WINDOWS 8 HELP PLEASE!

stev1212

stev1212

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section guys but I need serious help

I bought the windows 8 digital copy from MS last night (they had a deal on)
Upgraded from win7 64bit home premium.

First time it boots into win 8 fine. Then when it installs updates and restarts I got a BSOD with this error code: wdf01000.sys, it then auto reboots and gets the same error. So its a vicious circle.

After yanking the power out and plugging it back in and doing a cold boot it actually booted into windows fine. But the os ran EXTREMELY SLOW.

Spec:
Core i5 3550 (stock clocks)
8 gig 1330 MHz corsair ram
HD 7850 gpu
wd caviar black 64 mb cache.

These are more than enough to run this os.

Anyway, so now I think maybe it got corrupt when upgrading from win 7 so id like to a fresh install, completely wiping my HDD. My problem is because I got the digital copy I don't have a physical copy and the digital version is no where to be found :( Please help as my PC is practically USELESS.
 
Yes its downloading! You ARE A SAINT! I hope this works as it's actually a pretty cool os and I built this PC myself and have had no issues with it when it was on win7. But now it takes me about 2 hours just to get to the start screen :(

Im hoping this fresh install will fix it.
 
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I would actually kiss you if this works. Ive been up all night with this, literally annoyed with myself because im above average when it comes to fixing computers. (I work as tech support for Iceland frozen foods)

If this doesn't work and I get BSOD's when rebooting. What could it be? bear in mind I've searched for that error code online and it only seems to be from the developer preview like 6 months ago.
 
stev1212 said:
I would actually kiss you if this works. Ive been up all night with this, literally annoyed with myself because im above average when it comes to fixing computers. (I work as tech support for Iceland frozen foods)

If this doesn't work and I get BSOD's when rebooting. What could it be? bear in mind I've searched for that error code online and it only seems to be from the developer preview like 6 months ago.
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Iceland frozen foods :D:D
 
Upon completion of the reinstall, run sfc /scannow from command prompt (admin) for system file integrity check and repair.
 
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>sfc/scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired
them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios.

C:\Windows\system32>

Is this ok?
 
Ran it again for good measure and passed with flying colours. Win8 is actually a pretty decent OS. I had my doubts about it but it's very optimised.
 
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