Windows 8 operating system installation tutorial detailed

This year, the news is Windows 8 news, many people are already using the Windows 8 consumer preview version, but on October 26, the official version of Windows 8 will also be listed. Windows RT has also been delivered to hardware vendors. For fans, it is natural to start to experience Windows 8 system in the first place, but Xiaobian guesses that after the market with Windows 8 will bring a new installation trend. Users who are still using XP or using Windows 7 will also start installing Windows 8.

There are two ways to install Windows 8, the first is to install Windows 8 system by making physical media system disk, and the second is to install Windows 8 directly in Windows 7.

I believe that many players will operate multiple systems to coexist in one computer. Many beginners don't know much about it. The next installation tutorial can tell the majority of beginners how to install two operating systems in one computer.

First, allocate a separate partition for the new system (two systems coexistence dedicated)

Before the installation, you need to re-partition the local hard disk, which allows the new system to get independent space.

Assigning a separate area:

Right click on the computer icon, select Manage, enter the computer management interface, click on the disk management, you can see the details of the entire hard disk partition.

Click on Disk Management in Computer Management Next, we need to make some hardware space for the new system. If there are free partitions, we can save the following steps. Select a partition with more free capacity, right click to select the compressed volume, and then enter the required capacity, generally should be above 20G, and more than 20480 hard disk space.

Selecting a Free Partition to Compress a Volume After compressing a volume, it will be moved to a new partition on the side of the original partition, and then the partition will be formatted. Right-click on the new partition and select New Simple Volume. In the Assign Drive Number and Path step, select the drive number you want (such as E drive), and then continue to the next step.

Choosing the drive number, the hard drive letter After this series of steps, the partitions that are specifically installed for the new system are ready. Next, we can install the Windows 8 operating system into this hard disk partition, so that it will not cover the original system, and can experience the fun of the new system, and is convenient for users to delete.

If you need to choose this prompt, you need to note that if you get this dialog box prompt when you create a new partition, you must choose No, otherwise your hard drive will be tragedy. The solution is to use hard disk management software to convert this partition to a logical partition so that there is no hint that the basic disk is converted to a dynamic disk. Remember, dynamic disks are not suitable for general users, please do not convert!

2: Write the image to the USB flash drive with software

Before installing the Windows 8 system with the USB flash drive, we need to prepare some tools to make the system installation. plate. The first is to prepare a U disk with a capacity of 4GB or more (4GB), then the image file of the Windows 8 system, followed by the available burning software, where we use the UltraISO burning software to burn the system.

First, we open the UltraISO software, and then click File--Open--Select the Windows 8 system image file. After confirming the open, you can see all the file information of the entire image in the software interface. After confirming that the file is correct, continue with our installation steps.

Open the image file Next, start making the system installation disk and click Start--Write to the hard disk image.

After selecting the write hard disk image to enter the burning interface, select the U disk drive letter that can be written in the hard disk drive section, click on the write after confirming the error, wait for a while can.

Select the USB drive letter to be written

Wait for the write to complete After waiting for about ten minutes, the entire installation file will be saved in the U disk. In the next step, we can use this U disk to install the Windows 8 operating system. In fact, the U disk system is similar to the optical disk system except that the physical media used is different and the writing speed is different. For notebooks such as Ultrabooks that do not have an optical drive, the value of the U disk installation operating system is well reflected.

Selecting the USB flash drive in the boot boot is the first step in installing the Windows 8 operating system on the USB flash drive. Turn on the computer and click the keyboard “F12” before entering the system boot. (Different models of computer buttons are also different, some are "F11", "F1" and the like) into the boot manager, then select the U disk with the system files, click to enter the operating system installation interface.

Three: System installation, pay attention to the selection of the partition 喔

Everything is ready, then it will be an exciting moment, let's install the Windows 8 operating system. . The installation interface of Windows 8 system is similar to that of Windows 7 system. According to Microsoft officially, Windows 7 can be directly upgraded to Windows 8 system. However, as a preview version, we do not recommend direct upgrade by users. It is safer to use dual system operation.

Windows 8 System Installation Interface Windows 8 Consumer Preview provides Simplified Chinese, so in the first part we chose to be silent by default (Simplified Chinese), and then click Next to prepare to install the system.

Click to install Now At the beginning of the installation, we need to enter the product key of the Windows 8 operating system for the following installation. Windows 8 is different from Windows 7 in that it can bypass key activation. You must enter the correct product key to activate the system before proceeding with the installation.

Entering the Product Key After reading the license terms, check the “I accept the license terms” and click Next.

Read the license terms Next we will see two system installation modes, the first is to upgrade the system, and the second is a custom installation. We can choose to install according to our own situation, here we have to install dual system, so choose the second customization to continue the installation process.

Selecting a Custom Installation After entering the Custom Installation Mode, we will see a list of hard disk partitions and select a new partition that was previously prepared to install the system. (If you want to reinstall the system, select the partition of the original system, click the drive option - format, select the partition after the format is completed, the next step to continue the installation.)

Select the installation partition. We will welcome the installation screen. The system is being installed and needs to wait for a while. The writing speed varies according to different installation methods (U disk, hard disk or CD-ROM drive). After the installation is complete, the system will automatically restart.

After starting the system reboot, we will see a new boot manager, which is a major change in the Windows 8 system, unlike the previous character-style interface. It's a brand new experience with a lot of pictures and a mouse to operate the selection system.

After the installation is complete, select the system on the boot interface. Select to enter the Windows 8 system for the final installation, after which a new operation interface will be displayed in front of us. The operating system pays attention to the experience. The new Windows 8 system brings different interaction interfaces to the users. The system application is simpler and easier to operate.

Summary:

At this point, the work of installing Windows 8 dual system with U disk is completed. For skilled users, partition from hard disk to U disk Write, then to the system installation, the entire process takes about 30 minutes. Through the above three steps, most beginners can easily install the Windows 8 system without any impact on the existing system. If one day you want to delete Windows 8, the method is also very simple, just cancel the dual system boot menu, and then format the independent partition.