#2.:thumb: For those that may not know, this tool will let you download a Windows 8.1 ISO to do a clean install with. No Product Code is needed for the download. Core, Pro, N and the elusive Single Language versions are available in 32 bit and 64 bit. Please follow these steps: Download the Windows 8.1 Media-Creation-Tool directly from Microsoft. Right click on the mediacreationtool.exe file that has downloaded and select ' Run as administrator '. Choose the language, edition and architecture for the media you wish to create.
Hello everyone,
I bought my PC from a gentleman who had built it himself earlier this year. It runs great but to make a long story short, it seems the C drive is corrupted.
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I'm trying to do a fresh re-install to restore the drive (I have my product keys) but when I selected the option to do a full restore I got an error stating 'Could not find recovery environment. Insert your windows installation or recovery media and restart the PC with the media.'
I downloaded Windows Media Creation Tool in order to download the installation file (Windows 8.1 Pro, x64) directly to my empty, 14 GB USB drive. After estimating the time it continues to show the download progress which doesn't go beyond 0% no matter how long I wait (I've waited for hours).
This person seems to have had the same issue but none of the suggestions posted have worked for me. I've ruled out it being an internet connection and/or antivirus/firewall issue.
I've also tried to download the ISO file to my PC in order to burn it onto a disk but that doesn't work either. Stays at 0% as well.