Click the Next button to let the setup scan your computer for available disk space and other requirements. Here, you need to select the first option titled Keep Windows settings, personal files and apps. Step 6: Accept the license agreement by checking the option titled I accept the license terms and clicking the Accept button.

If for some reason, you can’t locate the product key, you can refer our how to recover Windows 8.1 product key from the Registry without using third-party tools guide. Enter the 25-character product key before clicking the Next button. Step 5: In the next screen, you’ll need to enter your Windows 8.1 product key. The setup might restart after installing updates. Step 4: When you see Get important updates screen, select the first option titled Download and install updates (recommended), and then click the Next button to check for updates and then install, if available. Step 3: Open up the Windows 8.1 install DVD, USB, or mounted ISO in This PC (My Computer), and then double-click Setup.exe file to run the installer. And if you have Windows 8.1 ISO file, browse to the file location, right-click on it, and then click Mount option to mount the ISO file. Step 2: Insert your Windows 8.1 DVD into the optical drive or connect your bootable Windows 8.1 USB.

Step 1: Turn on your PC and boot into Windows 8.1. Warning: We recommend you back up important data before following our instructions even though the procedure doesn’t delete your data. For instance, all files and shortcuts on the desktop and all files in your Documents and pictures will be retained during the repair operation. When you repair the Windows 8.1 installation by following the given below instructions, you’ll be able to retain all files, installed apps, and settings.

If you would like to repair your Windows 8.1 installation without losing files, Windows settings, and installed apps, you can follow the given below workaround to repair the installation by keeping files, Windows settings, and installed apps. While Windows 8 and 8.1 ship with Refresh PC feature, a handy feature to quickly reset Windows settings to their defaults, the downside of the feature is that it removes all desktop programs and you need to reinstall all desktop applications all over again after performing Refresh PC operation.

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