Before doing it, please free download this powerful disk manager to partition your hard disk first. Step 1. Step 2. Edit the partition on the window, you can adjust the partition size, drive letter and file system, and click "OK". Now, we can install Windows on the new partition. Open the tool and select the downloaded Windows 8 Consumer Preview image. When starting the setup, just need to follow the guidance and enter your country and keyboard settings.
On the next page, fill out the license key. Then type diskmgmt. Enter the amount you want to allocate. Depending on the architecture of Windows 8 you want to try. If you are using Windows 8 32 bit, you can allocate 16 GBs or 20 GBs if you using the 64 bit version. Another factor is disk space for applications, page file and drivers. You will have to boot from the Windows 8 DVD. ISO file or bootable thumb drive.
The Windows 8 logo will appear on screen, this might be here for a while, as long as your see the indicater, everything should be ok. You should now arrive at this screen, select your time and currency format then click Next.
Enter your product key when prompted. The product key should have been available to you when you downloaded the. ISO file for Windows 8. Click Next. Select the partition you created for it then click Next. Click Drive Options. Wait while Windows 8 installs. Installation time can vary depending on the speed of your disk, processor and the amount of installed memory. Windows 8 will prompt you to choose the operating system you want to boot into.
It adds many new features, such as "Multiple Desktops" which enables users to use multiple desktop environments and make a switch between different environments depending on their requirements. For advanced users, Command Prompt supports paste button to paste files into Command Prompt directly and quickly.
With these new functions, more and more users want to install this new system. And in this article, we help you make a dual boot Windows 10 and Windows 7 or 8 environment on one computer.
First of all, it is necessary to create a new partition on your Windows 7 or Windows 8 primary hard drive for Win 10 installation. Thus, you can use Windows built-in Disk Management or a free third-party partition manager. Disk Management is a built-in tool in Windows operating system. To create a new partition, if there is no unallocated space on hard drive, you should shrink the partition to get it at first. And then right click on the unallocated space and choose New Simple Volume.
Up until recently, I had a machine dedicated to testing Windows 8 and just never got around to setting up a dual-boot configuration. I say recently, because just the other day that test PC died. I did some troubleshooting to try and figure out just what went wrong, but my findings were inconclusive - it could be the power supply, it could be the CPU, it could be the motherboard, or it could be the video card.
Rather than stressing about it, I just decided to get another test system - I'll figure it out later. I normally build my own systems, but this time I bought one off the shelf. So now, I had the perfect opportunity to explore dual-booting Windows 7 and Windows 8 Release Preview. In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report , I'll use my new system to show you how to prepare and configure your Windows 7 system to dual-boot Windows 8.
While I'll be using the Windows 8 Release Preview for this article, I've heard that the procedure should be very similar with the actual release version. Even so, I'll revisit this topic in the near future once Windows 8 is available to the general public. Be your company's Microsoft insider by reading these Windows and Office tips, tricks, and cheat sheets.
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