Solved Upgraded to W8 Pro though still W8

[SIW2]

For the benefit of anybody else, how to use Gburner Download gBurner

Put the dvd in the drive - then select IMPORT



Go to sources folder



Open sources folder and Click Add file



Browse to the file you want to add Click the ADD button. ( Have a look in sources folder to make sure it has been added )




Select Save As



Select ISO IMAGE tell where to save and give it a name, e.g. NEW.iso



Off it goes



Open NEW.iso to check it






That's good. Just burn it.

 

[kiwig]

That's good. Just burn it.

Brilliant!
And if running out of DVD's, which happen to me now, create a booting pen drive with Rufus?
Should also work?

 

[kiwig]

By installing Windows 8.1, the Recovery Partition was made unusable.

Have you seen in one of my posts the extra partition created without my knowledge?
Once I get the new W8 Pro installed, do you think I can delete this partition?

 

[SIW2]

Yes, don't know where that partition came from - that would probably screw up the link to the recovery image.. Rufus should be fine to create usb - if you have that efi thing, it needs to be formatted FAT32. I think Rufus does that.

 

[theog]

Windows 8.1 update New Partition.

 

[kiwig]

The bootable usb is recognised in the bios, set as 1st boot option, security disabled, though I am not able to make it boot.
Found a dvd-rw and having another try with bootable dvd, creating with gburner.

 

[kiwig]

Windows 8.1 update New Partition.

Good to see I got the same.
So If I would like to restore from original Windows 8 recovery partition, how could I do that?
Can I delete this extra partition while trying to install Windows 8 Pro as outlined by SIW2?

 

[theog]

Windows 8.1 update New Partition.

Good to see I got the same.
So If I would like to restore from original Windows 8 recovery partition, how could I do that?

Did you make the OEM Recovery disks?

For example SONY:

 

[kiwig]

Did you make the OEM Recovery disks?

I made a repair disk from the original Laptop but not recovery disks.

 

[SIW2]

See if the latest dvd works for you.

Re the recovery image, it won't work if you move things around , seems to be looking for the offset:

  <PBRImageLocation path="\reimage" id="1160165202" offset="106673733632" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" index="1"/>

You can reset it .

REAGENTC.EXE /setosimage /path driveletter:\Foldercontaining-install.wim /index 1

I made a folder on the drive called reimage . I have c:\reimage . I put install.wim inside that.

Set it as the recovery image like this:

REAGENTC.EXE /setosimage /path c:\reimage /index 1

Works fine, just did a refresh to check.

 

[SIW2]

You might be able to get it to install Pro as above. If you do as above, then try running reset from within win8.0 /index 1 might force the reset to use Pro.

 

[kiwig]

Guys
You done it!!!!!!!
See the OS version and the partitions.
The unallocated partition is the 8.1 created partition which I deleted. The partitions on the left of the OS are newly created by installing the Pro version.
So, a million thanks.

 

[SIW2]

Great. Was that using the ei.cfg in a newly burned dvd?

[Channel]
volume

[VL]
1

Is it activated?

 

[kiwig]

Great. Was that using the ei.cfg in a newly burned dvd?

[Channel]
volume

[VL]
1

Is it activated?

SIW2
Yes I did it exactly as you suggested and with the USB.
And it is activated.
You have done a brilliant job.:thumb:
I might tidy up the unallocated partition at some stage and could also check what the recovery option is as there seems to be two of them now.
In the meantime I'm over the moon with where things are now and can install the necessary programs.

 

[SIW2]

Thanks for letting us know. Glad it worked out for you.

 

[brummyfan]

Excellent help, well done SIW2 :thumb:

 

[kiwig]

Excellent help, well done SIW2 :thumb:

Superb!