metamorphic
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So I haven't tried it officially on a new HDD, but I did try it over a new Install of Release Preview and it worked great!
Background: I completely wiped my HD and had no install disk, recovery, nothing. I had to go on my Windows 7 and download a legit copy of Windows Pro 8 Upgrade. I had it on a USB drive and no matter what I did, I kept on getting an Error right after hitting "Install" stating that the product key installed is invalid, something along those lines, etc...
After all week and many lost nights, I finally found the solution. Granted I did do this install over a freshly installed Release Preview, but I am sure it will work on a new HD.
Once you create the Bootable USB drive from the Windows 8 Upgrade, just add this file "ei.cfg" to the \Sources folder and you should be able to install without the key error.
The file is in a .txt format so I could upload it, but just change the .txt to .cfg and it should be an actual file, not a text file.
IMPORTANT: You will need a VALID KEY once it is installed to even log into the machine. Let me know if this works or not.
Background: I completely wiped my HD and had no install disk, recovery, nothing. I had to go on my Windows 7 and download a legit copy of Windows Pro 8 Upgrade. I had it on a USB drive and no matter what I did, I kept on getting an Error right after hitting "Install" stating that the product key installed is invalid, something along those lines, etc...
After all week and many lost nights, I finally found the solution. Granted I did do this install over a freshly installed Release Preview, but I am sure it will work on a new HD.
Once you create the Bootable USB drive from the Windows 8 Upgrade, just add this file "ei.cfg" to the \Sources folder and you should be able to install without the key error.
The file is in a .txt format so I could upload it, but just change the .txt to .cfg and it should be an actual file, not a text file.
IMPORTANT: You will need a VALID KEY once it is installed to even log into the machine. Let me know if this works or not.
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