As Lopaka said mine is also Windows 8 Pro install as well and it does boot the system and is capable of installing clean. Also, I did get Windows 8 Pro when it was for $40.00 from Microsoft. Maybe their is a difference there?
On November 20, 2013 at 9:52 PM "Robert Martin Jr." <lopaka_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Both of my win 8 upgrade CD's boot and install fine. I did clean installs with > all my win 7 upgrades too (all 13 of them). I was under the impression that > all the discs are the same and the only difference is the key to determine > which version loads. FYI, mine were both win 8 pro upgrades. Don't know if > that makes any difference. They are bootable though. > > lopaka > > > ________________________________ > From: Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. > > > > How do you install it clean when the upgrade disk is not made to > boot? You must have a OEM or retail disk. > > At 08:20 AM 11/20/2013, you wrote: > >I decided to give it a try this time around, the Windows 7 to > >Windows 8 upgrade. > >Lets just say it was messy and did not work well at all. > > > >The clean install with Windows Easy Transfer worked a lot better. > > > >Regards, > > > >On November 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM "Robert Martin Jr." <lopaka_...@yahoo.com> > >wrote: > > > I was always curious how well that worked. Never tried that way before. I > > > always did every windows 7 & 8 upgrade as a clean install. I didn't > > > realize > > > any of the THG guys installed from within the prior OS, seems a > > little messy > > > to me ;) > > > > > > lopaka > > > > > > > > > Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
