Recent content by jadedlithium

I'm still trying to resolve this issue. I'm hoping there is another suggestion because unfortunately those that have been posted have not worked for me. I do have an old hard drive lying around. I was thinking of hooking it up just to see if Windows 8 recognizes it or not. Would this be a good...

Hello everyone, I recently built my own computer and was helping a friend do the same yesterday. I got everything hooked up and was able to get to the BIOS screen. However, I ran into problems when installing his Windows 8 OS. After starting the installation, I would always receive the error...

Thanks for all the help. I think I will just get a new hard drive since I'm saving money on Windows 8 anyway. I didn't realize you could switch Windows 8 either so this was a nice piece of information to find out. Thanks again!

A quick followup question. If I do take the hard drive out of my Dell, can I still get my Dell to run if I get a new hard drive for it? Or will that require a new operating system?

Hello everyone. I have been referencing this site for a while now, and it's finally time for me to ask my own question. Here is my situation. I have an old Dell Inspiron 560 which is currently running Windows 7. I am in the process of building my own computer and have decided on all of the parts...