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Tuesday 3 February 2015

Error when installing Windows 8 "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed."

If your getting this error then when presented with the message :
  1. Press SHIFT+F10
  2. In the black command window type : regedit  & enter
  3. Find : HKLocal/SYSTEM/SETUP/STATUS
  4. Double click on ChildCompletion and change the data from 1 to 3
  5. Press OK on the initial error message