I would be grateful if you leave a comment below to let me know if this guide was easy to follow and worked successfully in particular if you have an OEM license – a system where Windows came preinstalled by Dell or HP or other major vendors. Please also comment on the model and if the system came with Windows 8.0 or Windows 8.1.

Download Windows 8.1 .iso

Microsoft have revised their downloader for Windows 8.1 with Update 1.
Their new downloader allows for the selection of the version of Windows 8.1, the language and the architecture so can be used on any Windows system to prepare installation media which was requested here and many pother places.
To download Windows 8.1 go here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
The direct link to the downloader is here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=510815
Double click the mediacreationtool

Select Run

The downloader will load displaying the Windows logo:

You will asked for Language, Edition and Architecture:

Microsoft offer a large assortment on languages as shown, pick your desired language.
I’m going to select “proper English” i.e. “English – en-gb”:

You will then be prompted for your Windows version – in this case I am going to select Windows 8.1:

For the OEM license its important to note whether your product key is Windows 8.1 Home (often denoted as just Windows 8.1) or Windows 8.1 Professional. If your system was sold with Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 Professional stickers like these should be affixed at the top or base of the system stating the version of Windows.

Then you will be prompted for your architecture. I’m going to select the 64 Bit version, in most cases the 64 Bit version should be selected. The 32 Bit version should only be used for legacy applications and on new hardware this is better done in a Virtual Machine.

When you have selected your 3 desired options select next:

Then select to save the .iso file and select next:

Select the location to save and name of your .iso and select next:

The .iso will download:



Once you .iso is saved select Finish. If you want to download another version simply launch the media creation tool again.

A 6.3 earthquake has been registered early Saturday off Japan’s northern coast by the US Geological Survey. The quake comes as the world’s biggest super-typhoon this year, Vongfong, is striking the south of the country.

 
The tremor occurred at 02:36 GMT, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There have been no reports of damage, casualties or a tsunami alert.

The epicenter of the quake was located 154 kilometers away from the southeastern city of Hachinohe, in Japan’s southeast Aomori Prefecture, at a depth of 13 kilometers.



The epicenter of the latest earthquake is situated relatively far away, about 400 kilometers, from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was severely damaged by an earthquake and a tsunami in March 2011.
Officials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, reported a week ago that the tsunami projectile height at Fukushima NPP has been raised and that now it would take a 26-meter wave to damage the facility and cause radioactive leakage.


Last time the city of Hachinohe was struck with a quake was in 2011, when a 5.2 tremor struck off the eastern coast of Japan’s Honshu Island on September 18. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 24.1 kilometers and in about the same place, 147 kilometers east of the city of Hachinohe.

In the meantime super-typhoon Vongfong, the world’s biggest storm this year, has reached Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, causing a blackout in more than 17,000 households.
It is expected to head further to the north towards the Honshu Island. On Tuesday it could reach the capital, Tokyo, bringing with it pouring rain and gusts of wind exceeding 230 kilometers an hour, creating waves up to 15 meters high.


Another powerful typhoon, Phanfone, which struck Japan on Oct. 5, and a day later left six people dead and four missing. The storm left thousands of households without power, the cancelation of more than 600 flights and the planned evacuation of 1.9 million people in affected areas.