>> fdisk
>>
> That's looking like a very attractive option. ATM.
>
> I've spent most of the day trying to make this Win8 machine, and I use
> that word loosely, dual boot. I've created partitions, I've deleted
> partitions, I've made bootable thumb drives. I've been unable to boot at
> all. I've changed settings in the BIOS as if I were testing a truth table.

BIOS?

Don't you mean UEFI? ;-)

And that might well be your problem. UEFI doesn't use the boot block *at 
all* during the boot process; it uses its own completely new system of 
booting...



...unless you turn on BIOS compatibility mode, in which case it works 
just like before.



Oh, and did I mention? You may have Secure Boot turned on. If so, only 
digitally signed operating systems (e.g., Windows 8) can be used.



Did I mention this has been the bane of my life for the past month?

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