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‎04-17-2017 04:53 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I just got my CPU back from repaitrs and it was down graded back to windows 8, the sheet that came back with it say it says online where to recover it but I've looked for over an hour and its all useless info. pls help I am desperate and sick of windows 8

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‎04-17-2017 04:59 PM

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Hi,


If you've successfully upgraded and activated to Windows 10 previously, you can clean install Windows 10 using Microsoft windows media creation tool by creating bootable installation USB:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html

Windows will be automatically activated after installation while connected to internet


Regards

Visruth
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