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GOD I HATE WINDOWS 8 :laugh:
got a friend of the familys windows 8 laptop now hes forgotten password but wants to give it to his grandaughter for uni
i managed to change the uefi mode to csm and ahci to compatable to boot to usb as it wont see my zalman :angry:
so have created bootable usb with hirens boot and followed this guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoYv1H6-E98
does it work , does it bollocks
so before i launch it out the window any other methods i can try peeps ?
Never tried it on win 8 but the latest version of konboot is supposed to be able to bypass it.
will give that a bash
edit hirens is v 1 need to find 2.3 hmmm
Free version of konboot afaik doesn't work with x64 only x32. I'd assume that'd include 8 too. There IS a version on torrent that works on x64(and 8 I'd assume), tested on my 64 7.
Have 8 on another partition so will dig out and test,will let you know;)
Not tested. http://uploaded.net/file/8pojh1qu
thanks bud will give it a bash and report backQuote:
Originally Posted by neilb
Sorry for late reply.
Any joy Mobileman?
Got 4 versions here.
2.0, 2.1 and 2 x 2.4
With secureboot(UEFI) enabled in bios all for boot straight into 7x64 without need for password.
select uefi usb boot and 2.0 & 2.1 do nothing. both 2.4 versions give a uefi error.
With secureboot(UEFI) disabled and uefi usb boot selected, both 2.4 versions boot successfully into 8.1pro.
Only issue would be if bios is locked and secureboot is enabled.
If you want any or all of these versions let me know.
EDIT:
no version gives me an option of which drive to boot from - 7 & 8 are on different drives.
usb boot automatically boots ssd (win7) and uefi boot automatically boots hd (win8)
Seeing as no one else reported back I will.
Kon boot work, not really sure why as a few times it didn't but then it did and I was in.
Now to change the password......
Yeah it did for me after 3-4 attempts of loading ??
It took a few times. I rewiped and installed kon boot on to the USB drive. When I changed away from UEFI in the bios it would boot from the USB but not go in to windows. But then on the last go, obviously last time, booted in to windows.
Now how to change the password.....but that will be tomorrow.
I ended up getting it to work on cd only , still at least your sorted 👍