Windows 8 Preview help

Jacob.xray

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i wont to try out windows 8 and i was wondering weather it uninstalls my old o.s (windows 7) and the files or i can just choice between them when booting up
 
Depends how you install it.

If you do an upgrade to windows 8, you'd keep your files, but they'd all be on windows 8 and you'd lose 7...

If you do the custom install, you'd lose 7 and files would back up to a folder called 'windows.old' in the C: drive.

For you, best idea is to partition the disk and make a separate 'windows 8' disk partition on the main hard drive.

This way you'd have a fresh install of 8, and if you dont like it, format that partition and remount to the C: drive to get the extra storage space back.

Alternatively....if you have a spare hard drive lying around - just use that!
 
Try it in a virtual machine mate. I am using VMWare Player which is free and has hardware acceleration. I also didnt have to mount the ISO onto a DVD as you can install it straight from the downloads folder.

Quick vid on its way...

Brian
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vmware player is your best bet, just try and ignore the fact that it will preach the virtues of vmware workstation.
 
erm, it says me pc does not meet the system req's... bullshit... however it has let me download the 3.3gb iso,

trying to run vmware, but, everytime i try and create it i get an error screen, and i dont know how to fix it, i have tried using win 7 selected, other and no no os at this moment etc. and get this same message every time

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