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." <[email protected]> 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 > > > ________________________________ > From: Tim Lider <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. > > > 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." <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Just google clean win 8 upgrade install. Lots of sites have the tutorial. > > > > > > lopaka > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Winterlight <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]> > > >To: [email protected] > > >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 > [email protected] Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com [email protected]
