Upgrade Confusion

rjkardo

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If I understand correctly:
I have two PC's that are identical for my wife and myself.
We will be upgrading to Win 8 ASAP.
:)

I want to add new HDD's to each system for the upgrade.

So my steps are:
Download the $39.99 upgrade ISO
Install a copy of XP/Vista/Win7 on the new HDD
Then run the Win 8 upgrade and select a 'clean' install
Once complete, run any updates and installs needed (Anti-virus, Office)
Then create a system restore disk (us old-timers would say 'ghost image the system')

Then I have a complete way to reinstall without having to reload an older OS.

Is this correct?

Thanks,
Rod
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
I just had a chat with a rep at the online Microsoft Store.
Basically, I asked if there was anyway to avoid having to reinstall Win 7 any time I had to reload Win 8.
She said no:
"[FONT=&quot]If you ever have to reinstall the upgrade you would have to reinstall the 7 first.[/FONT]"

I asked about a system restore, or Ghost, but the answer seemed the same. I am not certain that she understood what I was asking though.

Can anyone clear this up?

Thanks,
Rod
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Hello Rod, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Microsoft has always allowed customers to be able to do a clean install with their upgrade copy of Windows in the past, but the problem is that no one reallly knows for sure yet with Windwos 8 until we can get our hands on an upgrade copy of Windows 8, and do testing with it. :(

If not, then I'm pretty certain that we will still be able to create a system image after the upgrade to Windows 8 was finished to be able to just do a system image recovery without having to say install Windows 7 first then Windows 8 though.

Hope this helps some, :)
Shawn
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
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    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hello Shawn,
Yes, it does seem to answer my question.
I figured that the rep was just not familiar with the Image option or that I did not ask it clearly.

This has me worried, as I don't want to have to reload an old OS whenever I need to reload Win 8.

Rod
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Most people I speak to don't even realise that they CAN
do image backups in Vista, 7 and 8.

It's been my backup method of choice since the Vista beta,
and would have been since Win 98 if only I could have
afforded Norton Ghost....:-(.

I notice that there seems to be less emphasis placed on it in
Win 8, and hope there are no plans to do away with it.

Reset and Refresh are in NO way a satisfactory alternative.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit (7 Ult, Vista & XP in V-Box)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
    CPU
    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
    Sound Card
    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
    Hard Drives
    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
    Stock
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
Hello Rod :)

I think this can clear some doubts about the upgrade:

Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99

This is official Blog from Microsoft. Phone Man gave this link in a thread, so credit goes to him for sharing this with us :)

Hope this helps :)
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
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