If you do wish to/need to keep a record of it: "How to activate a Microsoft product by using Microsoft Product Activation Center"
" How to Activate Windows 8 and 8.1 by Phone" When you reinstall it will pick up the Product Key and activate the system automatically. With Windows 8/8.1 The Product Key on preinstalled Operating Systems (HP, Acer, etc) is embedded in the BIOS in the Motherboard, so that the lost and/or worn C.O.A.
" How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1" UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows For that, see this tutorial below instead. This will not work to install Windows 8 or 8.1 for UEFI. " How to Create a Bootable USB or DVD with a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO" Windows 8.1 (Core), Windows 8.1 N, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro N, or Windows 8.1 Single Language.Īrchitecture. English – en-us if you're in the United States.Įdition. In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following:
"Create Installation Media for Windows 8.1" "Create installation media for Windows 8.1"Ī similar Tutorial which may also assist you You can download and create your own Windows 8.1 Installation Media to reinstall the Operating System with. You can contact the Laptop/Computer Manufacturer and order Recovery Media from them for a small cost. I need immediate help with that because I don't know what else to do.
Reset my computer, I somehow need to clear that additional process which is getting in my way of executing the last command. Assuming that these commands should let me factory After typing in the last one, it says that "The process canot access the file because it is being used by another process.".