Can I download Windows 8 cd?

euser1984

I've been looking around and my friends computer is broken. He doesn't have the cds that came with the computer.

It's using the "home" edition of win8 - I can't find anything on the ms website.

On a wing and a prayer here - thanks.

Darren 83

euser1984 wrote: »

I've been looking around and my friends computer is broken. He doesn't have the cds that came with the computer.

It's using the "home" edition of win8 - I can't find anything on the ms website.

On a wing and a prayer here - thanks.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Assuming you have the product key(under the laptop) follow these steps on a different laptop and burn the iso image to cd.

euser1984

Darren 83 wrote: »

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Assuming you have the product key(under the laptop) follow these steps on a different laptop and burn the iso image to cd.

Fair play for that - thanks a million. Did you just use a google search for that or are you using duck duck go?

markad1

There might be a recovery partition on the hdd.
Google factory recovery for the make and model he has.
might be lucky

Darren 83

euser1984 wrote: »

Fair play for that - thanks a million. Did you just use a google search for that or are you using duck duck go?

I had a the same problem with my laptop.

Darren 83

euser1984 wrote: »

Fair play for that - thanks a million. Did you just use a google search for that or are you using duck duck go?

I had the same problem with my laptop.

muslimstudent

euser1984 wrote: »

Fair play for that - thanks a million. Did you just use a google search for that or are you using duck duck go?

Its legal to download software that hasn't been pirated. All software companies have downloadable software.

It is illegal to download any software, legal or not and install it with cracked keys.

Darren 83

muslimstudent wrote: »

Its legal to download software that hasn't been pirated. All software companies have downloadable software.

It is illegal to download any software, legal or not and install it with cracked keys.

Who said anything about cracked keys?

muslimstudent

Darren 83 wrote: »

Who said anything about cracked keys?

euser84 asked about google or duck duck go, which is a search engine that doesn't keep internet logs.

I assumed that he thought downloading win 8 from that site was illegal.

euser1984

Got this sorted after having a few headaches with this new UEFI stuff. I didn't get that howtogeek link when I was googling!

notmymark

There is no need to go the illegal route. Microsoft provide downloads for Windows 8 as long as you have a ligit licence to start with