Testing Windows on a weird laptop.

[Kirikoza]

Quick summary of the history of my Asus ROG G750JM -

I got it summer of 2014, it worked amazingly until I installed Windows 10. I was 15 and I didn't know shit about computers. Now, I'm pretty sure Geek Squad fucked me over and told me I needed to replace the drive, so I did and got a 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD. It was pretty fucking sweet. They reinstalled Windows 10 and I was back to business as usual. I started having issues with Windows crashing frequently. Not exactly blue screening but more my screen going black and Windows being unresponsive other than my cursor still moving. I tried getting Windows 8.1 back on it but Geek Squad refused and told me I HAD to pay for it. Bummer. I took it to my buddy and he installed an OEM of Windows 7 Professional. It worked great. Then it didn't. I didn't even install much on it aside from a couple games on Steam. Windows 7 began crashing as well as on boot up I would frequently get read/write errors. That's a problem with my SSD isn't it? Well Windows 7 eventually became corrupt and I had to scrap it. I didn't have access to my friend at the time since he was off doing whatever the fuck, so I installed Linux (specifically Ubuntu) on it. It worked great. Then I began getting read/write errors AGAIN. After many reinstallations of the OS and swapping between three different drives (one of which ended up breaking, it clicks now so... scrapped.) I finally have it running Ubuntu just fine on my SSD. My SSD is alone so I have very limited storage (that's fine) and it works great. The only problem is that fact that I'm running Linux. I want Windows back (preferably Windows 8.1 because it ran best on my PC) I'm not sure if it'll work even at all. I'd rather not buy a new copy of Windows and running the windows livetime-environment off a USB doesn't accurately predict how well it's going to run.

 

So I tell you all this with multiple goals:

1. Someone will read this and know exactly what's wrong with my PC (if anything)

2. Find some way to accurately test Windows 8.1 on my laptop

3. Find out if there's an issue with my SSD, motherboard, or both.

4. Possibly get a cracked copy of Windows? I know it's bad to pirate but to be fair Windows gave me Windows 10, geek squad LOST my copy of Windows 8.1 by reinstalling Windows 10 and then I lost my copy of Windows 10 because I used an OEM of Windows 7, which I ALSO lost by installing Ubuntu. If anything I want to use this cracked copy as a test and sometime down the line get an official copy.

 

Thanks for reading even if you don't have a solution for me.

[twoSalty]

you have fallen headfirst in a bucket of poo (windows 8-10)

[Kirikoza]

3 minutes ago, twoSalty said:

you have fallen headfirst in a bucket of poo (windows 8-10)

Dank. You got any tips? Fuck it i'll even install 7 again if I have to I just want Windows back.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

6 minutes ago, Kirikoza said:

Quick summary of the history of my Asus ROG G750JM -

I got it summer of 2014, it worked amazingly until I installed Windows 10. I was 15 and I didn't know shit about computers. Now, I'm pretty sure Geek Squad fucked me over and told me I needed to replace the drive, so I did and got a 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD. It was pretty fucking sweet. They reinstalled Windows 10 and I was back to business as usual. I started having issues with Windows crashing frequently. Not exactly blue screening but more my screen going black and Windows being unresponsive other than my cursor still moving. I tried getting Windows 8.1 back on it but Geek Squad refused and told me I HAD to pay for it. Bummer. I took it to my buddy and he installed an OEM of Windows 7 Professional. It worked great. Then it didn't. I didn't even install much on it aside from a couple games on Steam. Windows 7 began crashing as well as on boot up I would frequently get read/write errors. That's a problem with my SSD isn't it? Well Windows 7 eventually became corrupt and I had to scrap it. I didn't have access to my friend at the time since he was off doing whatever the fuck, so I installed Linux (specifically Ubuntu) on it. It worked great. Then I began getting read/write errors AGAIN. After many reinstallations of the OS and swapping between three different drives (one of which ended up breaking, it clicks now so... scrapped.) I finally have it running Ubuntu just fine on my SSD. My SSD is alone so I have very limited storage (that's fine) and it works great. The only problem is that fact that I'm running Linux. I want Windows back (preferably Windows 8.1 because it ran best on my PC) I'm not sure if it'll work even at all. I'd rather not buy a new copy of Windows and running the windows livetime-environment off a USB doesn't accurately predict how well it's going to run.

 

So I tell you all this with multiple goals:

1. Someone will read this and know exactly what's wrong with my PC (if anything)

2. Find some way to accurately test Windows 8.1 on my laptop

3. Find out if there's an issue with my SSD, motherboard, or both.

4. Possibly get a cracked copy of Windows? I know it's bad to pirate but to be fair Windows gave me Windows 10, geek squad LOST my copy of Windows 8.1 by reinstalling Windows 10 and then I lost my copy of Windows 10 because I used an OEM of Windows 7, which I ALSO lost by installing Ubuntu. If anything I want to use this cracked copy as a test and sometime down the line get an official copy.

 

Thanks for reading even if you don't have a solution for me.

About question 4.

 

I don't think you actually lost it, as you should have a sticker with the code on your laptop. You should be able to reinstall it just fine, and if not your Windows 8 key for Windows 10 will definitely work.

 

Edit: For clarification, install Win10, then use your windows 8/8.1 key when it asks for it.

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

About question 4.

 

I don't think you actually lost it, as you should have a sticker with the code on your laptop. You should be able to reinstall it just fine, and if not your Windows 8 key for Windows 10 will definitely work.

