, made a graphic mode, I hope to help students who are using Win7 or XP to successfully install the Windows8 consumer preview version, which is a dual system can be used normally! Today, our QQ group, Weibo, forum and many other friends have used various methods to complete the installation of Windows8 system, but most of our friends chose dual system! After all, Win7 is a stable and mature system, and daily work needs! This tutorial machines
original C disk to install a 32-bit Win7 system, and now want to install the 64-bit Win8 system to the E drive, before installing the E disk emptied! F has enough space to extract the ISO file. Also you need a tool file: nt6hddinstaller (click to download) The following is the official installation steps:
first: I am going to install Win8 system to the E drive, first download the Win8 Consumer Preview 64-bit Unzip to the root directory of the F drive (note that the first one is the E drive, followed by the F drive) (after the installation is complete, delete all the files extracted). If you are currently Win7 click mode 2, currently XP, click mode 1.
2: Installation will find that you extract the files to the root directory of F, this time follow the prompts to click on the middle of the restart, continue with the following installation steps.
Third: to restart the boot time will find nt6hddinstaller options! Choose and then press Enter to start our dual system installation!
Fourth: At this time you need to enter a product key, do not worry about this, because Microsoft has given out, all versions of Win8, key on this one: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J if you There is only one computer at hand, and it is equipped with dual systems. Then use paper and notes down, and manually input it. The virtual machine installation does not have this problem. Copy and paste it.
Five: Next to choose which partition to install, I want to install the E drive, my computer has CDEF four partitions, where you click to select the third partition, you come to your situation select!
Sixth: This interface is installed over the next Win7 friends just familiar with it, waiting, continue to wait ......
Seven: After the installation is complete you will wait until this screen, The installation is basically complete, but the waiting time is over, and the next step is that you need to set it up! Select Windows8ConsumerPrevIEw to start the newly installed system and follow the prompts below to complete the setup.
eighth: the first is to set personalized information as we saw earlier, said Metro interface can modify the color, that's all, but I still prefer the default color, there is no Modify, you modify it according to your own preferences. Also fill in the computer name.
Nine: Next, you need to set a lot of things, but there are two options, one is quickly set, a custom setting, many of which are quickly set the default, you can choose to be bothered, here we choose Customization, but a lot of borrowed need to be customized and not modified, keep the default next.
X: Select the custom settings you want to do first is networking, of course, have connections, because later use, select the first one is to enable sharing and connect to devices, remember developer When the preview version was installed, many friends encountered the problem of not being able to access the Internet. Basically, it was caused by the network card driver, but it was difficult for them to solve. This time, the consumer preview version solved the basic driver problem very well.
XI: Set in the household help and help update your computer by default is fully open, then by default the go, anyway, now is the test version, will not be involved in anything, continue to the next step.
XII: here is sending a message like Microsoft to help improve Windows and applications, the beta purpose here, keep the default next step is to make some contribution to make in October Windows8 official The version is more powerful!
XIII: step on the line inquiries and solutions, and to share information and applications, which also keep the default is like the next step, if you really want to change, you can basically do not have any effect, but it is recommended default .
XIV: Log on to the computer, I use Microsoft's hotmail e-mail account, live.com etc. are also possible.
XV: Tips please wait, then so on it, felt the entire installation process is relatively fast, but there is no information on the Internet say so rapidly.
XVI: Microsoft now need to enter your account password. This mode has been seen by many friends in the Win8 Developer Preview. It is more familiar, enter account information, which will be used later when you go to the app store. The default is to log in.
XVII: The next tip is required to enter your phone number when you can not log on, and will send you a code to reset your password by code. Or is it a security consideration, as for what else is possible, you think about it, I filled in the phone number.
XVIII: small wait for a while to completely get! This is the interface that just entered the system, and the version released in September is quite different! The background has a pattern, and the app store is also open! Big guys must be too anxious to go to the app store to see, the news that the previously released QQ app has been put on the shelves is really exciting.
XIX: Hold down the Windows key + D to switch to desktop mode, to see the small fish, right, and lower left corner of the Start menu is gone. Is not a lot of things are not easy to find, no, familiar with it, such as want to use the drawing program, press the Windows button to enter the Metro interface, right click, point to view all applications, you will see drawings, calculators, control panels, etc. Find! Later, Win8 House will continue to organize various techniques for everyone.
Article: Finally do to show you a Metro version of QQ screenshots, log in and fill the entire screen is full-screen, is not that there will be other convenient mouse from the top down Dragging can put QQ on the left or right side, so that when you are busy with other things, you will not delay QQ chat.
Finally, a brief summary of the installation process and feel at:
1. install more smoothly than the previous developer preview version, the basic drive well, installed after the resolution, sound card drivers, etc. All are good, the new system can be used normally!
2. function and operation of a great improvement over the previous developer preview! If you have both systems installed and used, then the experience will be deeper!
3. application store opening, a lot of Metro interface applications, social networks and everyone inside the QQ is the most basic needs of everyone, then triggered a flood of applications will appear! Waiting, the software compatibility problem has a good improvement.
4. Chinese version of Microsoft Win8 input method is useful, try to know! Maybe I am not willing to use other input methods after getting used to this.
5. Many other features have not been tested, and other tests will be finished finishing released, we may have questions to Win8 forum post for help, or to the QQ group and YY channels to seek help.