Can't boot up computer windows 8 installation

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I wanted to install Windows 8 with a volume partition and when the Windows 8 was installing it rebooted and it gave me an error:

The digital signature for this file couldn't be verified. File :windows \system 32\winload.exe error code 0xc0000428.

I have tried bootec commands and they didn't seem to fix it.

Also my Windows 7 got deleted and I only have to boot with the Windows 8 error, so I can't do anything not even boot to safe mode. I have tried to install Windows 8 from disk later on and it won't let me because it keeps rebooting and starting the installation again, so I took off the disk before it rebooted and it takes me to that error again.

Remember that's my only boot option so I'm stuck in the installation disk.

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asked on Super User Aug 3, 2012 by danny ramirez • edited Aug 10, 2012 by Bill the Lizard

1 Answer

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Do you have data on the system? If not then there should be an option (from the boot DVD) to install a new copy of Windows 8 (starting again).

Failing that, use a livecd/BootCD (Hirens) to format or remove the partition (using something like GParted) to ease starting the Windows install again.

answered on Super User Aug 3, 2012 by HaydnWVN

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