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How do I reformat and completely remove Windows 8.1 on a touchscreen tablet?

Anonymous
2014-05-07T21:05:52+00:00

I want to completely re-format my tablet and remove Windows 8.1. I do not want to roll it back to Windows 8, I just want to remove the OS all together and replace it with Android. I'm using a touchscreen tablet and while I have a bluetooth keyboard and mouse and a portable HDD, if there's a way to reformat straight from the tablet I'd rather.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T23:31:11+00:00

    I'm sorry for the rudeness in my reply and post. I have a tendancy towards hotheadedness when Ipercieve I've been abused by companies, even if it's a misperception.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T21:20:00+00:00

    What the ****? According to this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHzicXCWmg) I can't uninstall Windows 8.1? What a dick move Microsoft. You love to take liberties with other people's property, now you've strapped a chain around it and demanded "USE THIS ONLY!" How dare you? I will not buy another Microsoft product as long as I live. And if I get the chance to meet anyone of authority in the Microsoft world I will punch them in the face.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T22:51:54+00:00

    It's not possible to run any Android operating systems on a tablet that was meant to run Windows.

    The closest you can come to running Android is by installing BlueStacks, which is an Android emulator.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T22:27:38+00:00

    Your analogies are terrible. If I bought a Ford, and I needed to replace a par so I went to an independent shop to get work done, but upon sensing somehow that I wasn't approaching a Ford owned shop it locked up, or upon sensing that I wanted to put non-Ford bought parts of the same configuration into the car it decided to just say no, then yes, I would be pissed.

    Of course, with devices that aren't digital it's hard to draw a realistic analogy. It's not like my tablet couldn't possibly ever use Android. It's that it's been designed specifically not to use anything beside Windows 8, deliberately obstructing me from using my device to the fullest.

    Were it a universal physical law that all cars COULD float by nature, but were installed a system of auto-anchors that dragged the car down unless I bought an expensive model without this feature, yes I would be so pissed at Ford.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T21:58:11+00:00

    So you think you should wash your clothes in a dishwasher? Drive your car up the Mississippi? Install Playstation on an Apple iPad.

    Products are designed to perform a particular function, you would normally be expected to have at least some idea of what you are buying before spending the money, it is what you paid for. You are quite welcome to get Android running on the Surface RT if you can but you have to work out how to do it.

    Do you complain to Ford if the car sinks when it is not designed to float?

    iPad = iOS

    Nexus = Android

    Surface RT = Windows RT

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