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Clean install Windows 8
First time using windows 8, and I had a few questions about doing a "clean" install. In the past, whenever I would buy a new computer that came pre-installed with Windows, I would always format the hard drive and do a clean install myself. I hate all the junk the manufacturers pre-install, and I like to know that I have done a clean install myself. Just received a new Windows 8 computer, but I am not sure a clean install is either necessary anymore or, if it is going to be an easy process. Of course nobody ships Windows 8 DVD's with their pre-installed computer anymore, and a quick search on Microsoft's site appears that you can't download Windows 8 that will be able to be activated (just a trial version that expires it appears). The system I bought has no product key sticker, and it appears that the product key is now embedded into BIOS. That seems like a good thing, but I just need to know where I can get a Windows 8 ISO image to burn a DVD. Any advice?
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Amit
That's why i said vendor.
If you have a Volume License with Microsoft, that is a differnt story. Yes you need to log into the Microsoft Volume Licensing portal and download your Win 8 DVD.
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I don't have a volume license. If this new laptop has a utility to make a Windows 8 installation DVD, I assume it's going to contain all the bloat-ware that came with the system initially, and that kind of defeats the purpose I suppose. I think I'll just leave it with the factory install and just uninstall the extra software I don't want.
By the way, is it legal for me to downgrade to Windows 7 on this machine (since the product key is embedded into the BIOS I would assume I would have to have a valid Windows 7 license key, which I will have to buy.
By the way, is it legal for me to downgrade to Windows 7 on this machine (since the product key is embedded into the BIOS I would assume I would have to have a valid Windows 7 license key, which I will have to buy.
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