Getting Windows 8 Back

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

My Lenovo laptop came with Windows 8, and shortly after getting it, I upgraded to Windows 8.1, totally unaware of the fact that Microsoft fails and I lost my ability to "Remove everything and reinstall Windows." I found a workaround by using the free Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation, however, because it's expired, my laptop shuts down every hour. How can I get my Windows 8 back? Like I said, I already owned it before, but my Laptop CAME with it, so I don't have a media disc, also the Lenovo Y510P does NOT have a disc tray, so I can't get a new copy. If I reset my laptop to factory settings, will that reset with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

When you first set up your laptop, it should have told you to burn a recovery DVD/USB. I take it you didn't do this?

You'll likely need to go to Lenovo.

 

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

No, it never told me. I got the laptop from EasyHomes, so everything was already installed and good to go.

 

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

I was reading another article, about someone with a similar problem, and it said to get an ISO and boot from that in the BIOS, something about the UEFI(Or something like that) because the Windows 8 product key would be embedded in there. Will this work?

 

[dhvd79a]

http://www.thewindowsplanet.com/2276/lenovo-onekey-recovery-ultimate-windows-8-recovery-guide.htm
Lenovo OneKey Recovery: Ultimate Windows 8 Recovery Guide

 

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

Thank you, I'll take a look at this. I've tried calling Lenovo before I ever went to Enterprise because I wanted to do a reset a while back, and they said I had to pay 60 bucks for something I already had... -_-

 

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

I just hope this takes me back to Windows 8 and not reinstalls Enterprise

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yup. Getting hard of an ISO is terribly hard unless you have a retail key, though.

 

[Jesse-Cyphyn]

So, neither of these are working AT ALL. The ISO wont boot from the USB drive and the One Key Recovery tells me that there is nothing to restore

 

[Someone Somewhere]

What did you use to write the ISO? You have to actually burn it to the USB drive, not just copy it. I think MS has a tool.