 

if the code isnt on the bottom of the laptop, when you install the os it came with, the key will be automaticly entered, thats what happened with my lenovo thinkpad edge e531. try using the recovery partition if its still there.

[Drak3]

Sounds like a bad drive controller or corrupted firmware, with the first Win10 install not functioning due to driver support (or the lack thereof). I'd look into taking the laptop to a local PC shop and seeing if they can test for that.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

1 minute ago, twoSalty said:

if the code isnt on the bottom of the laptop, when you install the os it came with, the key will be automaticly entered, thats what happened with my lenovo thinkpad edge e531. try using the recovery partition if its still there.

When you install ubuntu, and you chose full drive I'm pretty sure it screws over the recovery partition as well.

 

Source: My own failures.

[Kirikoza]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

About question 4.

 

I don't think you actually lost it, as you should have a sticker with the code on your laptop. You should be able to reinstall it just fine, and if not your Windows 8 key for Windows 10 will definitely work.

 

 

Cool I don't know where that is. Would it be on the exterior or in the drive bays? There aren't any stickers on the exterior. there were logos for Intel, Nvidia and all of that below the keyboard but those have long since been worn off.

[twoSalty]

Just now, bob51zhang said:

When you install ubuntu, and you chose full drive I'm pretty sure it screws over the recovery partition as well.

 

Source: My own failures.

i have also deleted the recovery partition but have never used it

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

2 minutes ago, Kirikoza said:

Cool I don't know where that is. Would it be on the exterior or in the drive bays? There aren't any stickers on the exterior. there were logos for Intel, Nvidia and all of that below the keyboard but those have long since been worn off.

Try detaching the battery and looking there.

[Kirikoza]

2 minutes ago, twoSalty said:

i have also deleted the recovery partition but have never used it

Yeah no that SSD is long since wiped of any trace of Windows I'm sure of that. There is no Windows recovery option, the only choice I have is downloading Windows via a USB drive

[twoSalty]

4 minutes ago, Kirikoza said:

Cool I don't know where that is. Would it be on the exterior or in the drive bays? There aren't any stickers on the exterior. there were logos for Intel, Nvidia and all of that below the keyboard but those have long since been worn off.

 

6 minutes ago, twoSalty said:

if the code isnt on the bottom of the laptop, when you install the os it came with, the key will be automaticly entered, thats what happened with my lenovo thinkpad edge e531. try using the recovery partition if its still there.

 

[Kirikoza]

3 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Try detaching the battery and looking there.

None of the information there pertains to Windows, it's all information about the WLAN and battery.

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, twoSalty said:

 

 

either that or the shop peeled it off

[Kirikoza]

2 minutes ago, twoSalty said:

 

 

 

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Bruh, I tried installing Windows 8.1 off a USB and it asked for a product key.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

1 minute ago, Kirikoza said:

Bruh, I tried installing Windows 8.1 off a USB and it asked for a product key.

Welp, apparently it isn't on the laptop and ASUS won't give you the product key either...

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2053093

[Kirikoza]

1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

Welp, apparently it isn't on the laptop and ASUS won't give you the product key either...

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2053093

 

Cool, so that removes any moral guilt about pirating Windows, now where can I get a functioning product key is the question.

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, Kirikoza said:

Cool, so that removes any moral guilt about pirating Windows, now where can I get a functioning product key is the question.

ultimate windows toolbox. i think its called that

[Kirikoza]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Welp, apparently it isn't on the laptop and ASUS won't give you the product key either...

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2053093

 

Oh what's interesting about that post is I was told the same thing, OEMs aren't applicable to any physical copy.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

1 minute ago, Kirikoza said:

Cool, so that removes any moral guilt about pirating Windows, now where can I get a functioning product key is the question.

Ahh, this is where I have experience(ish)

So Win10 will work perfectly normal so long as you don't care about the background or a few other minor aesthetics.

 

If you want an actual copy of windows, spend like 5 bucks on ebay for a windows 7 pro key, then use that key to "upgrade" to win10 (the upgrade still works).

 

But, uh yeah. 

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, twoSalty said:

ultimate windows toolbox. i think its called that

its not that, i forgot what its called. it comes with any version of pirated ms office or windows though i think

 

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

Ahh, this is where I have experience(ish)

So Win10 will work perfectly normal so long as you don't care about the background or a few other minor aesthetics.

 

If you want an actual copy of windows, spend like 5 bucks on ebay for a windows 7 pro key, then use that key to "upgrade" to win10 (the upgrade still works).

 

But, uh yeah. 

i wouldn't be buying any version of windows on ebay

[joshfrog]

you can always join the windows insides program and get it free 

[Kirikoza]

1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

Ahh, this is where I have experience(ish)

So Win10 will work perfectly normal so long as you don't care about the background or a few other minor aesthetics.

 

If you want an actual copy of windows, spend like 5 bucks on ebay for a windows 7 pro key, then use that key to "upgrade" to win10 (the upgrade still works).

 

But, uh yeah. 

 

Windows 10 lacks a decent amount of drivers necessary to my PC functioning right. Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 have every single driver I need. If Windows 7 pro can be bought for that cheap then I'm definitely game, I'm certainly not about to spend $100 on something that I should still have.

[twoSalty]

1 minute ago, joshfrog said:

you can always join the windows insides program and get it free 

the beta, yes. it doesnt give windows for free and who wants windows 10 anyways?