My PC spazzed out a week or so ago. I have no idea what happened, but the resolution went weird, the wifi, Ethernet port and soundcard weren't working, everything was slow and I couldn't recover the installation. Rather than fix the problem I decided to just reinstall Windows. Having bought Windows 8 online, all I had was a CD key. No back-ups. No install DVDs. Not a problem I thought. I could just download Windows 8 on my Asus T100 and install it from a USB stick.
An hour or so later, I have my desktop back up and working, with one caveat - I installed 32-bit Windows. Reading up, it would seem Upgrade Assistant decided Windows 8 32-bit was the right OS because that's what my tablet runs. As such, that was the version on the USB stick. I need 64-bit. You'd think changing would be simple, but alas, no. Apparently you either need the install DVDs or access to a 64-bit PC (Windows Upgrade Assistant won't download the 64-bit OS if you're running the 32-bit version). Does anyone know of a third option? I'm hoping I'm missing something and Microsoft have provided a workaround, as much of the information I'm seeing is old.
I don't have the DVDs, I don't want to have to buy them and the only person I know who wouldn't give me a blank "you want me to do what?" stare is my brother, who lives in the countryside (1.5Mbps internet connection...).
Anyone got any ideas?
An hour or so later, I have my desktop back up and working, with one caveat - I installed 32-bit Windows. Reading up, it would seem Upgrade Assistant decided Windows 8 32-bit was the right OS because that's what my tablet runs. As such, that was the version on the USB stick. I need 64-bit. You'd think changing would be simple, but alas, no. Apparently you either need the install DVDs or access to a 64-bit PC (Windows Upgrade Assistant won't download the 64-bit OS if you're running the 32-bit version). Does anyone know of a third option? I'm hoping I'm missing something and Microsoft have provided a workaround, as much of the information I'm seeing is old.
I don't have the DVDs, I don't want to have to buy them and the only person I know who wouldn't give me a blank "you want me to do what?" stare is my brother, who lives in the countryside (1.5Mbps internet connection...).
Anyone got any ideas?
It was working fine with the 32 bit OS. I swear I'm starting to hate computers 