Mr Coffee
March 29th, 2013, 03:39 PM
I apologise about this being mostly about Windows, but do need some help.
I first had a Windows 8 64bit installation (pre-installed) and wanted to install Ubuntu on this laptop. But i was stupid and didn't doublecheck and i've now overwritten my Windows 8 installation with Ubuntu 64bit. Which normally would be fine, but i need some Windows applications for work, and really want to get it back.
Since i've still got my Windows 8 code, i thought i could just re-download an iso and install and use my code to activate it. Nopp, i can't. I disabled secure boot (and uefi?) to be able to install Ubuntu, but now i can't install Windows 8. I made a seperate partition for it, but it said it couldn't install into a GPT partition, even though i selected a Windows 8 64bit iso. This is what my partitions look like right now;
http://i.imgur.com/lacbP4w.png
Now i'd love to be able to keep my Ubuntu, and i realise that if i do manage to install Windows 8 i have to fix grub through boot-repair and i know how to that. It's just that i don't know how to figure out how to re-install Windows 8 since i overwrote it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
I first had a Windows 8 64bit installation (pre-installed) and wanted to install Ubuntu on this laptop. But i was stupid and didn't doublecheck and i've now overwritten my Windows 8 installation with Ubuntu 64bit. Which normally would be fine, but i need some Windows applications for work, and really want to get it back.
Since i've still got my Windows 8 code, i thought i could just re-download an iso and install and use my code to activate it. Nopp, i can't. I disabled secure boot (and uefi?) to be able to install Ubuntu, but now i can't install Windows 8. I made a seperate partition for it, but it said it couldn't install into a GPT partition, even though i selected a Windows 8 64bit iso. This is what my partitions look like right now;
http://i.imgur.com/lacbP4w.png
Now i'd love to be able to keep my Ubuntu, and i realise that if i do manage to install Windows 8 i have to fix grub through boot-repair and i know how to that. It's just that i don't know how to figure out how to re-install Windows 8 since i overwrote it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers