Help installing windows 8.1

Hello,
I'm new to your community. I am from Georgia(country in eastern Europe). In my country there is no lenovo support centre and I decided that in this place i can get support which i'm searching for. I have lenovo g510 notebook. i am new user so i haven't much experience of using it. i received this notebook because of i played in intelectual game and when they gave me this, it had installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit version. many features of lenovo doesn't work on this windows version. for example Onekey recovery technology. now i want to buy and install windows 8.1. i want to buy download from microsoft store and to perform it's "clean instalaton". i know that for it i will need to install from usb. for this i must write windows 8.1 on usb drive and than restart computer to enter boot menu and choose usb. but i don't know how to enter in boot menu and boot win8.1 installing from usb. please help me.
sincerely,
luka tatarashvili
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hi luka tatarashvili,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
To clean install Windows 8.1 from a bootable USB installer, you just need to hit F12 (while on the Lenovo splash screen) and select the USB flashdrive on the boot device list. From there, just follow the screen prompts and you should be able to install Windows 8.1, like you installed Windows 7.
Alternatively, you can create the Windows 8.1 USB installer via the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant. After creating the USB installer, close the upgrade assistant and run it again but this time, hit Install Now. You will then be able to install WIndows 8.1 inside Windows 7 without booting from the USB flashdrive that you created.
Guides:
Upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows 7
How to Boot from a USB Drive within Windows 8 and 8.1
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