Spitfire400
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Hi, new to the Forum, so this may be my first post also. I am currently downloading the installation file to a USB mentioned in the thread. In the hope that this solves my issue. I ran into major issues when trying to downgrade an HP Envy-m6 1178sa machine that shipped with Windows 8 factory installed, with an OEM recovery partition. I got to a point where I could not install Windows 7, and called up command prompt and executed a CLEAN command (the details of which I can't remember). Anyway, long story short, I no longer have the OEM recovery as I wiped everything. Could not get the drivers to work with Windows 7, so have disabled secure boot, and using legacy installed Windows 8.1 Pro. Pretty sure that it is not a UEFI version, as it will not install with secure boot enabled.
I never created recovery media when using the factory installed Windows 8 (whoops), and now wonder if I can use this USB to re-install Windows 8, and save myself having to send back the laptop to have the OEM Recovery partition re-flashed onto it? I'm not sure if they even will, due to me having deleted the partition with the WIPE/CLEAN command ? And will it install in UEFI mode, i.e. with secure boot enabled in the BIOS beforehand?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide
Spitfire
I never created recovery media when using the factory installed Windows 8 (whoops), and now wonder if I can use this USB to re-install Windows 8, and save myself having to send back the laptop to have the OEM Recovery partition re-flashed onto it? I'm not sure if they even will, due to me having deleted the partition with the WIPE/CLEAN command ? And will it install in UEFI mode, i.e. with secure boot enabled in the BIOS beforehand?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide
Spitfire
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Hp Envy m6-1178sa
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 3210M @ 2.50GHz
- Motherboard
- Hewlett-Packard 18A5 (U3E1)
- Memory
- 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 805MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (HP) & 2048MB ATI Radeon HD 7670M (HP)
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
- Hard Drives
- 931GB Hitachi HTS541010A9E680 (SATA)
- Internet Speed
- 36MBps