How to completely remove windows 8.1
- Thread starter Sam172
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Remember, this will delete ALL personal files; everything.
Also, confirm there is ONE hard drive installed in this computer and that ONE hard drive has the operating system you want to delete. If yes, move on.
Boot from the disc and go through the menus as if your installating until you come across "Upgrade" or "Custom" installation. Select Custom installation, and click the circled object shown int his photo:
After that, select the first partition on the list and press delete. Do the same with all the other partitions until it just shows something like this:
698GBs Unallocated
Once you're done shut...
jaguarman
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Remember, this will delete ALL personal files; everything.
Also, confirm there is ONE hard drive installed in this computer and that ONE hard drive has the operating system you want to delete. If yes, move on.
Boot from the disc and go through the menus as if your installating until you come across "Upgrade" or "Custom" installation. Select Custom installation, and click the circled object shown int his photo:
After that, select the first partition on the list and press delete. Do the same with all the other partitions until it just shows something like this:
698GBs Unallocated
Once you're done shut down the computer, restart it, eject the disc tray, take disc out, shut down, done.
Then you ought to be good to go.
jaguarman :
Remember, this will delete ALL personal files; everything.
Also, confirm there is ONE hard drive installed in this computer and that ONE hard drive has the operating system you want to delete. If yes, move on.
Boot from the disc and go through the menus as if your installating until you come across "Upgrade" or "Custom" installation. Select Custom installation, and click the circled object shown int his photo:
After that, select the first partition on the list and press delete. Do the same with all the other partitions until it just shows something like this:
698GBs Unallocated
Once you're done shut down the computer, restart it, eject the disc tray, take disc out, shut down, done.
Then you ought to be good to go.
Thanks for the help, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to find the boot from disk option. (My motherboard is a Gigabyte AMD Motherboard GA970 A) If you could help with this as well I'd be extremely grateful.
I am given the option to "Install now" or "Repair your computer"
If I click "Repair your computer" I am given these 4 options:
Continue (exit and continue to windows 8.1)
Use a device (use a usb drive, network connection, or windows recovery DVD)
Troubleshoot (refresh or reset your pc, or use advanced tools)
Turn off your pc
It is a custom build. Here are the components:
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive
DVD: LG Internal UH12NS30 BD-ROM Blu-ray Optical Drive
MOBO: Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1800 AMD Motherboard GA-970A-UD3P
CPU: AMD (Piledriver) FX-6300 3.50GHz (4.10GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 6-Core Processor
MEMORY: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory
GFX: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC version PCI-Express
PSU: EVGA 500W 80PLUS
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive
DVD: LG Internal UH12NS30 BD-ROM Blu-ray Optical Drive
MOBO: Gigabyte AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 ATX DDR3 1800 AMD Motherboard GA-970A-UD3P
CPU: AMD (Piledriver) FX-6300 3.50GHz (4.10GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 6-Core Processor
MEMORY: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory
GFX: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC version PCI-Express
PSU: EVGA 500W 80PLUS
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