Windows 8 how to install, win8 installation tutorial

With windows8 has been finalized, we can now download the Windows 8 free consumer preview. However, the official version of the Windows 8 system in the later period is similar to the consumer preview version. The following article will teach you how to install the Windows 8 system. At present, there are many ways to install win8, which are divided into:

1.) I don't want to keep windows 7, install a windows directly 8

The first method: upgrade from win7

The second method: a new installation, set up a dual system, it is recommended to install U disk mode

2.) I want to keep windows 7, made windows 7 + windows 8 dual system

One way: install windows 8 in the virtual machine

The second method: dual system, you can choose which one to start when booting

This article will be the first method: upgrade from win7 Install win8 to introduce, other related introduction, please refer to other articles. Directly upgrade the win7 system to win8 system installation is relatively simple, the method is as follows:

First we download the latest windows 8 operating system files, because it is an iso image file, so extract the ISO file, I suggest you use the latest version The decompression software can be decompressed. It is recommended that you use the new version of WinRAR compression and decompression software.

A: After extracting the downloaded win8 system ios file, find the sources folder, and find the setup program in this folder, click install, as shown below:

Unzip the win8 image file and find the setup run file in the sources folder

Find the setup run file and double-click it to run, as shown above

2: After running the setup.exe file in the above figure , will pop up windows8 installation interface, we will first see the prompt "Installer is copying temporary files", waiting for temporary file copying, we go to the next step.

Installer is copying temporary files

After completing, go to the next step

In the next windows installer wizard, we first select “ The latest update (recommended) (G)” option of the program, then click Next, as shown below:

Select “Get the latest update of the installer online”

Three: Enter In the next step, we need to enter the product key to activate windows. We fill in the activation code: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J, and then go to the next step, as shown below:

Enter the product key to Activate Windows

After entering the correct product key, you will enter the following software installation interface that we are all familiar with. First, we choose “Accept Agreement” and click Next, as shown below:

Select “I accept the license terms”

Four: Will “ I accept the license terms & rdquo; Tick the selected, we need to choose which installation type after clicking the next step, as we introduce here Is upgrading from windows7 to window S8, so here we choose the first way, as shown below:

Select the installation type as upgrade

After selecting the installation type as upgrade, we will click Next to enter the system to install or upgrade the system disk. Here, our system is generally placed in the C drive, so choose the C drive here, as shown below:

Select to install the system on the system disk: C drive

Wait for the normal installation of Windows 8 to complete, install After the completion, you will need to restart the computer. After the installation is complete and the system is restarted, we can find that the computer has become a Windows 8 system. In fact, the upgrade method is quite simple.

Tip: The need to pay attention here is to choose to use a local account after installation, not a Microsoft account, in addition to this upgrade windows7 system installation windows8 also has a shortcoming, that is, if windows7 is a 32-bit system, then upgrade system is also Only upgrade to 32-bit windows8 system, if 64-bit windows7 upgrade to windows8, can only be upgraded to 64, but not to 32-bit, this point you can understand.