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The other original issue was with UEFI boot. I've confimed UEFI works with the laptop using the original 500GB HDD. But when the SSD is installed with a fresh win8.1 and then UEFI is enabled, no boot disks (drives or DVDRW) can be found. I updated the Crucial M4 SSD with the latest firmware...

A Window 8 product Key will activate a win 8.1 fresh install I wish I'd have known that earlier :p I spend ages trying to obtain a copy of 8. Turns out I already had unknowingly downloaded an iso of Win8.1 yesterday. I couldn't get Rufus to recognise my 160GB USB drive, so I just dropped...

They're very helpful. I was planning on just dropping the contents of the disc onto a USB stick. That's how I installed 8.1 I managed to boot into UEFI mode on the hdd. I'm happy thats working, I expect it will work with the SSD too. My only problem left is obtaining a copy of Win8 Core. I'm...

Thanks, everyone's offered excellent advise. I can tell you, I've been looking at this for 2 days, and the more I've read up, the more possible causes there are, when only one can be correct. So it says Windows 8.1. Fantastic, so at least I know which version I'm running now, and where key is...

Yeah, I thought cloning seemed hard work. Given the laptop is only 4 weeks old and I saved all my installs/drivers ready for when I purchase the SSD. I too have the Crucial M4 128. I'm still wondering about the Secure Boot issue. Belarc reports "Boot Mode: UEFI with Secure Boot disabled", which...

Just checked the OS version using Belarc, it says "Windows 8.1 (x64) (build 9600)". It was 8.1 build 9600 (Enterprise) that I'd just installed. How can I find out which exact version Pro, Core or Enterprise, that I have?

Hi alphanumeric Thanks for your input. I think you're right, from what I read it sounds like it should read it automatically. I currently running the original hdd which has been activated. So I've got me key just in case. And I'm about to find out which version of Windows I have. I'm swapping...

Thanks Clintlgm I still have the original HDD in tact, so I'll boot from that drive and find which OS was installed. Failing the fresh install route, I'll consider cloning my original drive. Update to follow

Hi Dude, Thank you for your recommendation. I didn't realise this was the case. I suspected it wouldn't be of help, but I downloaded Produkey, but its only reporting the temporary Win8 Enterprise Product Key. To clarify, having freshly installed Win8.1, would you recommend reinstalling Win8...

Hello, I'm in a twist and I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. I bought a new laptop with Win8 pre-installed (and immediately updated it to 8.1). I decided after a week to buy an SSD and installed Win8. I now find there is no product key to be found, and can't seem to activate Windows...