Glad I did, however I find 8. You can download installation images that include Windows 8 plus specialized drivers and programs for the different Surface versions. In the method covered earlier, product key was required to be entered. Hope that BobbyJ sees this. Here is how you can use the Microsoft Windows Media Creation Tool to create your own copy of the Windows 8.
Most notable of late to lose brownie points with users was the thoughtless decision not to provide any official. In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following: Language. Thanks again for your insight, and pushing me to do this. Afterwards, you should then proceed with the Windows 8. Drivers and instructions are available for many of these systems. English — en-us if you're in the United States. It's everyone's favorite home page! Now retired aka an old geezer , Jim retains his passion for all things tech and still enjoys building and repairing computers for a select clientele.
You are logged in as. The program displays the download progress in its interface then and estimates the remaining time until the operation completes. Select the Windows system you want to create installation media for. It can format the hard drive and give you the computer exactly the way it was when you bought it. Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. For complete upgrade details, see and. Previously I have carried out a fresh install of Win 8.
Everything went great until I tested it. It would be much faster to use the downloaded installation media and your Windows 8. While you can buy a Windows 8. Conclusion: Microsoft has made it very easy to create the Windows installation media for the people who buy computers that come with Windows 8. We do not spam and we will not share your address.
Make sure you select the correct language, version, and architecture 32-bit or 64-bit. There are a number of ways on how to get that key. You may lose basic functionality and stability if you try to upgrade your system directly from Windows 7 to Windows 8. A computer with Windows 8 has the original install files in a hidden partition. The advantage of Microsoft allowing to download and create an installation media for Windows 8. Would like to know the answer to this as well.
Summary: optional Count: 0 of 1,500 characters The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited. And for those users having issues trying to recover, this is an official fix for the message trying to refresh or reinstall the operating system using Recovery feature. And if you have a Microsoft Surface,. A computer veteran with 30+ years experience who first started writing about computers and tech back in the days when freeware was actually free. This will take a while depending on the speed of your Internet connection and Windows 8. Thanks again for your reply to my question, but more for the service you supply to all of us tech challenged out here.
For any number of reasons, you may need to create Windows 8. Hiervoor is een dvd-brander vereist op het systeem dat u gebruikt om de media te maken en een dvd-speler op het systeem waarop u wilt installeren. How to upgrade to Windows 8 with only a product key Please let us know the results. And now, thanks to a new online tool from Microsoft, you can. Times to completion may vary, depending on individual connection speeds.
Besides installing or reinstalling Windows operational system on a computer, installation disc would also help to for local account. Please submit your review for Windows 8. With my moderate connection speed, download took around 25 minutes to complete — the entire process taking around 30 minutes from start to finish. A click on next displays the available save options. Thanks Martin for this article, and the quick updates that you post.
Hi , Thank you for choosing Windows 8 and welcome to Microsoft Community Forums. Booted just fine but when the first page came up it no longer would read my Microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard. Deze tool werkt op Windows 7, 8, 8. Choose the language, the version of Windows 8. Als u installatiemedia voor Windows 8. The initial screen simply requires that you input several parameters via the associated drop down menus — be sure to select the correct Windows 8.