Offline installer for Windows 8?

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Published on 2012-11-26T04:59:14Z Indexed on 2012/11/26 5:07 UTC
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I have a computer repair service, and can see a few more people wanting Windows 8 updowngraded. Because of New Zealand's internet speeds it takes 1-2 hours to run the download part of the official Windows 8 upgrade tool. This means I have to go back to people the next day.

I would like to keep an "offline" version of the Windows 8 upgrade tool on my flash drive, so I can avoid this inconvenience. Obviously it would still require a legit credit card etc, it just comes with the download part not needed.

I cannot find such a tool. Does one exist?

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