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This weekend will see the deployment of Windows 8.1. In preparation I have updated all my drivers and such.
I intend to keep ATI 2013 as long as possible because it has always been a difficult piece of software to upgrade.
From what I've been able to read up until now (just days before the official release or 8.1) I think I can expect the upgrade to work and imaging should still work.
I have the Plus pack version with the build at 6514.
I will be upgrading Windows 8 Pro with Media Center. I don't want to do a clean install - I have just too much software to do that and I didn't have too much trouble with the Win 7 -> Win 8 in-place upgrade so I expect this should be similar.
I will make a system image prior to the upgrade (Win 8) and immediately after the upgrade appears stable (8.1).
Then I will try to restore from that image.
I'll post my results here.
I usually do my system image in Windows 8 (not from the external media Linux edition). I have not had any problems with that process and I've tested it perhaps 4 or 5 times this past year when I needed it.
Backup and validation takes about 15-20 minutes and a restore about the same time, so it's not too bad.
Note: I am not endorsing Acronis. It is a real hassle, but when you get it to work it is reliable - at least for me.
Anyone can browse the Acronis forums looking for my name and you will find many issues that took a very long time to get addressed.
For that matter I don't endorse Windows either. You can browse this forum for my name and find lots of unaddressed issues.
I just use these as tools.
I intend to keep ATI 2013 as long as possible because it has always been a difficult piece of software to upgrade.
From what I've been able to read up until now (just days before the official release or 8.1) I think I can expect the upgrade to work and imaging should still work.
I have the Plus pack version with the build at 6514.
I will be upgrading Windows 8 Pro with Media Center. I don't want to do a clean install - I have just too much software to do that and I didn't have too much trouble with the Win 7 -> Win 8 in-place upgrade so I expect this should be similar.
I will make a system image prior to the upgrade (Win 8) and immediately after the upgrade appears stable (8.1).
Then I will try to restore from that image.
I'll post my results here.
I usually do my system image in Windows 8 (not from the external media Linux edition). I have not had any problems with that process and I've tested it perhaps 4 or 5 times this past year when I needed it.
Backup and validation takes about 15-20 minutes and a restore about the same time, so it's not too bad.
Note: I am not endorsing Acronis. It is a real hassle, but when you get it to work it is reliable - at least for me.
Anyone can browse the Acronis forums looking for my name and you will find many issues that took a very long time to get addressed.
For that matter I don't endorse Windows either. You can browse this forum for my name and find lots of unaddressed issues.
I just use these as tools.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
- Sound Card
- Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W2353V
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
- PSU
- Corsair AX850 Gold
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
- Cooling
- ThermalTake Silent 1156
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520
- Mouse
- Logitech M310
- Internet Speed
- 7Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky
- Other Info
- Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
NI Kore controller;
NI Maschine controller;
M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;
... and tons of audio software ...
I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency