>Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to start the install from within windows 7? You need to start the upgrade from within Windows - booting straight from the disc won't upgrade and your key may not work either (as it's an upgrade key, not a full install key).
>I guess there is no way I can just install Windows 8.1 direct.. can I? No, you must install 8 and then do the 8.1 upgrade through the store. Even if you could, I don't think you'd actually want to, as 8.1 doesn't upgrade 7, it does a migration. That means that you would have to reinstall all your apps. Your user account is migrated over so all your settings and data are kept, but the apps aren't brought over. Jamie On 2013-11-18 12:19 AM, Winterlight wrote: > Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso > download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few > questions. > I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot > drive located on a clean SSD ready for Windows 8 to do the upgrade. > Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to > start the install from within windows 7? > I guess there is no way I can just install Windows 8.1 direct.. can I? > thanks m > -- Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca
