Updating Win8 to Win8 Media Center! Will New Recovery Disk include update?

Reading the manual says that making a set of recovery DVD's will return laptop to purchased state. I was hoping new set would included the media center files.
Thank you for any advice.
Tom Lawell
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Toshiba recovery discs always restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents, Tom.
It's not difficult to upgrade from there using the product key you have.
In order to back up your current disk, you'll need to use third-party software.
Always tell us which computer you have when you post here. There is a label on the bottom.
-Jerry

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For best picture quality on digital TV though, you can use a software-based DVB-T card, such as the Hauppauge Nova-T or the Black Gold DVB-T (above right). Using a regular aerial, these receive high quality digital terrestrial (OTA) signals (eg the Freeview service in UK), which are broadcast in MPEG2 format, and therefore no encoding is required. In the USA, ATSC is the digital terrestrial standard used, as DVB is not available there.
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Unlike with VGA cards, MCE requires that your TV hardware has special BDA (Broadcast Driver Architecture) drivers which are MCE compatible. Check your hardware manufacturers website for compatible drivers.
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Anything else I need?
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 homepage
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MCESoft - for all sorts of plug-ins and extras for MCE
XPMCE.com - Windows Media Center forums
ukShazam.com - Media Center help & more
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That's about it for now, hope you find it useful. As I think of (meaning "remember" ) other stuff I'll add it above. If you know something that I've missed out, please post below with as much info as you can, and I'll add it to the guide, with a credit to you!
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though when running the license verifier it lists the license as a windows WMC retail version. is the issue just because it has a windows media center license? someone help please. thanks

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Hello,
If your PC is running Windows 8 Pro and you'd like to get
Windows 8 Media Center Pack so you can watch and record live TV with
Windows Media Center, you can take advantage of the following special offer:
For a limited time, get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free **
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Windows 8 Media Center Pack that appear later on this page.
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Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click
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Search).
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Settings.
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Windows 8 Pro With Media Center will be on it.
If you were running Windows 8 Pro, your PC will restart automatically and Windows Media Center will be available for use.
The Windows Media Center Key is only to Unlock the add feature of the windows 8 pro but not install the windows 8 pro. The Orignial Windows 8 Pro Key and Add Feature Key Should be secured, So that it can use for the Future Use.
For Any Futhur Asstiance Reach to Microsoft Customer Support.
Regards, Ashish Kumar Singh

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If I offer advice, I'm not speaking for HP on how to solve an issue,
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