Thread: How are you supposed to install Windows 8 DP?

Instead of using an actual partition I used the virtual hard drive that is bootable in Pro and Ultimate. It went smooth with no problem. Here is a little about it http://blog.concurrency.com/infrastr...windows-setup/
Joe

The railroads had the right idea, 'never put two trains on the same track, headed towards each other'. I'm sure we've all seen the old film clips of two steam engines colliding head on. Eh?

After a few mishaps, over the past 30+ years, I've settled on just ONE scheme for installing two OS's on the same computer.

I connect a second, blank, HD and then after I unplug the main drive, I go ahead with the install of the new OS. There is no way in H*** that one OS can muck up the other one.

I have five HD's, each one with a different OS or version of an OS on them. I only connect the one that I want to boot from. It's well documented that some OS's will see any other ones on the same PC and mess around with System Restore Points, etc.

I just don't trust any MS OS to not mess with any other one, so I keep them totally separate. Safe, not sorry!

Cheers Mates!

Brilliant! That is the same technique I have been using for years. Dedicating a separate hard drive to a secondary OS avoids any complications and will give you a dual boot system without having your boot files on your other drive (primary OS) mucked up by a second install. Then use your Fkey or BIOS to select which one you want to boot to.
I would seriously suggest that those of us who are semi excited about the potential Beta Windows 8 release (hopefully later this month) consider using this method when experimenting with this new Operating System. This technique provides a better testing platform as to how the OS will perform on your specific hardware as opposed to any software virtualization like VMware Player or Vbox which are the other two options I will use for a quick exam of the new OS.
While a conventional dual boot scenario is certainly still an option, for those who may not be experienced dual booters, sometimes reverting back to their systems previous state can be a bit overly complicated and this dedicated hard drive method leaves that particular issue completely out of the process and avoids the "how do I get my Windows 7 back" questions.
Regards
Randy

I'm having a Sr. moment here, after spending 4+ hours today, cleaning up and tuning up a customers PC, that had been really neglected over the past couple of years.

But if memory serves, there were several complaints, running around the WWW about a second OS, like say, Vista, messing around with the System Restore files on XP, when both OS's are alive on the same PC. If one OS can see the other one, it can Muck with it. So that's why I just disable my XP drive before I enable my second, third, fourth, OS. etc.

One way to jack in a new OS:


I know it looks crude, but hey...... it works! I just pull the power plugs on the drives I don't want running.

OH well, I don't have a wife griping at me to clean up my mess either. roflmao (I couldn't find a smiley for that)

Or, if you just need room for one more drive inside your case:


Or:



Or:



Did I ever mention..... I don't like to play by the rules? still roflmao

I believe it was the other way around.
The volume s driver in Vista/Windows 7 uses disk structures that are incompatible with legacy Os's. I think I remember that XP, if you booted it in a dual boot environment, therefore deleted all your Windows Vista/7 restore points except the last.
The problem doesn't occur with Windows 7 and 8. - so far, as they recognise each others file structure.
I don't, currently, have a dual boot system with XP on it, but have several with Windows 7/8 on - no probs.

I decided to install the Windows 8 Dp . I employed a 2TB external hard drive to back up all my files . Files that resided on a second internal hard drive . I then formated that hard drive and then installed Windows 8 DP .
The install went without error and I then examined the OS and was happy with the speed and stable nature of the OS . I did note that for a newbie or person not that comfortable with using a computer the interface could prove a obstacle . it is not that easy to use unless well aquainted with using a computer .
I used the clean install method as Microsoft stated once installed it would not be possible to uninstall the OS . A format of course took care of that .