Upgrading a new Tecra Laptop with Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 via the recovery disks
Just received a new Tecra Z50-A laptop from my company. I need to install Windows 8.1 which is supposed to be on the recovery disks I received.The laptop doesn't have a DVD drive and they are not available to ship until the end of the month from Toshiba.
1. Can the update be done from a shared DVD drive on another machine?
2. Has anyone done this and what steps are involved?
3. Where they are revovery disks -- will this wipe all of the applications that are installed on the laptop?
Thanks
JL
Which Tecra Z50-A? There is a label on the bottom.
I know of no way to install from an ODD on another computer. Best to obtain the recovery media on a thumbdrive. Toshiba offers to ship either one.
Recovery media wipes the drive clean and restores it to a predetermined state, which includes all the drivers, utilities, and bloatware that comes with a new machine.
-Jerry
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