Built computer, need OS

Shpped · Apr 19, 2013

i have windows 8 and my Windows 8 key, and im building a new computer, but ofc it has no OS, so i need windows 8 to boot it with, how can i do that, for free cuz i already have Windows 8 legally

MANOFKRYPTONAK · Apr 19, 2013

Wait... how do you have a windows 8 key? You would have had to buy the cd and a key. If you already bought a windows eight cd, then just stick the cd in the cd drive. unless you did it another way?

Shpped · Apr 19, 2013

MANOFKRYPTONAK :

I bought it online on the windows store and downloaded it, i have the CD key. you get it when you buy it.

MANOFKRYPTONAK · Apr 19, 2013

Then they will have the file for download. unless its just an upgrade key. Then you have to have some type of windows running

Shpped · Apr 19, 2013

MANOFKRYPTONAK :

i think it is a upgrade key, so i could get a windows Vista key from somewhere and install it, and then upgrade? i think we have a cd somewhere in my house

Jake Wenta · Apr 19, 2013

Shpped :

if you bought it online, it is probably a upgrade. you'd have to burn the downloaded files to the disc as an .iso. Once you did this, try to install windows 8, if it does not work, this is because it definitely is an upgrade. in order to install it, you'd have to put windows on there, install it. then upgrade.
Hope this helps.

-Jake

dodger46 · Apr 20, 2013

If you downloaded Win 8 Upgrade using M'soft Upgrade Assistant, then strictly speaking you should use the upgrade on the PC on which you did the download. If you downloaded the Retail version, you will be able to install it on any PC of your choice. The file you downloaded should be an ISO which can be burned to a disk or included in a bootable USB flash or similar device.

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