Windows 8 factory reset gone wrong

bisnettda23

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Alright, so for a reason unknown to me my windows 8 had an error of some sort and was unable to boot. No big deal I simply set up my bios to launch from my cd drive and inserted my install disk to reinstall windows 8. I didn't have much on my computer except for games so I wasn't to upset with it.
So I went to reinstall it on my SSD and everything was going smoothly. Until it came to configuring everything in which I got an error. I solved it by doing this.. http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1651700/windows-...[1]
Anyway, so now I'm logged in and have windows 8 up and running but I want to make sure my install is solid and it doesn't appear to be.. I go to restore my computer completely and it says it is missing the files to restore it and I need to install it with a disk. Which brings me back to my earlier problem.

I am thinking about just using samsungs ssd software to wipe my ssd and then try a new install as even when I sit here now going through the windows updates very odd things are happening..

Edit: I updated to windows 8.1.. it still seems fairly stable however it still says some files are missing when I attempt to do simple things like restore, update, etc. I'm nervous that in a few months the thing will go bad and I'll be at square one all over.
 

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Nope nothing to important. How exactly would I go about wiping both my ssd and just my larger hard drive? Also once they are wiped do I simply set bios up to launch from disk and install windows 8 as though it was a new build?
 

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Last time I tried this it said it didn't have the proper files to finish the install.. which makes me hesitant to attempt it again..
 

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I'll give it a shot sometime tomorrow and hopefully it will work..! Thanks for the help
 

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Hey it worked! Thanks for the help