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Wow Such Doge
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Alright so i got my new SSD, and because i dont have a product key, i decide to clone windows 8 from my HDD to my SSD using a program. 

Then i formated my hard drive and restarted my PC, then everytime i started it up it showed Preparing Windows. So I'm guessing it corrupted my profile?

But now it wont even get upto the welcome screen. Now it just brings me to the Automatic repair tool. When i try to restore the system it always either tells me that theres a missing partition or that one of hdd or ssd is locked up. All i want to do is wipe both my harddrive and re-install windows but i just don't how to do that. And where do i get a Windows 8 iso?

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well you already bought windows 8 soo technically it's not stealing when you download the iso and use a crack because you already had it before....

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well you already bought windows 8 soo technically it's not stealing when you download the iso and use a crack because you already had it before....

no it came with a pre built so i dont have product key.

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no it came with a pre built so i dont have product key.

look in your inbox (and if it came with the pc, it's technically included with the price of the pc)

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no it came with a pre built so i dont have product key.

Contact customer support of your pc's brand, they should give you a key. If they don't you can ask microsoft's customer support, they're usually willing to provide keys to oem costomers who need to migrate their os to a new hdd. In fact ms is better than most in that regard, they are usually pretty understanding.

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Contact customer support of your pc's brand, they should give you a key. If they don't you can ask microsoft's customer support, they're usually willing to provide keys to oem costomers who need to migrate their os to a new hdd. In fact ms is better than most in that regard, they are usually pretty understanding

Will downloading the windows 7 iso and plugging in the USB and installing it from wipe windows 8  and fix all these probs?

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Will downloading the windows 7 iso and plugging in the USB and installing it from wipe windows 8  and fix all these probs?

 

Yeah but it's illegal and you might have problems with the activation. If you ask ms for a windows 8 key you can redeem it on their website, get a legal iso of windows 8 and wipe the ssd with that.

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Yeah but it's illegal and you might have problems with the activation. If you ask ms for a windows 8 key you can redeem it on their website, get a legal iso of windows 8 and wipe the ssd with that.

I think you have 20 days to activate it. I downloaded a Win 8 iso The Pirate Bay and ill install after supper.

For some reason when i tried to transfer Win 7 Iso from laptop to USB it would stop at 15 seconds left

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