My question is - what's the quickest way to ensure I can get it back to a sellable state with Win8 and all drivers installed - as no disks came with it. I have not used DBAN before so any tips on that would also be useful. My research suggests it is the right program to use for my needs.
I suggest you first visit the URL below, take a read then click the 'Creating Media' button to download the software. You'll have a choice of creating the installation media as either an ISO which you can burn to a DVD using built in windows tools it looks like your laptop has a writer , or a bootable USB stick which is probably the easier option. You'll also need your Windows Installation Key, this should have come with your laptop documentation. If you've lost this you can use a program such as 'magicaljellybean Keyfinder' to extract it from your existing installation.
Most drivers will probably come with Windows, though if you find certain hardware doesn't work correctly after the reinstall you can download your drivers from the URL below. Just a note - if your laptop came with Windows 8 and you upgraded to 8. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. SpiritX Volunteer Moderator.
Hi, Download Windows 8. Newegg and others will be offering the disc, Windows 8. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Andre Da Costa Article Author.
Here is your solution. You can download the windows 8. Provides choices for Various versions of windows 8. For Single Language, you will need a Windows 8. Note: The generic key will put you on a count down daily timer, I think 30 days, so make sure you activate before the days run out. Arif khan1. In reply to Andre Da Costa's post on August 1, Andre Da Costa Plese tell me the way I accidently formate my whole hard drive including pre installed window 8 single language.
In reply to Arif khan1's post on January 14, Just be sure to give them your Key for the re-installation. Hope you come right. In reply to Netverse's post on January 7, Windows 8. If your system has this sticker try downloading these two. I checked the sticker at the base of the system and compared this with the Edition in system properties.
I was looking in particular for a difference in the with Bing systems. If you have this sticker which looks like the following you likely have one of the with Bing Editions which are unfortunately not supported by the Microsoft Windows 8. If your system has this sticker try downloading this.
These devices were made to compete with Chrome Books as budget devices and prolonged battery life. These means the overwhelming majority of third party applications will run fine on Windows 8 but not on Windows RT.
This Edition was terribly marketed and sold often by shops as Windows 8. As a consequence of being sold and marketed as a broken variant of Windows 8 with the end user seeing it as a device with Windows 8 but with nothing working, Windows RT was highly unpopular.
In turn as it was unpopular, developers never felt the urge to write programs which would run on Windows RT therefore making it redundant. Windows RT is unfortunately unsupported by the Windows 8. If your system is working you can determine your Windows Edition and the easiest way of determining what edition your product key is for is by right clicking the start button or pressing [Windows] and [x] and then selecting system:.
The product key can be obtained using RWEverything but this is unecessary if the correct installation. Note RW-Everything is the preferred utility to obtain your BIOS embedded product key because it will give you the product key regardless what version of Windows is installed.
Other utilities can give bogus keys from the Windows registry. For example this can be important if you have downgraded to Windows 7 and wish to migrate to Windows 8. Important note, in the past Microsoft had a substandard deployment of both Windows 8.
Older installation media had the following problems and even if you have procured them from Dell I recommend never using them:. This is not applicable to Vista or XP licenses. These licenses will come with a unique 25 digit product key affixed to the box with the installation media or were sent to you via email. Its recommended to email yourself a copy of the 25 digit product key in case you misplace the boxed media.
The Full version of the license can be installed and transferred from one computer to the other without any problems provided that it is only installed on one computer at a time.
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