I would do this except for the fact that I do not want to take apart my laptop, but I am trying the bootable disc. Is there an .iso I could get of windows 8? I can't make one because it requires a product key which I don't have because mine is an OEM computer.
No it does not. I read that if you bought windows 8 and upgraded to windows 8.1, that messes up the reset because it is looking for the windows 8.1 recovery partition but it only sees the windows 8 one. I also read that you could make a windows 8 reinstall disc but I don't know if the OEM...
Ok here's the thing, I wanted to install zorin (OS) dual-booted with windows 8. I accidently in the process deleted a lot of partitions that should have been deleted. I want to reinstall windows but I cannot get past the screen that says "a required partition is missing." I have tried all of...