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Follow up: A Microsoft tech had to provide me with a code to do a manual override. This aspect is solved.

Hello all, I’ve been running into problems doing a clean install of Windows 8.1. This PC was running an upgrade from Win 8. Here are the problems I’ve run into. PC: ASUS N56VJ Windows would not accept my product key. I used Belarc Advisor to make sure it was correct. Microsoft tech support...

As a follow up, from what I can tell, there is no reference to the product key in the Bios.

Hi KYHI, Thanks for your quick reply. I must have the home edition as it doesn't indicate "pro" edition. I'll check inside the BIOS to see if the product key is the same.

Hi, my Asus N56VJ laptop originally came with Win 8 64 bit pre-installed. A while back I did the upgrade to 8.1. I wanted to do a clean install of Win 8.1 but ran into the problem of Microsoft not recognizing my product key. I ran the following programs to ensure I had the correct product key...

Hi All, This is solved. Here is what I found; If I disable Secure Boot and restart I can boot from a USB device If I disable Secure Boot, enable CSM, enable PXE OpRom and reboot I am able to see the following boot options 1) Windows Boot Manager 2) P2 Matshitabd -CMB... 3) Atheros Boot Agent...

Thanks Bat 1 and KYHI. I will give it a go Bas

Hi Bat 1, Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if you noticed, there are no other boot options listed even when I turn off Secure Boot, Disable Fast Boot, and enable CSM & enable Launch PXE OpROM. See pic below. Do I need to be concerned about this? On the BIOS tab with Save & exit, there is...

Hi all, I am running Win 8.1 Pro on an ASUS laptop N56VJ that originally had Win 8. It was updated to 8.1 quite some time ago. In preparation to do a clean install of Win 8.1 I noticed that the only boot option listed is the windows boot manager. I've looked through other posts but do not see...

Hi KYHI, Thanks so much! I am pleased to say your solution has resolved my issue. Bas

Hi KYHI, Thanks for pointing that out to me - the extra space between the part of the command that has "C:-\Win81" So to confirm, to correct this I should redo the command prompt as follows: Open the admin level command prompt and type: REAGENTC /SetOSImage /Path...

Seasons Greetings all, I’ve tried to search other related posts on creating a recovery drive in Windows 8.1 but was not able to get past my current state. I am using Windows 8.1 Pro upgraded from 8. I wanted to create a recovery drive but ran into a roadblock. Using a 64 bit ISO image I...