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| 1342330 | 2013-05-20 06:51:00 | Friend just bought an Asus S550CM laptop from overseas preinstalled with Windows 8. It's great with touchscreen. Helping him to clean up those crapware like McAfee, etc., need to download the uninstall utility to totally remove it. Anyway, cleaned up all those bits and pieces. Have been looking for the create recovery tool to burn the Win8 install DVD - just in case the HDD dies. Spent about half an hour looking for it but couldn't find any. As expected, there isn't any Win8 COA product key sticker, too. What happens if the HDD really dies? Have to purchase a fresh copy of Win8? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1342331 | 2013-05-20 07:07:00 | On my Surface Pro, there is an option to create a recovery drive on a flash drive. Search Settings, enter "recovery" and select Create a recovery drive. The product key would be stored in the firmware, so in theory you could borrow a Windows 8 disc and have it pick up the product key automatically. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1342332 | 2013-05-20 23:09:00 | The product key would be stored in the firmware, Really ?? Is this something new with Win8 ? Have MS abandoned COA stickers for Win8 ? The COA might be under the batt or under the back cover. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1342333 | 2013-05-20 23:26:00 | Really ?? Is this something new with Win8 ? Have MS abandoned COA stickers for Win8 ? Yes, and yes. www.zdnet.com |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1342334 | 2013-05-21 05:51:00 | The product key is only stored in the firmware for name brand computers ( HP, Dell etc) if you buy a OEM copy of W8 you still get the DVD and COA. Its a PITA size though, the printing is so small its very hard to read, the 8 & B look almost identical. What it will effect is if you blow or change the motherboard you wont be able to simply use an existing key on a new board (name brand PC's) Mind you with OEM the original Key is actually tied to the motherboard anyway so if you change the board, legally you have to buy a new licence. :2cents: Back to the original question: you can always use imaging software like Active@ to do a full system image, that way if it ever needs to be put back you can. W8 actually has the original Windows 7 backup options as well, go into the control panel and down the bottom is Windows 7 file Recovery. |
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