Solved Win 8 RP -> RTM

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Will we be able to go from the RP to RTM or retail version? We couldn't with Win 7.
 

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I believe this time we can.

This time even upgrading directly from Win XP and Vista is possible. And somewhere was mentioned that an upgrade from RP to RTM is possible.
We'll just have to wait and see.
 

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I hope it will be possible. I already have a lot of programs and games intalled on RP and dont want to reinstall everything.
 

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MS will allow you to Upgrade from RP to RTM but it is limited. You can only save your personal files and then it does a clean install, so all your settings and programs have to be re-installed.

Jim :cool:
 

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eastbayrae said:
Will we be able to go from the RP to RTM or retail version? We couldn't with Win 7.
Click to expand...

There was a hack that permitted the RTM of Win7 to install as an upgrade-in-place over the RC. (I never tried it.)

I expect that someone will come up with a similar hack for the Win8 RP. I'm not competent to do it, I regret to say.
 

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Phone Man said:
MS will allow you to Upgrade from RP to RTM but it is limited. You can only save your personal files and then it does a clean install, so all your settings and programs have to be re-installed.

Jim :cool:
Click to expand...

That is what I wanted to avoid: re-installing gigs upon gigs of programs.
 

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That is WHY you DON'T!! This isn't a full flavor operating system. Only thing that should be on it is the beta, and betas for other programs. 3 things for me on this partition Windows 8 RP, MS Office 2013, and Bull Guard Security betas. Once everything with this version is done with, bye bye partition, and hello new Windows 8 RTM partition. NOT about to fubar my Win7, and Linux partitions.
 

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Yeah, I don't usually recommend upgrading any OS, it's best from a performance standpoint to start from scratch. I feel even more so about coming from a beta/non-released version.
 

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I have made the mistake of upgrading Vista to Windows 7.

Optimized services, regularly disk but there are still many tasks which have been taken over from Vista which are slowing down the system.
The registry hives also have many unused entries I suspect but I would not run registry optimizers - they can make a system completely unuseable.

It is better to reinstall (really) needed programs on a new system, copy some user files and that's it.
This is like moving home - no need to carry all the old crap over...
 

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Phone Man said:
MS will allow you to Upgrade from RP to RTM but it is limited. You can only save your personal files and then it does a clean install, so all your settings and programs have to be re-installed.

Jim :cool:
Click to expand...

How will it determine you are eligible for the upgrade?

Perhaps they will just count the arrows in the back of us "pioneers".
(Thanks to Adam Osborne of the Osborne I "portable")
 

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MikeFromHC said:
Phone Man said:
MS will allow you to Upgrade from RP to RTM but it is limited. You can only save your personal files and then it does a clean install, so all your settings and programs have to be re-installed.

Jim :cool:
Click to expand...

How will it determine you are eligible for the upgrade?

Perhaps they will just count the arrows in the back of us "pioneers".
(Thanks to Adam Osborne of the Osborne I "portable")
Click to expand...

It checks the HDD for an installed copy of a qualifying OS. (XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 RP)

Jim :cool:
 

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I am on Win8 RP x86, trying to install the Win8 Enterprise N RTM x86. When I try the 'upgrade' route from clicking the installation file from inside windows, it gives me an error message saying that I cannot upgrade this pre-release version of windows, and kicks me to a microsoft webpage about upgrading from XP/Vista/7.

I am currently putting the setup files onto a DVD with the hope that I can either upgrade or do a custom installation from the DVD before Windows boots.
 

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lilsting10 said:
I am on Win8 RP x86, trying to install the Win8 Enterprise N RTM x86. When I try the 'upgrade' route from clicking the installation file from inside windows, it gives me an error message saying that I cannot upgrade this pre-release version of windows, and kicks me to a microsoft webpage about upgrading from XP/Vista/7.

I am currently putting the setup files onto a DVD with the hope that I can either upgrade or do a custom installation from the DVD before Windows boots.
Click to expand...

I believe you can only upgrade to the Pro version.

Jim :cool:
 

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    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A99X EVO
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    Crucial Balistic DDR-3 1866 CL 9 (8 GB)
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    MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
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    On Chip
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    ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
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    1920 x 1080
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    Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata 6gbs
    WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
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    Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
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    NIS, Malwarebytes Premium 2
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    Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem.
    Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer,
    Epson V300 Scanner
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