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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I would suggest you to contact your computer manufacturer or a local tech shop to install Windows appropriately depending upon your computer hardware compatibility. Any idea to solve it? The most common cases of this error are attributable to an incorrectly-flashed MBR to the system startup disk or the absence of an active partition on the startup disk.

In these situations, the recommendations below should resolve the problem readily. If the problem is with hardware, additional diagnosis and the possible replacement of system components may be needed. The most common cause for this error is an incorrect MBR configuration. This is usually caused by disk write errors, virus attacks or power outages.

For the same reasons, the partition table may become misconfigured. If your PC did not come with a Windows installation disc or if you no longer have your Windows setup media, you can use Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows instead. EasyRE will automatically find and fix many problems, and can also be used to solve this problem with the directions below. Easy Recovery Essentials can fix many errors such as this automatically using its built-in Automated Repair option.

Easy Recovery Essentials searches for errors and makes corrections to the selected Windows installation. I happen to have a work laptop also. Create an Windows 8 iso image and put this on a USB stick. In my case it had use a USB. Continue the upgrade process as normal - you will be asked some more questions, use common sense though this is what I thought I was doing when I first started.

Hi, I purchsed my Windows 8 Pro upgrade today. Any advice on how to sort this mess out would be good. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. I'm also having the same issue. Was on the phone with Microsoft for the last 3 hours trying different options with restores and such. And it all did not work. Not a HDD issue. They said that they will do more research on it and in the mean time I'm googling to see if there are known solutions to our problem.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Jimmyjohnpcs's post on October 31, Hi, I managed to solve this.

When you run Windows8-UpgradeAssistant eventually you get to a point where you are asked some questions : Choose what to keep: 1. Windows settings, personal files and apps 2. Just personal files 3. Nothing I chose 3 because I didn't want to keep anything. You are also asked: Install Windows 8 1. Install now 2. Install by creating media 3. Install later from your desktop I chose option 1, because I wanted to install now.

What I had to do to sort this out was: 1. I happen to have a work laptop also 3. When asked 'Choose what to keep', choose 3 4.