This forum is so much of wealthy info and thanks to you all for helping folks like me.
Computer:
New Lenovo Z580 Laptop with UEFI and Windows 8 Preinstalled
What I did (did many things but this is what I remember):
1. Tried installing Ubuntu, lost partitions and Windows didn't boot either
2. Recovered some of the Partitions using Minitool etc but all the Windows files were lost
3. Downloaded Lenovo One Key Recovery ISO (OKR8 ISO) and installed it. Now the one recovery seems to work - at least the screen comes up but there is an error when I tried to do recovery - error code 0xe0ef0050
4. Created a Windows set up USB using my friend Enterprise DVD and overwrote the Install.wim file using the Install.wim that I got from the recovery partition (had to split the image into swm files) but it didn't work. It said the product key doesn't match with the image (I didn't enter any product key anywhere)
5. Tried applying the image of the install.wim that I got from the recovery partition using DISM but it didn't work.
What I have now:
A USB Recovery Disk
The OEM Product key that I got using rweverything
A Windows 8 enterprise edition DVD from a friend
Install.wim file (around 8.9GB) that I recovered from the PRB_DRV partition. In fact I have all files from that partition intact and stored in my other computer.
I have spent more than two weeks in fixing this. I'm trying to avoid spending $50 for a recovery disk from Lenovo. If it comes to that I'll rather buy a fresh copy of Windows.
What are my options?:
1. Can I use somehow apply install.wim image directly on the computer? DISM doesn't work. It first gave error 87 and that the command "apply-image" is unknown. I copied the DISM files from my other computer and overwrote the ones on the setup usb disk that I created using the Enterprise DVD but this time when it came back to command prompt without throwing any error.
2. Can I use my friend's enterprise version and install it assuming it will work?
For a fresh install, from what I saw in the web, it seems that I have to use the same exact "version" of Windows 8 that came preinstalled and install it. If so, how do I make sure I find and install the same version?
Computer:
New Lenovo Z580 Laptop with UEFI and Windows 8 Preinstalled
What I did (did many things but this is what I remember):
1. Tried installing Ubuntu, lost partitions and Windows didn't boot either
2. Recovered some of the Partitions using Minitool etc but all the Windows files were lost
3. Downloaded Lenovo One Key Recovery ISO (OKR8 ISO) and installed it. Now the one recovery seems to work - at least the screen comes up but there is an error when I tried to do recovery - error code 0xe0ef0050
4. Created a Windows set up USB using my friend Enterprise DVD and overwrote the Install.wim file using the Install.wim that I got from the recovery partition (had to split the image into swm files) but it didn't work. It said the product key doesn't match with the image (I didn't enter any product key anywhere)
5. Tried applying the image of the install.wim that I got from the recovery partition using DISM but it didn't work.
What I have now:
A USB Recovery Disk
The OEM Product key that I got using rweverything
A Windows 8 enterprise edition DVD from a friend
Install.wim file (around 8.9GB) that I recovered from the PRB_DRV partition. In fact I have all files from that partition intact and stored in my other computer.
I have spent more than two weeks in fixing this. I'm trying to avoid spending $50 for a recovery disk from Lenovo. If it comes to that I'll rather buy a fresh copy of Windows.
What are my options?:
1. Can I use somehow apply install.wim image directly on the computer? DISM doesn't work. It first gave error 87 and that the command "apply-image" is unknown. I copied the DISM files from my other computer and overwrote the ones on the setup usb disk that I created using the Enterprise DVD but this time when it came back to command prompt without throwing any error.
2. Can I use my friend's enterprise version and install it assuming it will work?
For a fresh install, from what I saw in the web, it seems that I have to use the same exact "version" of Windows 8 that came preinstalled and install it. If so, how do I make sure I find and install the same version?
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