A beginners guide to clean install Windows 8/8.1 on OEM PC retaining activation.

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  1. Rab

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    #1 Rab, Feb 26, 2015
    Last edited: Mar 13, 2015
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    #2 digitalbear, Mar 4, 2015
    Great tutorial thanks :)
     
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    #3 Kamrul08, Mar 4, 2015
    Very nice. Thanks.
     
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    #4 Neighbor395, Mar 5, 2015
    Very nice, easy to follow. :worthy:
     
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    #5 Rab, Mar 13, 2015 (OP)
    There might be a problem running the "Update_Settings.cmd" on a Windows 8.1 machine.
    I've found that it will not always play nice on that platform. Using on a Windows 7 machine however works flawlwssly. Unsure about Windows 8.
    The setup can be done on any machine, not just the one you want to install to.

    /Rab
     
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    #8 ZaForD, Mar 15, 2015
    OK, not the best choice of words. :eek:
    By 'constantly' I mean a few times a month and usually at customers premises. Where a couple of large capacity USB drives work best.
    I've messed with MDT a couple of times and I like it, but its too centralised and resource heavy for my needs.
    As for Recovery, most of my systems are 'One Offs' so I partition off around 5GB and Capture the completed install to it.
    I've even been known to replace the Factory images with them ;)