Madmordigan
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So, I've been all over the installation subforum, queries, stickys, and elsewhere. I have an HP oem 8.1 Pro disc (not recovery) and a system it's never been installed on.
1. do oem discs have the key, w/automatically populates or should I have the key somewhere in written form?
2. As I understand it, I should be able to use this dvd to install on non-HP hardware (one time). Activation should be a breeze. No data in my bios, no UEFI, it should work.
Closest I came was http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2299-clean-install-windows-8-a.html?filter[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup and step 4. "oem" and the whole 'enter a generic key' and I'm confused again. Enter a key twice? I've read the oem disc should install - either "it" has the key or you supply the key - and I need go through the install process once. Conflicting info out there about installing using oem discs.
Help me Obi-wan, you're my only hope....
1. do oem discs have the key, w/automatically populates or should I have the key somewhere in written form?
2. As I understand it, I should be able to use this dvd to install on non-HP hardware (one time). Activation should be a breeze. No data in my bios, no UEFI, it should work.
Closest I came was http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2299-clean-install-windows-8-a.html?filter[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup and step 4. "oem" and the whole 'enter a generic key' and I'm confused again. Enter a key twice? I've read the oem disc should install - either "it" has the key or you supply the key - and I need go through the install process once. Conflicting info out there about installing using oem discs.
Help me Obi-wan, you're my only hope....
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