I am trying to obtain back up media for my recently purchased Laptop.....
To start with - I have updated it to Win 8.1 from Win 8 - this deleted the back up burner utility from the desktop......
I have been on to laptop support and they tell me to use a (non-existant) utility to create my own back up
I have tried MS own back up evaluation copy (in the hope that it would allow me to "convert" it to OEM) - It didn't even allow a download !!!
I have tried MS backup ISO creator utility and was told that this didn't work in my region (UK !!)
I also have had problems finding my product key - no label - but when I tried running magical jelly bean - it gave me a totally different key than did Belarc - neither worked on MS backup ISO creator !
Why does MS not simply offer downloads of ISO's - as did/does Digital River with Win 7 ?
I am simply trying to create an ISO image to prevent future problems
What more can I try ?
I am still unsure why their is any difference licence-wise between OEM and RETAIL - in Win 7, there was no difference... a Downloaded ISO from Digital River worked on ANY licenced device !!
