No, I am trying to avoid that (but may give up soon).

Hello, I get the SSD to boot up, but I get:<br>"stop code: driver unloaded without cancelling pending operations. What failed dump_WppRecorder.sys". As it tries to update. I have gone through ...

OK, thank you. I am intrigued now. I solved the booting issue. I needed to make "UEFI Hard Disk:SABRENT" the first choice. It then started to load and asked me for the BitLocker key. So, I...

Hello, I have used option 2 successfully to recover the SSD that came out of my daughter's Surface Pro 4. She experienced, like many, a black-screen freeze problem. After many trials of trying to...

I am having same exact problem??

Excellent! That was it! Thank you. Not sure how it got off the screem, but solved now.
Thanks for the tutorial, it will be helpful in the future,
Best regards

When I tag PC settings, the icon shows up in the task bar, but it does not show me the PC settings screen. So, with this, I am not able to change anything on that screen. Same condition for the...

OK, thank you! It is expected behavior. I am still getting used to the one-drive model of computing. Still a bit uneasy about not having total control right within arms length.
Separately,...

Interesting occurrence: Installed WinTP, then installed old WiFi card (XP vintage). The driver was not recognized, caused instability, so removed it.
I have set up the computer to Login using an...

Solved: Removed the "unallocated" HDD to another computer. Installed it with no other drives. Did this in desperation. I picked up one of the .iso DVDs I made, popped it in and gave it a try. To...

Thank you for your input.
Actually, what I am most trying to do is a clean install on a blank HDD. This trial on a Windows 7 HDD (so not a Win 8/8.1 issue) is not my focus.

What does Bitlocker...

I have followed the tutorials from this forum. Downloaded .iso (both US and GB versions). Made thumb-drive and multiple DVDs (both -R and +R) using "Windows 7 USB DVD download tool" and "Rufus". ...

Hello,
I have a very similar problem, yet occurs with DVD install too.

I have tried both, thumb-drive and DVD install. Both get to just about the same place, sitting there with blue windows-8...