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I went to the link and read and I am a bit confused about whether or not I will loose Win8.1 on a refresh. Here is what I read there:" If you have an OEM PC that came with Windows 8 preinstalled and updated to Windows 8.1, then when you refresh Windows, it will restore Windows 8. Afterwards, you...

Thanks! Will it give me the option of resetting the Admin Password during a Refresh? And without knowing the old password? Since it won't take the one I had written down.

Question? I started with Win8 and updated to Win8.1. If I do the Refresh or Reinstall of Win8 won't it remove the update of Win8.1 and take me back to Win8?

I don't think the country you are in is the problem because I am in USA and getting same message about wrong password. I have changed the password 3 times trying to fix this and cleared the store cash as was recommended in this forum, also tried re-registering account but nothing has worked. I...

Thanks. I did as suggested and clear cash and tried the re-register and still not working. When I try to log in I get same message saying I am using wrong password. I do not want to reinstall windows.

Yes I did reboot before I posted. It did not help.

It takes me to a screen the says "Switch to a Microsoft account on this PC" It shows my Microsoft account picture and ask for current password. When I enter it I get message password is incorrect. I don't see option of recovering my password at this point. When I look in Help for Apps &...

Thanks I will look at that link.

The laptop is Asus Q200E. OK was wondering if I could boot from USB, thanks for that info. With my Win7 I did make a boot disk long time ago but this is the first pc with out cd drive for me so I was left with questions. Thanks again.

I do not have a external HD. This laptop does not have a cd drive so how would a Linux Boot CD work? Could I do this and store it on a win7 or xp pc? If so how would I transfer it to the Win8.1 laptop later if needed? Thanks!

Hi, I have a Win 8.1 laptop without a disk drive which also did not come with a cd of operating system. What software, preferably free, can I use to copy my operating system to USB in case I ever need to reinstall Win 8.1? How do I just copy the operating system without all the software I have...