alan t
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: edinburgh
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A few months ago I got a friend to take windows 8 off my laptop and put windows 7 on as I couldnt get used to the new metro screen.
When he did it he created a backup on 3 dvd disks, lately my laptop has been running a bit slow and theres a new update to windows 8.1 which takes the metro screen away so was going to put windows 8 back onto it.
I have tried a few times now to do this but it doesnt seem to be able to find the disk to do this, ive put the files onto a external hard drive and it isnt finding this either, any ideas?
Ive been doing it by going into control panel, then recovery, advanced recovery methods, then use a system image you created earlier to recover, then the next process is to enter the last disk of the back up which I do but doesnt find it.
Any help would be much appreciated, ive tried phoning my mate who done it but cant get hold of him  , think im a bit out my depth here so as i say any help would be good, cheers!
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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You probably need to load the DVD in then boot from it BEFORE windows starts.
When you turn the laptop on look for a press xxx for boot menu then choose to boot from the DVD drive from that
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Steve
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8.1 doesn't take the metro screen away btw
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pow
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If Apple did a Metro-style screen the world would love it #justsayin
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
If Apple did a Metro-style screen the world would love it #justsayin
Microsoft are trying to be Apple in my opinion.
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pow
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Anything to back that mad statement up?
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VrsTurbo
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
If Apple did a Metro-style screen the world would love it #justsayin
They kinda do via launch screen
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Been using 8.1 on my workstation, I've got it to boot to desktop and removed most of the crap from the Start Menu. You get used to it pretty quick. I can't stand the animations and transitions on the mobile version and the random full screen apps which sometimes pop up do my head in.
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