Hello There,
I purchased an HP laptop from Germany with pre-installed German Windows 8 64-bit. As usual it doesn't have recovery DVDs but a Recovery partition on the hard disk. Everything is fine and going well, but-
I am planning to remove the original hard disk and install an SSD instead. I therefore think if I can download a Windows 8 ISO that I can burn on DVD or USB and use it to install fresh n clean Windows 8 to my new SSD using the product key that I have received with pre-installed Windows 8 64-bit on my laptop. One possible way may be to make an image from my original HDD and restore it to new SSD, but I want a clean installation, I hate the useless software and utilities that come pre-installed.
I tried the "Windows 8 setup" utility, but when I enter my product key, it says "This product key cannot be used to install a retail version of windows 8".
In Summary
Thank You and regards
I purchased an HP laptop from Germany with pre-installed German Windows 8 64-bit. As usual it doesn't have recovery DVDs but a Recovery partition on the hard disk. Everything is fine and going well, but-
I am planning to remove the original hard disk and install an SSD instead. I therefore think if I can download a Windows 8 ISO that I can burn on DVD or USB and use it to install fresh n clean Windows 8 to my new SSD using the product key that I have received with pre-installed Windows 8 64-bit on my laptop. One possible way may be to make an image from my original HDD and restore it to new SSD, but I want a clean installation, I hate the useless software and utilities that come pre-installed.
I tried the "Windows 8 setup" utility, but when I enter my product key, it says "This product key cannot be used to install a retail version of windows 8".
In Summary
- I have a Windows 8 laptop, which also gives me a Product Key for Windows 8 64-bit German
- I want to have a relevant Windows 8 ISO, so I can use for clean installation on new SSD in same laptop
Thank You and regards
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion g6-2300sg
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-3120M
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD 7670M (1 GB DDR3 dedicated)
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 X 768
- Hard Drives
- SANDISK SanDisk Ultra® II Solid State Drive
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Panda Free Antivirus