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    Razer Blade 14 Windows 10 USB Stick

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by Nocha, Nov 5, 2015.

  1. Nocha

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    I've a Razer Blade 14 2014,after upgrading it to the Windows 10 i see strange problems like start menu does not works and .... even after a windows reset they are still there,so i decided to recover my blade but recovery does not work and it throws me some error,I contacted to razer support and they tell me they can not ship the stick for me to Baku(An Asian Country,they tell:
    but i do not see any war in my country!!),so i decided to ask you guys for the image of your Windows 10 USB Sticks or an image from your Blade recovery drive and upload it somewhere(Like GDrive) for me,it could be life saver to me...

    thank you very much
     
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    bennni Notebook Evangelist

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    it seems in this method my windows licence gone,isn't it?
    but the recovery stick should manage licencing some how...
     
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    bennni Notebook Evangelist

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    I've heard of problems for people who didn't upgrade from Win 7/8/8.1 but instead did a fresh install with the ISO and then tried to use their original product key and found it wasn't accepted because it is still a Windows 7/8/8.1 key. *BUT* in your case, you upgraded your previous installation, so your Windows key should have been 'upgraded' to Windows 10 at the same time. If you don't have your product key written down and you can't see it on the System information page in the control panel then you can use Magic Jellybean (Free and it works well - but there are other ways that a web search will explain) key grabber to retrieve it from your hard drive and use it for your new Windows installation. If you can't boot the Windows installation anymore then you can attach the hard drive to another computer in a USB HDD enclosure and run Magic Jellybean on that computer to retrieve your Windows key.

    It's possible that the licensing is managed by the BIOS, in which case it should automatically take care of licensing for you - but I couldn't find any confirmation of this. Best to try and get the Windows key before first just in case.

    So, basically: Burn the ISO to USB. Reinstall and use the Windows key that you used before upgrading to Windows 10. Profit.
     
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    My 2014 Blade pro came with a windows sticker and had to be manually activated on first boot, so you SHOULD have a sticker on the notebook [on the bottom] with your windows license. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID TO RECOVERING YOUR LEGAL WINDOWS PRODUCT KEY there are products such as Nirsoft produkey that can retrieve your legal Windows license key so you can document it to recover your legally licensed O/S when you do your full restore.
     
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    thanks,It all goes well with the Magic Jellybean and now the installation is complete(just run it and it gives me what i need),any thoughts how to build the recovery partition like what it was?
     
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    unfortunately mine didn't have one! :(
    it's only a windows 8 sticker on the bottom and nothing else!
    however with your help guys I'd manage to recover my key...remaining problem is the recovery partition
     
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    Glad that it all went well.

    If you don't mind having the recovery on a USB drive...

    Click Start.
    Type 'Recovery'
    Select 'Create recovery drive'
    Chose to image the USB drive.
    Plug in the USB drive and wait for the image to download and write.

    If you want a recovery partition on your HDD, then take a look at 'AOMEI OneKey Recovery' - it's freeware and gets good reviews from friends who use it (I usually stay backed up and just reinstall the OS from USB if anything goes wrong). Should be the sort of thing you're looking for.
     
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