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The CD for the clean install is included in the Home versions? Interesting.

burkaman 12y ago
It's not, but you don't need one. You can make your own disk or USB pretty easily: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-re...
- stcredzero 12y ago
  This is one of the things that Microsoft gets right, that I wish Apple would do better.
  - TillE 12y ago
    Apple provides Recovery Disk Assistant, which is more or less the same thing. Also, when the SSD in my Macbook Air failed, I was able to netboot their internet recovery thing, which let me install OS X on a USB3 hard drive. Pretty cool.
    - stcredzero 12y ago
      Apple provides Recovery Disk Assistant, which is more or less the same thing. I see. They have that stuck into Disk Utility now. One point to Apple. Disk Utility is a bit kludgy nowadays, though, and it seems they're not doing as good a job as MS publicizing the tool. (Too small a sample size here, but I ran across the MS tool by accident while searching/browsing. With Apple, a human had to tell me.)
  - arthurfm 12y ago
    With Macs you have multiple options. The first being much easier than a typical Windows PC. 1) Boot into Recovery mode (Cmd + R), then use Internet Recovery [1] to install OS X. This works even if your HDD or SSD is completely blank. All Macs from around mid-2010 onwards are supported. [2] 2) Download the latest OS X installer from the Mac App Store, then either use the bundled 'createinstallmedia' command-line app to create a bootable USB flash drive [2] or a third-party app called DiskMaker X [3]. [1] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT4718 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT4718 [2] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202313 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202313 [3] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372 [4] http://liondiskmaker.com/ http://liondiskmaker.com/

It's not, but you don't need one. You can make your own disk or USB pretty easily: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-re...

stcredzero 12y ago
This is one of the things that Microsoft gets right, that I wish Apple would do better.
- TillE 12y ago
  Apple provides Recovery Disk Assistant, which is more or less the same thing. Also, when the SSD in my Macbook Air failed, I was able to netboot their internet recovery thing, which let me install OS X on a USB3 hard drive. Pretty cool.
  - stcredzero 12y ago
    Apple provides Recovery Disk Assistant, which is more or less the same thing. I see. They have that stuck into Disk Utility now. One point to Apple. Disk Utility is a bit kludgy nowadays, though, and it seems they're not doing as good a job as MS publicizing the tool. (Too small a sample size here, but I ran across the MS tool by accident while searching/browsing. With Apple, a human had to tell me.)
- arthurfm 12y ago
  With Macs you have multiple options. The first being much easier than a typical Windows PC. 1) Boot into Recovery mode (Cmd + R), then use Internet Recovery [1] to install OS X. This works even if your HDD or SSD is completely blank. All Macs from around mid-2010 onwards are supported. [2] 2) Download the latest OS X installer from the Mac App Store, then either use the bundled 'createinstallmedia' command-line app to create a bootable USB flash drive [2] or a third-party app called DiskMaker X [3]. [1] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT4718 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT4718 [2] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202313 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202313 [3] http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372 http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372 [4] http://liondiskmaker.com/ http://liondiskmaker.com/