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Solved Seem to have lost the plot here
Now I thought there was three month trial ISO of 8 available but all I can find is an upgrade ISO.
I have just got a new HDD for the trial but as I have mentioned I cannot find any way of making a bootable ISO of 8 as I don't want to make a dual boot just try the 8 and then if ok I will get the OEM.
So have I missed something or got my facts wrong somewhere?
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i5 2500 & i5 3570K
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Gigabyte GA_H67UD3H-B3 & Asus P8Z77-V
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8GB (1333) 8GB 2400 set 1866
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NVidia GTX 650 X 2
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Xonar DG X 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Philips 24" (SB) Benq 24" (IB)
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 X 2 830 X 1
PSU
Corsair HX 650 & HX 1050
Case
Coolermaster Centurion 2 & HAF XM
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Air (SB) LC (IB)
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M6980X X 2 (laser)M$ Sidewinder X4 & Sidewinder X6 (IB)
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Gigabyte M6980 X X 2 (laser)
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ADSL2
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Google
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Two other machines Toshiba L550 Sat i5 CPU running 8GB RAM and Windows 8 Pro 64bit OS.
Toshiba A200Celeron 4GB Win7 64bit
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Yep I saw that theog and that is where I got stuck in that there four options and not being the sharpest knife in the drawer I don't know which one to pick.
I did see that it was also difficult to get rid of if one didn't want it but surely a clean all would suffice if it came to that I suppose?
OS
8 Pro desk 1 (SB) 7 Home desk 2 (IB) 8 Pro Lap 1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Own build X 2 Desk X 1 Lap X 2
CPU
i5 2500 & i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA_H67UD3H-B3 & Asus P8Z77-V
Memory
8GB (1333) 8GB 2400 set 1866
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GTX 650 X 2
Sound Card
Xonar DG X 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Philips 24" (SB) Benq 24" (IB)
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 X 2 830 X 1
PSU
Corsair HX 650 & HX 1050
Case
Coolermaster Centurion 2 & HAF XM
Cooling
Air (SB) LC (IB)
Keyboard
M6980X X 2 (laser)M$ Sidewinder X4 & Sidewinder X6 (IB)
Mouse
Gigabyte M6980 X X 2 (laser)
Internet Speed
ADSL2
Browser
Google
Antivirus
Kaspersky ISS
Other Info
Two other machines Toshiba L550 Sat i5 CPU running 8GB RAM and Windows 8 Pro 64bit OS.
Toshiba A200Celeron 4GB Win7 64bit
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I would download the ISO x32 or x64.
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Desktops x 5
Towers x 4
Thanks theog I'll go the 32bit as it is only a test run on an older machine
OS
8 Pro desk 1 (SB) 7 Home desk 2 (IB) 8 Pro Lap 1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Own build X 2 Desk X 1 Lap X 2
CPU
i5 2500 & i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA_H67UD3H-B3 & Asus P8Z77-V
Memory
8GB (1333) 8GB 2400 set 1866
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GTX 650 X 2
Sound Card
Xonar DG X 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Philips 24" (SB) Benq 24" (IB)
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 X 2 830 X 1
PSU
Corsair HX 650 & HX 1050
Case
Coolermaster Centurion 2 & HAF XM
Cooling
Air (SB) LC (IB)
Keyboard
M6980X X 2 (laser)M$ Sidewinder X4 & Sidewinder X6 (IB)
Mouse
Gigabyte M6980 X X 2 (laser)
Internet Speed
ADSL2
Browser
Google
Antivirus
Kaspersky ISS
Other Info
Two other machines Toshiba L550 Sat i5 CPU running 8GB RAM and Windows 8 Pro 64bit OS.
Toshiba A200Celeron 4GB Win7 64bit
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You are welcome.
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ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Other Info
Notebooks x 3
Desktops x 5
Towers x 4
Thanks theog just one thing - if I had known what a performance I had to do to get that ISO frankly I wouldn't have bothered.
For the life of me I just cannot reason why to download that ISO I had to create a Microsoft account which would not let me use my hotmail address or indeed my old providers email address to do that.
I had to go create a gmail address for registration and then blow me down Microsoft after two hours of setting that up then informed me my hotmail address would be my login username!!
Now I am definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer but that was an exercise in absolute nonsense, and futility, because now I have an email address I did not want will probably have to cop all of the crap that it will generate or block it.
How come Microsoft has it so screwed up and convoluted is beyond this now mushed up grey matter. Perhaps M$ get a kick back for boosting Googles business?? that would be something eh?
OS
8 Pro desk 1 (SB) 7 Home desk 2 (IB) 8 Pro Lap 1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Own build X 2 Desk X 1 Lap X 2
CPU
i5 2500 & i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA_H67UD3H-B3 & Asus P8Z77-V
Memory
8GB (1333) 8GB 2400 set 1866
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GTX 650 X 2
Sound Card
Xonar DG X 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Philips 24" (SB) Benq 24" (IB)
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 X 2 830 X 1
PSU
Corsair HX 650 & HX 1050
Case
Coolermaster Centurion 2 & HAF XM
Cooling
Air (SB) LC (IB)
Keyboard
M6980X X 2 (laser)M$ Sidewinder X4 & Sidewinder X6 (IB)
Mouse
Gigabyte M6980 X X 2 (laser)
Internet Speed
ADSL2
Browser
Google
Antivirus
Kaspersky ISS
Other Info
Two other machines Toshiba L550 Sat i5 CPU running 8GB RAM and Windows 8 Pro 64bit OS.
Toshiba A200Celeron 4GB Win7 64bit
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No Microsoft account needed to download ISO's.
OS
ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Other Info
Notebooks x 3
Desktops x 5
Towers x 4
I will have to try again as that ref lead me to basically nowhere
OS
8 Pro desk 1 (SB) 7 Home desk 2 (IB) 8 Pro Lap 1
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Own build X 2 Desk X 1 Lap X 2
CPU
i5 2500 & i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA_H67UD3H-B3 & Asus P8Z77-V
Memory
8GB (1333) 8GB 2400 set 1866
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GTX 650 X 2
Sound Card
Xonar DG X 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Philips 24" (SB) Benq 24" (IB)
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 X 2 830 X 1
PSU
Corsair HX 650 & HX 1050
Case
Coolermaster Centurion 2 & HAF XM
Cooling
Air (SB) LC (IB)
Keyboard
M6980X X 2 (laser)M$ Sidewinder X4 & Sidewinder X6 (IB)
Mouse
Gigabyte M6980 X X 2 (laser)
Internet Speed
ADSL2
Browser
Google
Antivirus
Kaspersky ISS
Other Info
Two other machines Toshiba L550 Sat i5 CPU running 8GB RAM and Windows 8 Pro 64bit OS.
Toshiba A200Celeron 4GB Win7 64bit