
If you don’t have one, no problem, you can create one from another Windows computer ( )

(UPDATE: I have now received multiple confirmations that this works, and no data is lost!)įirst you will need to create a bootable USB recovery drive. The Boot Configuration Data file is missing some required informationĪlthough it takes a while, and might be a bit tricky, it does seem to be fairly easy to recover from. It took a long time but I just let it run overnight and it was all good the next morning. If you happen to be an enterprise/business that decided to buy several of them (does such a entity exist?) then it would appear you are about to have a ton of downloads happening unless you boost your proxy cache size.Īnd now for todays story. Both need to download the update, so that’s 2x the several GB needed. It will complete the 8.1 upgrade and then the extra steps are to recreate the on-device recovery volume with the 8.0 image which only applies if you rollback sometime in the future.įirst point – How annoying is it that you can only update Windows RT from the App Store, although probably not a drama if you only have one tablet. Some news sites are saying the MS image will revert you to 8.0, it does not. It uses the same steps to complete the upgrade with the last part being to recreate the full recovery volume. Microsoft have now released the Full Recovery Image for WinRT (3.7GB download). You can get it here: I have started a new post about this issue here: UPDATE 19 August 2014 regarding KB14-045 bluescreens:Īlthough I don’t have a fix, there seems to be a lot of people finding this post while searching about the recent bluescreen issue caused by Microsoft Updates KB14-045. MSSQL user can’t connect until password change.WSUS SUP causes high CPU and clients fail updates scan.ConfigMgr Client missing Health Eval Task.Microsoft Windows Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) – A Rant.It's called 8 but doesn't share any of the code of the full version, however some apps could be run on both versions, i guess that makes it a version? However it is even crapper than the full version with half the functionality and more of the restriction. There were lots of grumbles and returns as the buyers were expecting to use the software and hardware they currently owned and none of it did.

Pre installed Arm based versions of the Office suite were it's only selling point IIRC. WinRT only supports software for Arm and it looks like Windows 8 but doesn't have the functionality. The OP was trying to install another OS, which isn't possible. On this matter you can have a tweaked win7 look running on that tablet.Īnd afaik WinRT is essentially an edition of Win8 built for the 32-bit ARM(v7) architecture. You are technically right, though my answer was focused on the question… towards look and feel.
