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windows 8 reinstall toshiba laptop URGENT

  • 06-01-2014 4:20pm
    #1
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭


    I bought a used toshiba 850 windows 8. It looks like the previous owner either swapped out the hard drive or wiped the original one with and windows 8 pro disc without a key.
    Can I get the original windows 8 core OS back onto this? when I try to do a reset it says that I'm missing files which will be on my install media (which I don't have). I'm sure I can torrent something but should there already be a key embedded into the bios?
    I do have another similar laptop belong to a customer that's in for a soldering job, although I'd have to get their microsoft password from them to access their computer and create recovery media


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  • #2
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    I used recovery media created on the other toshiba and it worked perfectly. So what happens if someone needs to install windows 8 on a computer without their recovery discs?


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    For windows 7 or 8 you can generally download the ISO from microsoft/digitalriver site and use key on the computer


    don't torrent a windows ISO because many have "addons" that include backdoors :(


  • #4
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    I've all the windows 7 ISO files back from the good old technet subscriber days although there's a lot of updating to do after an install because they're getting on now, I wonder does digital river have the latest updates slipstreamed into their images.
    I'm not too sure if presenting a new hard drive with a windows 8 ISO will work unless the key has been jellybeaned from the original install. I guess at this stage it would be advisable to create recovery media for myself from every laptop that comes through my door.


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