Since the official Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview download, official statistics have been downloaded more than 500,000 times, showing the user's attention to Win8. And the Metro interface that comes with Windows 8 does allow us to appreciate a Windows that is completely different from the past.
Microsoft gave a detailed demonstration of Win8 at the 2011 BUILD conference. In addition to the new features such as the cool Metro style interface, the amazing speed of the 8-second boot also left a deep impression on everyone. Looking at these eye-catching techniques, if you want to experience it for yourself, let's start the Win8 installation tour with the author.
TechWeb Tip: Since the current installation of Windows using U disk is very common, the author of this article still focuses on the production of Windows 8 installation U disk, if you want to use the traditional CD installation, you can skip the first step.
Production can install Win8 system U disk step
The above picture has been clearly identified, follow these 4 steps to complete the interface to the following picture.
The CD information is added. Start writing the USB flash drive image file
The previous step starts to write the image file of the USB flash drive, and then the following interface pops up. Select the path to make a USB flash drive. This step is mainly to select the path to write to the USB flash drive. If multiple USB flash drives are inserted, you need to select the USB flash drive to create the boot disk. In addition, the USB flash drive that makes the boot disk must be an empty disk, so it needs to be backed up in advance when there is data. Once the dot is written, the pop-up interface confirms, then the system will automatically format the USB flash drive, so backup is needed to avoid data loss.
I believe everyone has learned how to make a USB flash drive that can install Windows 8 system.
system Win8 Win8 installation steps
entire installation is very smooth, step consistent with Win7, but all instructions in English, Win7 users might not have installed some trouble. The author will tell you step by step how to install the Windows 8 operating system.
Just finished the USB boot disk of the U disk, the following need to be through the BIOS settings to let the system boot USB flash drive to install.
Press the F12 button, or press the Del button to enter the BOOT setting of the BIOS, and let the boot item be selected to the USB flash drive.
Select the startup item after the USB startup setting is completed, the system restarts. At this point, you can directly boot with the U disk, and then you do not need any operation, you will enter the following file to copy the file.
U disk boot to start copying files
Because it is a USB flash drive installation, this step is very fast, much faster than the CD-ROM drive
Enter the Win8 installation interface, select Install now You can
Installation terms, of course, all the way to “Agree”
This interface is the installation note, we can directly choose the following consent option. Otherwise there is no way to move on to the next step. Then press the Next button.
Because this article also tests the disk performance of the two systems, I chose the fastest solid state drive. In the partition, we found that the storage system information reserved by Win8 is 350MB, and the system capacity reserved by Win7 is only 100MB. It can be seen that the system information of Win8 is more.
After formatting, select Next to start the installation
Win8 startup interface
We see Win8 startup interface is very simple, there is no classic Windows fluttering when Win7 The window looks really a bit unaccustomed. Add Computer Information
above two is to add information about the computer name and user name, the two can not be the same name
Windows 8 start screen
Win8 finally completed the installation, the It's the start menu and it looks like a tablet. Because all the sections are added and removed.
Windows 8 desktop, initially look basically the same as Windows 7
Only the desktop environment is the same as Win7, only one recycle station is lying quietly on the desktop. When the start button in the lower left corner is clicked in, the picture of the above picture will appear, which is not particularly convenient to use.
In the comparison of startup time, we can see that the Win8 operating system did not disappoint us. Although the interface is not very used, it is also going through the process from the DOS era to the XP era. However, the start time of only 13 seconds is very gratifying.
From the installation process of Win8, I feel that the steps are basically the same as those of Win7. There are only a few few steps that need to be set. The rookies who don't understand can skip the skip, so the installation is not too big a problem. The biggest problem is that more new features and new interfaces are difficult to adapt. I started to find out where the shutdown button is, and made a sweat. However, new products always replace the old ones, so for Win8 is still a development trend, I believe that the final version of Win8 can bring users a better experience, especially in the field of touch, to better play their own advantages.