Can I use Drive D when Win 8 Beta comes out?

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Below is a snap of my Disk Management.
I know some of you are reviewing Win 8 pre beta files now. Because I am not in any hurry to do this I am wondering...
When Win 8 Beta become available can I use Drive D to install 8 Beta and review its contents?




2011-10-26_1005disk_management.png

Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Dennis
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium S 64 bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek
    Memory
    4 Gb Dual channel DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    512MB GeForce 8500GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w 2408 Vivid Color Widescreen LCD
    Cooling
    Cooling Budweiser now
    Keyboard
    MS intell keyboard
    Mouse
    MS intelli Mouse
    Internet Speed
    US Postal Service
Hi Dennis,

Yes, that will be possible. Unless changed in the final release (which I doubt), the installation routine is very much similar to Vista and W7, and you can select a destination drive on which to install the OS.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/sec (O2)
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    IE 11
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    Avast! 8.0.1497 MalwareBytes 1.75.0.1300
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    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Hi Dennis,

Yes, that will be possible. Unless changed in the final release (which I doubt), the installation routine is very much similar to Vista and W7, and you can select a destination drive on which to install the OS.

Thanks Dwarf for your quick response.:)
When Vista Beta came out I never installed or reviewed it.
I did take a peek at W7 and then uninstalled whatever I had of it. Then purchased the upgrade when W7 became available as I was coming from Vista Home Premium OEM version.
In W7 Forums there seems to be a lot of discussions on partitioning going on and have read a few threads. My experience in that category is next to zero so now I am more curious with W8 Beta coming and how to and where to install it without messing with W7.

If you have any tuts or threads that I might get a handle on I would be most thankful for your input.
Dennis
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium S 64 bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek
    Memory
    4 Gb Dual channel DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    512MB GeForce 8500GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w 2408 Vivid Color Widescreen LCD
    Cooling
    Cooling Budweiser now
    Keyboard
    MS intell keyboard
    Mouse
    MS intelli Mouse
    Internet Speed
    US Postal Service
The easiest way to do this is download Winrar, it will act as your .iso handler. Open the .iso with WinRAR and double clik the Sources folder, scroll down the contents till you find setup.exe. Double clik the file and WinRAR will extract all the necessary files to temp and the Windows install will begin. This file always asks you what partition you want to install to. I have used this method for years...
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    17074 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv7 3173nr
    CPU
    M520
    Memory
    5GB
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Internet Speed
    120Mb/s
  • PC2
    HP A12 R7 17074
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