Acer Aspire Clean Install Windows 8
My home network can’t see the new Acer Notebook; and the notebook hardware wizard reports the driver is up to date: Broadcom Corp version 15.6.0.6 -- although I have downloaded and attempted to both install and reinstall the latest driver 15.0.1.0 -- But what bothers me is Acer has a pull-down OS selector for E1-572 and E1-572G, and both only have one selection: Windows 8. On the other hand, the “readme” file on the driver says it’s for Vista/7, 32- and 64-bit. So it really oughta work. The Hdw Mgr message is: 1) Wndows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date 2) and *This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.* I have a brand new Acer E1-572G (Intel I5-4th Gen, 4GM RAM, etc.). According to Acer, this model comes with Win 8 preloaded. However, I bought it preloaded with linpus simple dimple linux, then loaded a clean copy of Win 7 32-bit.
Do I need to load Win 7 64bit? (Don’t want to because most of my paid-for software is Win 98 vintage--and I use this SW a lot: Office 97, Framemaker 5.5.6, Pagemaker 7.1, and Adobe Acrobat 5. All other software I use is GPL or freeware, such as Filezilla, Firefox, Komodo Edit 8. I’m dead in the water without a way to interconnect my XP desktop with the notebook. Thanks for your help.
I created this guide for the Acer Aspire V5-122P Owners' thread who's PC came with Windows 8 and wanted to perform a clean installation of 8.1 instead of upgrading through the Microsoft Store: How-to clean-install Windows 8.1 on your Windows 8 Acer Aspire V5-122P and activate using the genuine. I have a new Acer Iconia W700-6607 11.6-Inch 64 GB Tablet with i3, trying to do a clean install with windows 8 Pro for media center and - 11567 - 2.
Hello Windows wiz's, I have decided to torture myself and install 8.1 instead of 7, just for kicks. I have a laptop with the win 8 pro sticker but no key, which I believe should be embedded in the motherboard. I lost my recovery partition from Toshiba and I want to do a clean 8.1 install.
I can't download from MS because I don't have the product key, is the only way to do it just get an image of 8 and then upgrade to 8.1. Can I install directly 8.1?
Is there any reliable site to get an image of 8.1? I see some blogs offer some download links. I prefer the idea of installing 8.1 directly instead of doing the upgrade, it's not clear to me if 8.1 is a service pack or also a stand-alone installation.
Is there any reason to prefer 8 to 8.1? I currently have win 7 installed. Hello Windows wiz's, I have decided to torture myself and install 8.1 instead of 7, just for kicks. I have a laptop with the win 8 pro sticker but no key, which I believe should be embedded in the motherboard. Probability Markov Chains Queues And Simulation Ebook Reader here. I lost my recovery partition from Toshiba and I want to do a clean 8.1 install.
I can't download from MS because I don't have the product key, is the only way to do it just get an image of 8 and then upgrade to 8.1. Can I install directly 8.1? Is there any reliable site to get an image of 8.1? I see some blogs offer some download links. I prefer the idea of installing 8.1 directly instead of doing the upgrade, it's not clear to me if 8.1 is a service pack or also a stand-alone installation. Is there any reason to prefer 8 to 8.1?
I currently have win 7 installed. Click to expand.I was in this same dilemma a few months back and finally figured it out. Yes you can install Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro on a PC that originally came with Windows 8/8 Pro and its actually very easy.
The hardest part comes in finding the correct.iso files. Yes, technically Windows 8.1 is a stand-alone installation. I prefer Windows 8.1 over 8 for several reasons; enhanced search, enhanced modern UI features, enhanced File Explorer, optimizations to AMD APUs, and probably some others I cannot remember. For me, it just flows better and I recommend 8.1 over 8 any day. I created this guide for the Acer Aspire V5-122P Owners' thread who's PC came with Windows 8 and wanted to perform a clean installation of 8.1 instead of upgrading through the Microsoft Store.
Here's what I do when I encounter a Windows 8 PC with a corrupted or missing OS and i have to get it back to working condition or if I want to install Windows 8.1 on a 8 PC: 1. Create a FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8/8 Pro installer) 2. Create a FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro installer) 3. Reset UEFI/BIOS to factory defaults to make sure UEFI and Secure Boot are enabled (to satisfy Windows 8/8.1 OS requirements) 4. Install Windows 8/8 Pro using the FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8/8 Pro installer), the OEM Product Key is automatically used to install and activate Windows 8/8 Pro 5.
After Windows 8/8 Pro has been installed, install Magical Jelly Bean, or use RWEverything to extract the Windows 8/8 Pro Product Key and write it down 6. Next, install Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro using the FAT32 Secure Boot enabled USB installation on an 8 GB flash drive or installation DVD (Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro installer), in most cases you will have to use one of the following generic installation product keys (these keys are used simply for installation, your OEM Product Key will be used to activate): a. Windows 8 (Core): 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT b.
Windows 8 Pro: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB 7. After Windows 8.1/8.1 Pro has been installed you will have to remove the generic installation product key and input your OEM Product Key: a. Open Command Prompt (Admin) by pressing; Windows Key + X + A b.
First we’ll need to remove the installation key by typing; slmgr.vbs /upk c. Next we’ll activate Windows 8.1 with your OEM Windows 8 Product Key by typing; slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX d. Your clean installation of Windows 8.1 has now been activated Go over my guide a few times and what I just posted here, this is basically the gist of it.
