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Clean install on a new laptop

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  • Asus
  • Laptops
  • Clean Install
  • Windows 8
October 11, 2014 12:52:10 AM

Can anyone confirm something I have just read? Namely that the WIndows 8.1 product key is burned into the BIOS of a modern laptop, and that this would therefore allow me to install legitimately any copy of the operating system.

I just bought an ASUS notebook for my daughter. Having spent the last decade building my own desktops, and using tablets for portable work, I was surprised to discover that operating system and/or recovery discs are no longer supplied.

Clearly, there are recovery methods available through either Windows 8.1 itself or via ASUS utilities, but my preference would always be to carry out a clean install with a Windows disc and drivers downloaded from the manufacturer.

Many thanks

Steve

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