Dual Boot Windows 8
Page fault in non paged area......
Thursday, November 15, 2012 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Windows Discussion
Guys, anyone using Win8 in a dual boot scenario?
I have a Dell Inspiron One 19 touch screen AIO.
It came with 7, I added 8.
About 50% of the time, it won't reboot out of 7 and into 8. It will however cold boot directly into 8.
When booting out of 7 and into 8, I get a blue screen with the message that "Windows8 didn't start correctly, we're gathering some information and will reboot."
(something close to that)
Then it'll give a swirly thing and say checking for problems, then it'll say attempting repairs for a long time.
Then the dreaded "page fault in non paged area".
Help?
Reply #2 Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:57 AM
this happend out of nowhere or did you install anything...
( it will cold boot into windows8- well if it is still set as main bootup under msconfig/systemstart it will do so )
to the problem with the page fault in non paged area / is there any more info ?
Reply #3 Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:03 AM
Nothing installed except for a few SD products.
Reply #4 Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:19 AM
It ma be a combination of 2 things. The system reservered is 350Mb that can get damaged. Also turn off fast boot option in windows 8 power settings. This may help. I had this too on my dual boot the only way to fix it properly is to make a 350 mb system reserved. Delete all other partitions. Install win 7. Then create a 2nd partition & install win8 into that.
As i said, I had exactly the same. the above method was the only way to fix it properly. I now haw a properly working win7/8 dual boot. Hope this helps.
Reply #6 Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:44 PM
page fault in non paged area doesnt it throw out any more information or is it just rebooting right after ? Do you have any external drives connected ? As far as i know you just recently made that setup on that desktop could it be that you installed NetFramework lately or updated any motherboard specific drivers.sorry for asking again
Reply #7 Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:06 PM
All updates done. Mobo drivers for 7, none yet for 8.
No externals, etc.
No extra info. Maybe in event viewer. I never could make sense out of the event viewer.
Reply #8 Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:00 PM
Mhk i just asked bc i had a similar problem with windows 8 and motherboard utilities
did you try booting up 7 and restarting into windows 8 safemode ?
Its all guessing at this point without a specific Page fault error code.. or wait for yrag
PS: in event viewer go to user defined/Admin - it should show you a list of warnings and critical errors search for the latest.
Reply #9 Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:03 PM
That's why I showed up early.....I wanted to get a good seat. 
Reply #10 Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:17 PM
Quoting Roloccolor,
reply 8
or wait for yrag
That's why I showed up early.....I wanted to get a good seat.
I'm with you wiz. Have a good seat now ready for the action. You know what the word out there is. If you want it f- up call Jim.
Reply #12 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:55 AM
As i said, I had exactly the same. the above method was the only way to fix it properly. I now haw a properly working win7/8 dual boot. Hope this helps.
I have to say, I wish I had read this message before stumbling onto the solution myself. In the end, I had to kill Windows 8 and the System Reserve partition on my Windows 7 drive, then use the Windows 7 install CD to repair the bootloader.
I absolutely hate the new Windows 8 "fast bootloader". It is anything but fast. Text for a boot loader is just fine, we don't need no stinkin GUI to choose an OS.
Darv
Reply #13 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 3:59 AM
Quoting Roloccolor, reply 8or wait for yrag
That's why I showed up early.....I wanted to get a good seat.
Yup! I even have a really big can of popcorn. white cheddar, caramel and regular buttery. Too much for one person. Hold your hands out.
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Reply #1 Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:30 AM
Cue the duck!
The 3 strike rule applies here.
AIO
Windows 8
RedneckDude.
'Nuff said.