Hi everyone,
I have a Lenovo ideapad U310 provided to me by work. It currently has a 500GB HD and a 32GB SSD (used for caching). It's running Windows 8.1 (originally 8 but upgraded from the store) and work have given me an SSD to install in it.
The machine does not have a disc drive so I need to boot from USB when I install the new drive. I thought this was simply a case of visiting the MS website and creating installation media, but apparently my OS and Key are OEM type and I therefore cannot do this? I spoke to Lenovo and they basically said I need to buy another retail copy of Windows 8 or buy there special recovery device. Not very impressive.
I've read somewhere about downloading a Windows 8.1 64-bit ISO and creating a boot file from that but I'm not too sure about it. Can someone help point me in the right direction?
Thanks
I have a Lenovo ideapad U310 provided to me by work. It currently has a 500GB HD and a 32GB SSD (used for caching). It's running Windows 8.1 (originally 8 but upgraded from the store) and work have given me an SSD to install in it.
The machine does not have a disc drive so I need to boot from USB when I install the new drive. I thought this was simply a case of visiting the MS website and creating installation media, but apparently my OS and Key are OEM type and I therefore cannot do this? I spoke to Lenovo and they basically said I need to buy another retail copy of Windows 8 or buy there special recovery device. Not very impressive.
I've read somewhere about downloading a Windows 8.1 64-bit ISO and creating a boot file from that but I'm not too sure about it. Can someone help point me in the right direction?
Thanks
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1