Windows Tablets

[Alvis74]

Hi,

my w700 has legal W8 PRO (they was installed when i bought w700).

But drivers are bad and is impossible to work (wifi hangs every 15 min, camera hangs when tablet is rotated and so on...). I decided to make clean install (not to recover the same bad system from repair DVD's)

But I can't find the way to install system from USB Flash or DVD, because in UEFI mode all medias are not recognised.

I have googled a useless - everything I have try do not work on my Acer.

So how to make clean system install using W8 OEM and in UEFI mode, to use licensed key, that I have payed for.

[ptrkhh]

i would recommend to perform a refresh or reset the windows 8 instead of performing a clean install.

to perform a refresh or reset, you have to acquire the Windows 8 Pro ISO file, particularly the install.wim file. Correct me if I wrong, I think the 8 Pro ISO is the same as the Core/RTM ISO.

here is the instruction http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18052-refresh-reset-windows-8-without-installation-disk.html

Refresh: Removes desktop apps and drivers, preserves user account and metro apps

reset: just like clean install, without the product key problem

[kmd1970]

I've successfully done a fresh windows 8 install and also a full recovery.

1. You need a USB DVD drive.

2. Make sure BIOS is in UEFI mode.

3. Move the USB DVD drive up as first boot device (you may have to reboot into BIOS a second time to change this)

4. Turn off FAST boot in BIOS 

5. Insert DVD into drive.

6. Hold w700 power button down for 6 seconds

7. Power ON.

if the w700 recognises the DVD drive it will reboot and pause on the ACER logo screen. There is a slight delay while the w700 reads the DVD so wait. (watch the DVD drive light and listen for it spinning).

To do a full recovery you must first delete everything on the drive. I just used a windows 8 dvd:

 a. start the windows 8 setup:

 b. choose custom install

 c. delete all drive partitions

 d. create new drive partitions (there should now be 4)

 e. format largest partition

 f. exit the windows setup.

[johnnyli97]

Can anyone tell me if is possible to do a Clean install of Windows 8 and activating it with my product keys from my w700?

I´m going to upgrade my msata ssd to 128gb and I need some help on it.

Also because i can not find my DVD from W700.

Thanks alots!!

[Ethos]

I dont understand why u all above using crappy DVD drive ? You dont know what USB flash drive is these days ?  plus u have USB 3.0 port in your tablet (i dont know if somebody is blind or sometin') just stick USB 3.0 flash drive in it with win 8 /8.1 in and u good to go !

Jeezz peeople  ... think.com 

[sensis]

I created an installation USB thumb drive with the original W700 DVDs to make a clean install.

My Windows is activated, but it's not the Pro version.

Anyone knows why? And how can I get the Pro version back?

Bless! S.