Reloading win 8

tinmar49

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I upgraded xp to 8 using the cheap online download. Of course I had to stay with 32 bit and load 8 ontop of xp although deleting the windows old files was not difficult. I believe that the xp product key is now invalidated when 8 is loaded. At the time I did not save the 8 download but just proceded to load 8. The only backup option I used was to make a usb win 8 recovery on a stick. What I would like to know is in the event of a hdd failure could I reload 8 using the recovery usb stick ,not having xp any more. I seem to have missed my chance to make a proper win 8 boot disk. As I registered with Microsoft at the time does this mean that they will allow a reload?
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    win7 64
    CPU
    athlon2x2 240e
    Motherboard
    asus m4a87td evo
    Memory
    2x4gb ddr3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ati 5670
If you did an in place upgrade, you should still have the ESD folder on your drive (it is hidden).

You can use this to make a bootable iso and save re-downloading the whole thing.
 

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  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
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    PC/Desktop
Many thanks for the info. I don't suppose I could do a sneaky change to 64 bit using this method? Anyway, recovery would not require xp on the pc first? Is the usb stick only used to repair a damaged os?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win7 64
    CPU
    athlon2x2 240e
    Motherboard
    asus m4a87td evo
    Memory
    2x4gb ddr3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ati 5670
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