? When my computer starts, I'd like the option to...
I called Microsoft. I can't say their tech operators have any experience actually working on any computers, but this is what I was told. XP &...
I can't understand all these people claiming that WinXP is broken, yet Win8 is garbage. I did another fresh install and then updated to Win 8.1,...
The necessary update to download 8.1 is KB2871389.
I cleaned my DVD burner and have been using that. I'm doing another fresh install right now. I'm thinking of doing 8.1 before all the other...
OK, I did a fresh install and then downloaded 1GB in updates. When the computer restarted I got the same old NTLDR missing, so no boot, again....
Also, though win8 seems to allow you to uninstall the APPS, they are still on the drive. When I attempt to delete them from my other drive, I am...
I suppose I can, but is there no way of fixing the boot, so I don't have to do 960MB of updates before I can download Win 8.1?
I wanted to expand my OS partition, as I notice 64 bit requires a lot more room, so I used Partition Magic from my backup hard drive to delete the...
Yes, the flashdrive is NTFS. That worked fine, but I messed up my boot and can no longer open Win8.
I do need a new DVD drive, but all installed fine (if you consider Win8 to be fine). I had a little glitch in there needs to be a 32 bit boot...
It looks like the flash drive is the answer, as Win8 is now loading.
I'm following these instructions to create a bootable flashdrive. I'll let you know how it works....
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