Hello,
I've looked at various threads looking for help regarding how windows 8 handles clean installations now and none have helped me with my problem. First things first, I ordered an Alienware from Dell which was perfect until the HDD started failing so I called and someone came to my house to replace it; unfortunately, he was not able to reinstall windows 8 because "the product key entered does not match any of the windows images available".
He told me that he was not a software expert, but a hardware expert and that I would need to call again to get help from one. However he left me his copy of Windows 8 (It's an USB with the windows 8 CoA label) and I was wondering if there was a way for it to "modify" it to match the product key inside my machine. I know there was a way to unlock all editions on Windows 7, but no success so far trying to do it on Windows 8.
I've looked at various threads looking for help regarding how windows 8 handles clean installations now and none have helped me with my problem. First things first, I ordered an Alienware from Dell which was perfect until the HDD started failing so I called and someone came to my house to replace it; unfortunately, he was not able to reinstall windows 8 because "the product key entered does not match any of the windows images available".
He told me that he was not a software expert, but a hardware expert and that I would need to call again to get help from one. However he left me his copy of Windows 8 (It's an USB with the windows 8 CoA label) and I was wondering if there was a way for it to "modify" it to match the product key inside my machine. I know there was a way to unlock all editions on Windows 7, but no success so far trying to do it on Windows 8.