How to fully unistall windows 8.1 from my Acer laptop ?

Chimz

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Hello, people I need to transfer my windows 8.1 oem copy to my new pc, you can do it only if you unistall windows fully from your older pc, because you can use your license only on one PC at the time. I tried refreshing windows, but it didin't work, how should I unistall windows from my Acer laptop, so I could use it on my new pc? Or basically how to remove windows 8.1 without reinstalling?
 
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You can't 'transfer' that preinstalled OEM license to a new PC.
1. It is licensed to that specific device
2. You don't have the actual activation key. It is encrypted/embedded on the motherboard.

And even if you could, that laptop now has no Windows 8.1 license.

Do you have the full version of windows 8.1 on DVD?
Or is it just a restore CD/DVD.
If it`s the latter then the OS is hidden on a partition of the HD.
The restore CD you use only points to that location.
Because its OEM the valid licence key is pre installed.
And is tied to the machine based on the hardware in the system.

If you bought a retail copy it allows you to to move it from computer to computer as you say as long as its validated.
But if the hardware does not match in the other system it will never activate on it.
Oem is locked to a machine and cannot be migrated where as Retail can.

And yours is likely Oem with a restore disk, and a hidden partition with an image on it of the full windows install.

 

USAFRet

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You can't 'transfer' that preinstalled OEM license to a new PC.
1. It is licensed to that specific device
2. You don't have the actual activation key. It is encrypted/embedded on the motherboard.

And even if you could, that laptop now has no Windows 8.1 license.

 
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Chimz

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Jun 19, 2014
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Thanks for your answers, one last question. Obviously I've installed That copy of OEM windows on my new desktop and it says that i should activate windows, because that OEM cd key is being used on other machine. If I buy windows 8.1 standart CD key from net, could I activate windows 8.1 with it then?