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I really do not know what I am doing wrong.
I bought Windows 8 upgrade in 2013 and still have the key in my email. Obviously upgraded to 8.1.
The OS has been doing this issue for 3 months... where it downloads updates, restarts ... says "failed to install" and then reboots again.
I have tried doing a few fixes but none of them work. So i thought... ill just do a reformat. I don't have a disk to just went to SETTINGS > RECOVERY > REMOVE EVERYTHING AND REINSTALL WINDOWS
EXCEPT...
it then says 'Insert Media ....... Some files are missing .... your installation or recovery media should help
well i dont have one... but i went on the windows website to download the iso.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
easy.... i thought...... just download the ISO, burn it to a disk... and either go boot into cd or go into settings > recovery > remove everything and reinstall windows.
BUT
Neither work. I get an error when booting into the disk and when i do it from settings it says "The media inserted is not valid" Now, I downloaded this from the offical microsoft link above. It is the same OS (Windows 8.1 x64) as I am currently running.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to this. I have reformatted computers countless of times so I do not know why this one is so complicated! It'd be far easier for me to torrent the OS and crack it than trying to reformat the legit version i have!
has anyone got any info on how to do this!
I bought Windows 8 upgrade in 2013 and still have the key in my email. Obviously upgraded to 8.1.
The OS has been doing this issue for 3 months... where it downloads updates, restarts ... says "failed to install" and then reboots again.
I have tried doing a few fixes but none of them work. So i thought... ill just do a reformat. I don't have a disk to just went to SETTINGS > RECOVERY > REMOVE EVERYTHING AND REINSTALL WINDOWS
EXCEPT...
it then says 'Insert Media ....... Some files are missing .... your installation or recovery media should help
well i dont have one... but i went on the windows website to download the iso.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
easy.... i thought...... just download the ISO, burn it to a disk... and either go boot into cd or go into settings > recovery > remove everything and reinstall windows.
BUT
Neither work. I get an error when booting into the disk and when i do it from settings it says "The media inserted is not valid" Now, I downloaded this from the offical microsoft link above. It is the same OS (Windows 8.1 x64) as I am currently running.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to this. I have reformatted computers countless of times so I do not know why this one is so complicated! It'd be far easier for me to torrent the OS and crack it than trying to reformat the legit version i have!
has anyone got any info on how to do this!
