Hi, My Dell XPS 15 will arrive sometime early next week hopefully. I have ordered a 128GB mSATA drive so will need to reinstall Win 8 and would like to do so with a clean copy. I'm unsure if it'll be CoreSingleLanguage or not, so I've been trying to source both the correct ISOs so I've got them ready on a couple of pen drives using rufus and can just put one in depending on the results of slmgr.vbs /dlv Currently I have: en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.iso SHA1: 1ce53ad5f60419cf04a715cf3233f247e48beec4 Win_8_x64_Dell.iso SHA1: bb8a465c7efeb69b121b876c67e1d7106114fdd8 The above Win_8_x64_Dell.iso created using en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.isoWin_8_x64_Dell-PRO_CSL.svf I know the "en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.iso" one is correct, I have confirmed the SHA1 with MSDN but am unsure about Win_8_x64_Dell.iso. Is it CoreSingleLanguage and is the SHA1 correct? Will one of these work on the Dell laptop with no problems? The laptop is coming with Windows 8 normal (not Pro) [Edit] Wow, can't believe this is my first post, have been browsing this forum for years!! Hello all! Thanks, Craig.
Thanks all, I'll take a look & thanks very much for links The 8.1 ISOs linked above are both Core & Pro (and SingleLanguage is separate if needed), so I shouldn't have to modify my bios? As long as I install either SingleLanguage or Core/Pro depending on the slmgr output then should it activate correctly etc. on this laptop? [Edit] Does anyone have details for the en-gb single language or can I use the en-us & just change the keyboard layout etc? I'm downloading en-gb Core/Pro and en-us Single Language now but would prefer a en-gb Single Language if available. Thanks
Maybe I'll leave that until I've got the laptop running with a clean Windows 8.1. Do I have to mod it as mentioned in post #4 or can I just install one of the ISOs from the 8.1 ISOs above and it should work fine in terms of activation etc? Is there somewhere I can download the en-gb language file, then I can follow the language change guide by BTOR? Thanks.
Thanks BTOR. I got those both downloaded after Tito posted the link to 8.1 but wanted either the en-gb single language or the en-gb cab for 8.1 so I can modify it myself. I found "Windows-8.1-WinPE-OCs-x64_en-gb.7z" (en-GB lp.cab) posted on here. BTOR, do you know if that'll work with the guide you posted on changing the language of a Windows 8 ISO?