Run 'Windows Store' tile from your Start screen, and select 'Windows 8.1' package.Ħ. Choose the 'Advanced' installation option in order to be able to opt-out the 'AMD/Raprt App' and 'HydraVision' packages.ĥ. Run the first file you've downloaded ( ) from your just-recovered Windows copy and follow the steps required.Ĥ. Configure your HP device to boot in 'clean' mode as described here ( ). By the end of this operation, make so that your HP product is not connected to any sort of network.Ģ. Follow the steps described here ( ) and see if you missed anything. The first step would be to recover the original Windows installation using your hard drive partition (the thing that you've done before, I believe). OK, so here's the commonly recommended steps that should help you with your problem.īefore you begin, I would recommend you to download both of these files and save them on your USB drive in order to use it later as the only source of third-party packages:ġ. Click to expand.No, the license only applies to the Windows 8 OEM copy the original owner purchased with laptop, it doesn't magically transform into Windows 8.1 Retail one.
