Repair/reinstall Windows 8 without losing installed programs

[Vegeta]

Sounds good Robin will try it this weekend and let you know

 

[Pho3nix]

Shift + F8. Press F8 repeatedly

Thank me later

 

[Maverick Jester]

Then there are some of us that just like to watch the world burn....

This looks pretty neat! What exactly is this?

(Linux noob here)

 

[Maverick Jester]

Here is a couple of tricks that might help...
1) After booting up with your INSTALL DVD (Win8), go straight to SYSTEM REPAIR TOOL;
2) Choose "System Recovery Options"
3) Choose "Command Prompt"
4) Type ---> bootrec /fixmbr
5) Type ---> bootrec /fixboot
6) Type ---> bootrec /rebuildbcd
A) Restart and run the Repair Installation ("Repair your computer") from your DVD AGAIN!
(If you got an error on "bootrec /rebuildbcd", type the following after going back to the command prompt (on your second recovery attempt "A"-above)
Now do the following IN SEQUENCE!

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd
B) Restart and do the "Recovery" via the Boot-DVD again, but this time...choose "Repair your computer" and let it run.

You can still do your chkdsk /f to repair the system or chkdsk /r to repair bad sectors (although remember...the "r" doesn't REALLY repair the sectors, it just doesn't let Windows use them...)
Hope this helps

OP- hope that this works for you, as it didn't for me...

 

[Vegeta]

Didnt work for me

 

[AlphaJohn]

This looks pretty neat! What exactly is this?

(Linux noob here)

Short answer: Ubuntu 13.04/Cinnamon UI (Host) + Windows 7 (VPC in seamless mode + 3D acceleration on)

Basically my Main OS is Linux but with the Windows seamless mode I can run Windows applications asif its part of my normal OS without the hassels of rebooting or spending hours trying to the get the right wine version for the job. Best part is that copy and paste between OS''s also work.

Both OS's use D: as "My documents/Home" so I do not even have issues editing a document for example in Microsoft Word(In Win) and using Thunderbird(in Linux) to send it off.

TL;DR Always win the run X argument by running both at the same time.