Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-21 Thread Tim Lider
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread FORC5
. 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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread FORC5
don't they at first give like 3 days b4 activation ? At 10:21 PM 11/19/2013, Winterlight Poked the stick with: At 06:29 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: Part of the initial setup is activation, so you might have a phone call on your hands for next activation. when I installed 8 and realized it

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
timli...@adv-data.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com 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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Tim Lider
timli...@adv-data.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com 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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
wasn't it possible in the past to do a clean install with a ungrade disk Win 8 UPGRADE is different. Once you install the original OS is overwritten and the license key is gone. But you can put use the upgrade disk to install move your license to another computer but I guess you have to

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread FORC5
in the old days I think they did or we booted to a boot disk with cd support and ran setup from there. I think the new stuff if smarter. Memory is a little fussy. Remember when cd installs needed drivers ? fp At 01:27 PM 11/20/2013, Winterlight Poked the stick with: How do you install it clean

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
I think you misunderstood what I meant... the Windows 8 PRO upgrade disk... what MS was selling a year ago for $25 download and $50 disk... does not boot by design. It will only run from within windows and it will only install over a qualified OS = XP, Vista, Win 7 with a legal activated

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Tim Lider
Winterlight, If you opt the DVD version, you get a DVD shipped to you. Before I did a clean install I waited for the DVD to arrive. Those days were hard on my nerves :) On November 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: in the old days I think they did or we booted to a boot disk

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
Yes, I bought a DVD version from Newegg on sale with $40 MS Rebate for an eventual 30 bucks. I just thought I would keep that for a new laptop so I can upgrade to PRO. But it is the same thing as the download able version upgrade disk = install within windows. I know there is a hack way of

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
. 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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-19 Thread Tim Lider
...@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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-19 Thread Winterlight
At 06:29 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: Part of the initial setup is activation, so you might have a phone call on your hands for next activation. when I installed 8 and realized it had overwritten 7 Ultimate I pulled the NIC cable...so it was live to the net for at most 15 minutes Once I

[H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Jamie Furtner
Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to start the install from within windows 7? You need to start the upgrade from within Windows - booting straight from the disc won't upgrade and your key may not work either (as it's an upgrade key, not a full install key). I guess

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
OK I installed from within windows 7, but Win 8 never gave me the opportunity to install in another partition so it overwrote the Windows 7 install. I must of done something wrong but what? When it asked if I wanted to keep data and libraries I send no thinking it would ask me where I wanted

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Jamie Furtner
I don't know if Win8 supports a side-by-side upgrade installation - that's something I haven't tried. All the literature I've seen only talks of in-place upgrades. The custom install option might do what you're looking for, but I'm not sure. Jamie On 2013-11-18 1:45 PM, Winterlight wrote: OK I

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
...@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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
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

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
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