Windows 7 how to install win8 installation tutorial

With windows8 already stereotyped, we can now download the windows 8 free consumer preview version. 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 (this article describes)

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

The first method: install windows 8 in the virtual machine

The second method: dual system, you can choose which one to start at startup

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This article will be the first method: upgrade from win7 to install win8, other related introductions, 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. Here we recommend that you use the new version of WinRAR compression and decompression software. For details, read: Is the meaning of the iso file and the ISO file opening method?

One: We extract the downloaded win8 system ios file After that, find the sources folder, and find the setup program in this folder, click Install, as shown below:

After extracting the win8 image file, find the setup run file in the sources folder

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

Second: After running the setup.exe file in the above figure, the windows8 installation interface will pop up. We will first see the prompt “Installer is copying” Temporary files & rdquo; Waiting for temporary file copying is complete, we go to the next step.

The installer is copying temporary files

After completing, go to the next step

In the next windows installer wizard, we first select "to get the latest installer online" Update (recommended) (G) & rdquo; options, then click Next, as shown below:

Select “Get the latest updates to the installer online”

Three: In the next step In order 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< Br>

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 &ldquo ; I accept the license terms & rdquo;

Four: Will "I accept the license terms", check the selected, we need to choose which type of installation after clicking the next step, because we are here to introduce Windows7 upgrade Windows8, 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 select 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 windows9, can only be upgraded to 64, but not to 32-bit, this point you can understand.