asked on 9/8/2013

Transferring Windows 8

I am selling my laptop and want to put Win 7 back on it. I currently have a downloaded legit Windows 8 that I want to take off and put on my wife's laptop. Any special uninstalling rules I need to follow so I can reinstall Windows 8 later

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1md

9/8/2013

You may not be able to do what you want if you have OEM licenses and media. Just create full computer images of each one BEFORE you change anything so you can rollback if something goes wrong.

There is a tutorial on Tom's Hardware for this: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1656379/create-system-image-backup.html

You can also create or obtain the system recovery DVDs from each laptop if their system recovery partitions are still intact.

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Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, with an emphasis on improving its user experience on tablets. In particular, these changes included a touch-optimized Windows shell based on Microsoft's "Metro" design language, the Start screen, a new platform for developing apps with an emphasis on touchscreen input, integration with online services, support for USB 3.0, Advanced Format hard drives, near field communications, and cloud computing. Additional security features were introduced, such as built-in antivirus software, integration with Microsoft SmartScreen phishing filtering service and support for UEFI Secure Boot on supported devices with UEFI firmware.

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