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So an image of the HD instead of a 'recovery' setup? I have Western Digitals version of Acronis, I"ll have to do some reading on it a bit to see if it will do that. Sounds like I'll need either another external HD or a USB stick bigger than 16Gb. Thanks

After going through the hassle of re-initializing my SP1, I hope to never have to do it again. BUT, it seems that may occur sometime later along the line. I've got my SP1 running W8.1 right now, but I know the darned recovery partition still has Win 8.0 on it. I could create a USB stick for...

A followup. After fighting with the downloaded zip file from MS for the SP1, I decided to re-download. That was my problem all along. Even though I never got any kind of error or notification of an issue, other than it wouldn't work, the first download was less than 1/2 the size it should...

Very well could be. I know I didn't get any indication that I got less than I should have on the original download. Everything appeared normal. Hopefully the OP is still around and has been reading here.

Me too! :) Now I'm getting the 93 updates for Win8.0 out of the way... I actually liked many things about W10 and am looking forward to when it has more and better 'modern ui' support. At the level it is now, I find it difficult to use on the SP1's 10" screen. And I really missed the...

Yep, that was the problem all along. System restored to Win8 just fine and now getting updates along the way to getting Win8.1 back on this SP1. That's always fun, right? :)

When I started doing this today, I also started a download of a new image just in case... New zip file is around 7GB which is more than twice as big as the one I downloaded a couple days ago. Dollars to donuts that is the issue. I have it extracted and am copying to the USB stick as I type...

If I boot with volume down and then release, the USB drive creates a virtual CD. That virtual CD is shown as primary, but doesn't show active and that cannot be set. And yes, there is a recovery partition on the internal disk. I've tested the volume down button and it works just fine, but...

OK, here's some details. :) 1. Downloaded the image in the form of a zip file from MS. 2. Extracted the files as instructed 3. Formatted the 16Gb USB stick with FAT32 as instructed 4. Copied the files from the zip to the USB stick 5. Turned off the SP 6. Held the volume down button...

Update: I had downloaded the image yesterday. So far after making the USB stick as instructed and following all the steps, it won't boot to the USB stick at all. Not happy! :(

I got the image for my SP1 and wanted to use it to take my SP1 back to W8x after getting the W10 preview. Followed all the instructions and made the USB stick, but no joy. :( Won't boot to whatever screen is supposed to show up, just boots right back up into W10. I'm retrying the download...

I'm just starting the process to go back to W8.1 on my SP 1st Gen. Got the zip file from MS and am creating the USB stick now. Of course, on mine it will install W8 and then I'll have to do the massive updates to then get W8.1 on it. To the OP, with your USB stick inserted you're supposed to...

I've not turned off auto updates and my SP 1st gen has gotten a couple things just fine.

I have the SP 1st gen that I got when the SP2 shipped. Now I'm using mostly Windows boxes these days, even switched to a Windows phone! So for me, yes I'm still happy.

Since all my computers other than the desktop are toys, I downloaded and installed W10 on my SP (1st gen). Download took a bit of time, but overall download and install was about an hour. Not bad at all. I like most of what I'm seeing, but the following are not so good imo. 1. Swiping up...

Instead of doing the monthly payment, get the year subscription. Office365 Home ( 5 users) retails at about $100 but is usually on Amazon for something around $70 for the year. Also if you can shop at a military exchange, they have the Military Appreciation version that retails for $70 and is...

HTC One M8 Windows here too. Got it a few days ago after looking and reading all over the 'net about it and the Lumia Icon. In my hands the M8 is just such a sweet phone and I'm loving the OS. Some app availability is still an issue, but for me not a big one. I came from an iPhone 5 and...

While I appreciate the welcome, I have been around for awhile. To be honest, mostly lurking but some posting now and again.

On some occasions, when coming out of sleep/hibernation, the screen and keyboard don't seem to respond. The cure every time so far has been to make a selection with the pen, then things go just fine until the next time. On very rare occasions it does the same thing while using it.] I can find...

My SP has taken over almost all of my tablet needs, but I'll keep the iPad Mini for Airplay and some book reading. I've got too much in my iTunes library including books that I don't want to lose access to. Currently the SP is mostly tablet use with some lighter desktop use (original SP). Got...