I have a new Acer Iconia W700-6607 11.6-Inch 64 GB Tablet with i3, trying to do a clean install with windows 8 Pro for media center and need some guidance from those. Jul 25, 2015 Is there a way to clean install Windows 8.1 on an Acer? I extracted the key, but when I go to install Windows 8.1 it asks for a key (which is emedded. Fresh install of Windows 10 in Acer Laptop. It will work for a direct clean install of Windows 10. Solved fresh install of windows 7 on a gateway.

So I upgraded to windows 10. It didnt work quite well and I decided to use eRecovery to return to windows 8 and then update to 8.1. After the system restore I found out that windows was corrupt. Test Tone Generator 4 Cracked. (Windows worked, however I cant install updates) So I decided to wipe everything and clean install windows 8.1, only to find out that I can only install it using Legacy Boot mode, using the UEFI it gives me the error: Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration, installation cannot proceed. (Already tried disabling secure boot, no success.) Legacy mode worked fine until I went ahead to re-install drivers, that's when I noticed that some hardware wasn't detected, my nVidia gpu for example. Any help is appreciated. I'm so frustrated right now.) And yes, I configured another usb to fully support UEFI boot, no success.

Backup your important personal files because the following steps will completely wipe your drive 2. Go in to your BIOS and load your BIOS defaults (F9) and then save/exit (F10). Your computer is not designed to run Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 in legacy mode. Go back in to your BIOS and enable the F12 boot menu. Boot your Windows 8.1 installation media 5. When you see the screen below, press Shift F10 on your keyboard to get a command prompt 6.

Use diskpart clean to wipe your drive. 'Diskpart clean' works on both HDDs and SSDs.

This will also put your drive in an uninitialized state. Exit out of diskpart and exit out of command prompt 7.5 (Edited) Press and hold your computer's power button until your computer shuts down. Wait 20 seconds. Turn your computer back on.

Install Windows 8.1. Select custom install. Click on the drive where you want to install Windows 8.1 (it should say unallocated space) and then click 'next'. The Windows installer will automatically partition and format your drive and install windows. If my steps don't work, then that means you don't have UEFI installation media. If that's the case.download iso and use rufus to create UEFI installation media.

You always have the option of getting your windows 8 media from acer store,,,,,if you prefer factory install. Have you enabled the in your BIOS/UEFI settings? After you enable the F12 boot menu, you press/tap F12 at the Acer logo screen to bring up the boot menu.

You've got to be quick. Edwards Penney 2nd Edition. Go back and re-read all the steps. Each and every step is important. Let me know if you can't get it to work.