Cancelling Uninstallation Win8.1

[Derpules]

What happens when I force shut down my PC while it is uninstalling everything off from the HDD together with Windows 8.1 itself?

 

[Paul NZ]

You cant uninstall windows, unless you format the hdd

 

[Derpules]

You cant uninstall windows, unless you format the hdd

That is what I am doing now, however it is now 9 hours of waiting and its only on 5%. I was wondering about cancelling it and plugging brand new HDD as this one is old and has problems.

 

[Paul NZ]

lol it is definitely stuffed if its taking 9 hrs to format / and reinstall windows. I would turn it off / install the new hdd.

Otherwise you'll be waiting forever

 

[Derpules]

lol it is definitely stuffed if its taking 9 hrs to format / and reinstall windows. I would turn it off / install the new hdd.

Otherwise you'll be waiting forever

Shall I just force shut down the PC, plug in brand new HDD, insert Windows 8.1 disk and try to install it? There will be no problems if the same Windows with the same cd-key is already used on the old unplugged HDD?

 

[rgd1101]

format that 9 hrs? how big is the hdd? could be going bad.

 

[Derpules]

format that 9 hrs? how big is the hdd? could be going bad.

1TB overall, around 200GBs free on it.

 

[Derpules]

But yesterday I started up my PC and a pop-up from Windows saying ''Your HDD has problems, do not use this PC until the problem is fixed''. My HDD was working really slowly and it probs has a malfunction and that is why it takes so long.

 

[rgd1101]

So it is going bad, since you already have a new disk, just install the os to the new disk.

 

[Derpules]

So it is going bad, since you already have a new disk, just install the os to the new disk.

Shall I just turn off the power in the middle of the formatting process, unplug HDD, put new one and install the Windows on it? Or the Windows wont install as the cd-key is used on the HDD which is getting formatted?

 

[rgd1101]

So it is going bad, since you already have a new disk, just install the os to the new disk.

Shall I just turn off the power in the middle of the formatting process, unplug HDD, put new one and install the Windows on it? Or the Windows wont install as the cd-key is used on the HDD which is getting formatted?

the old hdd is a goner.
Then do what you just type.
the cdkey is valid for the computer - mainly the motherboard, not hdd.

 

[Paul NZ]

Should be fine remove the stuffed one / install the new hdd

It should still activate

 

[Derpules]

Ok cheers, will try and write how it goes.

 

[Derpules]

Surprisingly worked fine, installing Windows 8 without any problems. Thanks for help!

 

[Paul NZ]

Excellent !