I am looking at getting a laptop and the ones I am looking for have Windows 8.1 installed. I have read that I can wipe the drive clean and reinstall. I would want to do this to remove all the extra software and partitions. But looking at the option on one laptop from HP they charge extra for a system recovery disc. Is this normal? If I have a Windows 8.1 Pro disc would I need that? And when Windows 10 comes out would I be able to upgrade? The last 3 versions I have had a desktop and just bought the upgrade discs. My thought was I would wipe the drive clean and install my disc and register it. Then when its done create a system repair disc. Are these the correct steps?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop