Lost my Windows 8.1

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  1. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Lost my Windows 8.1


    Hello,
    I am not sure when it happened, but, somewhere along the line, the Windows 8 startup option quit working. Can it be recovered. I only have a pre-first W10 preview system image........
    Any information or ideas, appreciated!
    glennc
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  2. Posts : 719
    win 7 dual boot / 10
       #2

    Hi glenn
    Can you post a picture of disc management please. If you need help with that let us know.
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  3. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hello Charlie,
    Thanks and yes I need a hand in finding disk management in W10.
    Much appreciated!
    glennc
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Charlie said:
    Hi glenn
    Can you post a picture of disc management please. If you need help with that let us know.
    Found it!
    Lost my Windows 8.1-capture.png
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  5. Posts : 719
    win 7 dual boot / 10
       #5

    Glen Looks like you have two active partitions. Did you ever have a boot menu or has it been missing since you installed 10.
    You could try doing start up repairs with the 10 advanced options found in Settings / update and recovery.
    Did you use Uefi instructions to do your 10 install:)
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  6. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #6

    What is not working? It looks like you are booted from Windows 8?
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  7. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Charlie said:
    Glen Looks like you have two active partitions. Did you ever have a boot menu or has it been missing since you installed 10.
    You could try doing start up repairs with the 10 advanced options found in Settings / update and recovery.
    Did you use Uefi instructions to do your 10 install:)
    Hello Charlie,
    I am currently getting a boot menu with 10 as default and with Windows 8. When I tried to boot to W8 it fails. I do not recall the particulars of the W10 Preview installation. When it first became available as I did care for W8 and this is not my main computer, I did what was necessary by Microsoft. It has been updating since. The second drive is not has some Macrium system images of W8 and why it has a system reserved partition is a mystery. I do not recall doing such with Windows 10 since it's installation. I see a Windows.old and a Windows.old.000 in my C:\ drive.
    Thanks for any assistance!
    glennc
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Ztruker said:
    What is not working? It looks like you are booted from Windows 8?
    Hello Ztruker,
    I can not boot to my Windows 8, don't know for how long. Normally don't even see the Boot menu and it just boots to W10.
    glennc
      My Computer


  9. Posts : 719
    win 7 dual boot / 10
       #9

    Glen
    So you are saying this pic came from your windows 10. Cause it has win8 as the boot partition in this pic. Can you tell which partition is win 8 by the amount of space used?
    Lost my Windows 8.1-disc-manage-carl.jpg
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  10. Posts : 258
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Good Day Sir,
    The C:\ Windows 8 CP is the C:\Drive running Windows 10, it boots to a version screen 10 tech preview as default (which auto boots if not picked within a certain period of time) and Windows 8 as the secondary choice. When I choose the Windows 8 option, it fails to be able to run Windows 8. E:\ is my second physical drive and it is not really used much. Don't know how it has a system reserved partition!?!!?????

    Charlie said:
    Glen
    So you are saying this pic came from your windows 10. Cause it has win8 as the boot partition in this pic. Can you tell which partition is win 8 by the amount of space used?
    Lost my Windows 8.1-disc-manage-carl.jpg
      My Computer


 

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