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[Dot Matrix]

So, I had Windows 8 blow up in my face yesterday. Still not sure what happened or what caused it, but the test system self destructed forcing me to do a disk scan and "Refresh" (More on that later). Everything is back to working order, however Windows 8 is and isn't connected to my network... I'm not sure what's going on here, but I have Windows telling me it is, but isn't connecting to my Ethernet LAN. I tried IPConfig, reseating my NIC, and re-installing the drivers to no avail. Any ideas?

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[ObiWanToby]

I'd do a reinstall. If you system "self destructed" it is likely something got corrupted.

If you did an ipconfig /release and a rewnew, did a /flushdns , reinstalled your drivers, tried resetting the nic, and are indeed getting a valid IP from your ISP or router, I am not sure what else you can try.

[Dot Matrix]

Well, at this point, a re-install would be more trouble than it's worth. If there's nothing else I can do, it would be more worthwhile to blow the installation away and use it for storage.

[ObiWanToby]

What exactly were your issues before, what was the symptom of "self destruct".

Try manually assigning all parameters of the connection. Manually assign the ip, gateway and dns servers.

[BajiRav]

what's the IP address that gets assigned to it? is it in your expected range?

[Dot Matrix]

ObiWanToby, on 06 July 2012 - 15:11, said:

What exactly were your issues before, what was the symptom of "self destruct".

Try manually assigning all parameters of the connection. Manually assign the ip, gateway and dns servers.

There were no symptoms. I had to restart my machine so I could boot into Windows 7, and when I booted back into Windows 8, nothing worked, nothing started, and Windows was telling me my drive needed scanned for errors.

BajiRav, on 06 July 2012 - 15:24, said:

what's the IP address that gets assigned to it? is it in your expected range?

192.168.1.2.

[Deranged]

Try uninstalling the NIC drivers and/or installing the latest win7 ones? win8 installs some very unfinished drivers by default, from what I saw.

[Dot Matrix]

randomevent, on 06 July 2012 - 15:50, said:

Try uninstalling the NIC drivers and/or installing the latest win7 ones? win8 installs some very unfinished drivers by default, from what I saw.

Already tried to.

[Matthew_Thepc]

have you tried a system restore? I don't know if it would help much more then your system refresh did, but it's worth a try.

[Dot Matrix]

Matthew_Thepc, on 06 July 2012 - 16:48, said:

have you tried a system restore? I don't know if it would help much more then your system refresh did, but it's worth a try.

I cannot for the life of me find System Restore anymore. I think (Don't quote me on this though) that the new "Refresh your PC" feature replaces system restore. But get this, it totally reformats your system and removes your x64 apps. However, it did nothing for my issue, and left me with a even more busted Windows 8 installation.

[Matthew_Thepc]

Dot Matrix, on 06 July 2012 - 16:54, said:

I cannot for the life of me find System Restore anymore. I think (Don't quote me on this though) that the new "Refresh your PC" feature replaces system restore. But get this, it totally reformats your system and removes your x64 apps. However, it did nothing for my issue, and left me with a even more busted Windows 8 installation.

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ouch...
System Restore is still there, search for "System Restore" on your Start Menu, then go to Settings and click "Create a restore point." then click the button that says "System Restore..."

[Dot Matrix]

Matthew_Thepc, on 06 July 2012 - 17:26, said:

ouch...
System Restore is still there, search for "System Restore" on your Start Menu, then go to Settings and click "Create a restore point." then click the button that says "System Restore..."

Well this sucks. I have ZERO restore points! Why the **** is Windows 8 not making restore points automatically?

[Matthew_Thepc]

Dot Matrix, on 06 July 2012 - 17:55, said:

Well this sucks. I have ZERO restore points! Why the **** is Windows 8 not making restore points automatically?

yeah, I've noticed this ever since the DP...it seems to be some kind of space saving feature -.- in the DP or CP (I don't remember which one) even to get to system restore you had to enable it in the add/remove windows features window. oh well, there goes my only suggestion :\

[siah1214]

I'm sorry to say this but you lost your restore points at the refresh. Windows 8 does create restore points when you add or remove software (I have several and I've never changed a restore setting)

Unfortunately, it seems "refresh" is the default answer to fix people's Windows 8 PCs. If you ask a question on the forums about Windows 8 problem, you're going to get told to refresh the PC. That's great for your metro apps, which will automatically reinstall, but desktop apps get wiped, with little warning (other than a "Your apps will be removed)
Windows 8 does create restore points when you add or remove software (I have several and I've never changed a restore setting)

I don't have any pointers to fix your network adapter, I'm sorry to say :-\
What IP address are you getting?

[dafin0]

Dot Matrix, on 06 July 2012 - 17:55, said:

Well this sucks. I have ZERO restore points! Why the **** is Windows 8 not making restore points automatically?

check to see if Windows 8 is still installed on C drive, if the bootloader has messed up then it can cause problems like you are having