Well turns out the "Cruizer" might have been the issue. I purchased a generic USB drive and followed the very same steps and wouldn't you know it it worked! That is the good news and a fresh version of Win 8 has been installed and I am able to use it with a mouse and keyboard attached.
The...
Great suggestion and I tried it out. I am not 100% sure the SanDick Cruiser will work I see some comments online it may not work for this so will buy a different one today and try it again.
Right now when I use the SanDisc Cruiser after using the media creation tool it throws me into the...
Thank you Steve for the suggestion. I am sure I am booting from the USB (see photo of bios) and when I don't have the USB attached I am taken to a "there are no more bitlocker recovery options on your pc" screen and can't do anything there.
I was not 100% sure if I was using a bootable USB...
Hey all -
I have a win8 tablet that I backed up or created a restore USB I do not recall which one I did a few years ago - either way I have a tablet that will not boot up and need to just start over from the USB drive.
I changed the start up to boot from the USB first but when I boot up I...