Recent content by filthyPierre

Well, this is not a hardware issue; something running uses up all available memory, at which point Windows sends a warning to close some programs or risk losing data (i.e. if it crashes). Usually I have time to perform a manual reboot, but occasionally, and this is what is causing my current...

Hi there, Not sure if this is the right forum but here goes. I have a Samsung NP9000 model NP900X4C-A05AU. It regularly crashes due to full memory. It has 8G of RAM, running Windows 8.1. It's done this since day 1 - I managed to remove some Samsung bloatware that mitigated the problem...

So I booted again from the 64-bit DVD. I left it longer this time and after about 40 minutes, it finally asked me to enter my Language, Locale and keyboard types. Another 5 minutes or so before it started doing anything. During the first 40 minutes it must have been downloading stuff (don't...

LOL, so I wasn't dreaming after all. Yes I read the same article, well a similar one I guess, because it didn't say that you couldn't to an in-place upgrade, just that you had to buy the DVD package. I will have another crack at booting from the 64-bit disc tonight. I will leave it longer...

Thanks, but what I was looking for was if anybody knew if it wiped or formatted other drives. I have two disks, one with 4 partitions (C, D, E and V) and another with a single (F). I don't care if it wipes C, in fact that's what I want it to do. Just don't want it to wipe the others. But the...

Thanks fellas for your quick responses. While I understand that you can't convert 32 to 64 bit, I figured the upgrade would simply wipe what was there and put new code over the top. That's what the 32-bit upgrade would do anyway so I don't see why it couldn't do it for the 64-bit. I tried...

Hi, Another question regarding upgrading from XP to Win 8. There is a point in the upgrade process where it asks what you want to keep - Just personal files Nothing What does "nothing" actually mean? What I mean by this is, does "nothing" format my C partition and leave the rest...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to post this one so forgive me if it's not. Apparently you cannot update from a 32-bit version of Windows (XP in my case) to 64-bit Win 8 using the Windows Upgrade Assistant and the downloadable $39.99 version, you have to purchase a boxed DVD set and...