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Old October 26th 17, 05:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul[_32_]
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Mayayana wrote:


Question: If I bought a new hard disk and used the
8.1 DVD, can I make it install using the embedded
key in the BIOS? I think the computer is Win8, but
the 8.1 disk at least seemed like it meant to install
normally, without asking for a key, until it failed. I
don't know for sure about the BIOS, but aside from
intermittently losing drives it seems to be OK.


I would think so. I don't have a way to test that here.

I thought MSDM applied to both Win8 and Win10. And
the MSDM for 8 should work for Win8 and Win8.1.

If for some reason, the installer refuses to let you get
past the license key entry dialog, you can use one of these.

Windows 8.0 Pro: XKY4K-2NRWR-8F6P2-448RF-CRYQH
Windows 8.0 Co FB4WR-32NVD-4RW79-XQFWH-CYQG3

Windows 8.1 Pro: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB
Windows 8.1 Co 334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT

Those are install-only keys, which give you a 30 day grace
period like on other OSes. And x32 versus x64 is not
an issue with those - works for either. Once the
install is done, you can use a command to change the
license key, and fully activate it.

Paul

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