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If you upgrade from Windows 8. Sebastian Anthony wrote the original version of this article. It has since been updated with new information. This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. There are 2 catches however.

Product Key. One you don't have the OEM product key. There are rumours that this however can be obtained using a free utility called RW-Everything. I would recommend doing this anyway as it can be useful to know your product key in case of later Microsoft Product Activation issues.

This is the major problem. Obtaining the WIndows 8. So officially either you will need to pay for such a subscription or buy a new Windows 8. Unofficially many users are in the same boat as you and the. Again I have not tried anything with a Windows 8. I needed to do this for specialist application and hardware. So I would not suggest going out in a rush to buy a new Windows 8. I did try doing a restore using a friends retail copy of 8.

For all intents and purposes I now have an almost completely working OS, Catalyst Centre fails, some drivers need updating and my Fax Modem cannot send due to some problem 30 seconds plus after dialout. Further to my last, I have had a closer look at the site mentioned and find it is full of extraneous downloads and junk, to me, so anyone looking needs to notice the addons with any download.

If I had looked properly I would not have mentioned them. You would need to try it to see what is include. I would not want the additions myself and as usual they are not all prominently displayed. I notice the link on this site Dell does not work but my auto copy mailing from the comment does.

I found they show a Win 8. I could not find the Dell version anyway. Browse Community. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. The most important thing is that you have a valid license key. One caveat you should be aware of up front is that you can no longer download an ISO for Windows 8—just 8. And the product keys are different for Windows 8 and 8. After you do the upgrade, Windows will assign the new product key to the installation. You can find that product key in a number of different ways and save it for the future.

After that, you should be able to do a clean installation of Windows 8. Note that the Windows 8. Microsoft will offer you a direct download of the Windows 10 or Windows 8. The tool will suggest a language, edition, and architecture for Windows based on information about the PC on which the tool is running.

Next, select whether you want the tool to create a bootable USB flash drive with the installation media, or just create an ISO file that you can use or burn to a DVD later. At this point, the Media Creation Tool will begin downloading the files and assembling your ISO, which can take a fair bit of time depending on your internet connection.

Next, choose whether you want the bit or bit version of Windows 7. When you click whichever version you want, the download will begin. Note that download links generated by the site are only valid for 24 hours.

Of course, you could always come back and walk through the verification and selection process again to generate new links. When you install Windows 7, you can avoid the hassle of downloading and installing the hundreds of updates that came out after SP1 by installing the Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup.

The ISOs can be hard to find, though, and for versions of Windows other than the most current, the site tries really hard to push you into using the Media Creation Tool instead. This includes various builds of the Windows 10 Insider Preview. First, head over to HeiDoc. Just launch the executable file. Note that in addition to the regular editions of the product such as Home or Professional , you can also download regions specific editions such as Windows N which is sold to the European market and does not include multimedia apps like Media Player and DVD Maker and Windows K which is sold to the Korean market.

Finally, choose whether to download the bit or bit version of the product. Either way, note that most links generated by the tool are only valid for 24 hours, though you can always come back and generate new links.

Yes, you could accomplish some of this by digging around the TechBench site, but using this clever little utility is quicker and saves a lot of hassle.

Plus, for some products, like Windows 8. Microsoft also provides other software via the TechNet Evaluation Center. For example, you could download a trial version of Windows Server R2 and enter a legitimate product key to get the full version.