I have some info I would like to add. When I did an upgrade from Windows 7 there was a lot of problems. I decided to do a clean install of Windows 8 Pro.
What I did was first was use Windows Easy Transfer on the current install of Windows 8 Pro. I only copied the profiles I needed. Second I installed Windows 8 Pro, asked it to format the C Drive. After Windows 8 Pro was installed I used the Windows File Transfer Wizard to put the Profile and settings back. It worked like a charm, it even told me what Programs I needed to install :) I then used the free key for Windows Media Center and it ran perfectly. Regards, On November 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM "Robert Martin Jr." <lopaka_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Just google clean win 8 upgrade install. Lots of sites have the tutorial. > > > lopaka > > > > ________________________________ > From: Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. > > > > what instructions? > > At 01:46 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: > >I did clean install from boot on both of my win8 upgrade discs. You > >do need to follow instructions to do registry hack to get it to > >authenticate when using an upgrade key for clean install. Much more > >stable than an upgrade. > > > >lopaka > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> > >To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > >Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:19 PM > >Subject: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. > > > > > >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 Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
