I installed mine to a VHD file. Doesn't require messing with a new partition on your hard drive yet you still get all the speed and support of your current hardware. Create multiple versions to play with!
How did you setup your Win 8 install?
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Hi there
Installed the 64 bit version as a VM under vmware workstation - it failed with version 7.1.3 of vmware workstation but installed fine using the new version 8 of vmware workstation.
Installed as a VM on a Host W7 x-64 enterprise machine - worked fine under V8 of vmware workstation.
Also works under vmware Esxi using the stand alone converter to set up the Virtual Machine.
Cheers
jimbo
Installed the 64 bit version as a VM under vmware workstation - it failed with version 7.1.3 of vmware workstation but installed fine using the new version 8 of vmware workstation.
Installed as a VM on a Host W7 x-64 enterprise machine - worked fine under V8 of vmware workstation.
Also works under vmware Esxi using the stand alone converter to set up the Virtual Machine.
Cheers
jimbo
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Made a 50GB partition on Win 7x64 drive and installed to that. No sweat. Now have triple boot.
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- ME. Due for upgrade.
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- Pentium D 925 Presler (old) Want i5 2500
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- MSI G41TM-P33 El cheapo. Want AsRock Z68
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- 2GB DDR2 667 (Have pkt of 2x4GB DDR3 PC1600)
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Win 8x64 50GB (Partition)
Win 7x32 500GB
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2 x 1TB Ext USB WD
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Pavilion 1216AX dual core, 2GB DDR2 667
Compaq CQ62 404ax, Triple core AMD, 8GB DDR3
All systems plus PS3 used for Folding@Home Team 38444
Currently on virtual box
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- Windows 8.1 Pro
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- DELL Inspiron 14R N4010
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- Intel i3 2.4 Ghz
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- 6 GB
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- Intel Integrated HD
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- 320 GB
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Dual boot. Win 8 on new ssd.
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- Win 8 pro X64
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- Dilithium Computers Mk4
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- AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor, 3400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
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- Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3
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- 16Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
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- Hi-def
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- 3D Lg W2363D 23"
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- 1920x1080
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- Loads, and a Crucial ssd 256Gb for OS.
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- 1000w
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- Antec 10000
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- Big case fans + standard cpu fan
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- Logitech K350
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Home made with matchsticks (well...some lego also)
Blu-ray drive HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30. Nvidia 3D wireless glasses (active shutter).
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Main OS in my primary machine.
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- Asus
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- Intel i7 870
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- Asus Maximus III Formula
- Memory
- 2x4GB Corsair Dominator CL9
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX 5850
- Sound Card
- SupremeFX X-Fi
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- HP X2301
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
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120gb Corsair Force GS ssd
500gb WD Caviar Blue
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- Silverstone DA650
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- Bitfenix Shinobi
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- Swiftech Apoogee XT
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- Razer Lycosa Mirror
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- Razer Salmosa Korean Tournament Ed
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- 3MBps
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- Google Chrome
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- This is my legacy
How's it working on a SSD? It's blazing fast on a standard HDD, was just curious how it performs on SSD.
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- Windows 8 Developer Preview x64
On a VMWare Virtual Machine - VM Workstation 8. I'm already running VMWare Workstation 7, but I downloaded the 30 day trial from the VMWare site:
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=vmware-workstation8&lp=1
for this exercise. Works very well indeed.
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=vmware-workstation8&lp=1
for this exercise. Works very well indeed.
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Update
1: Dual booting Windows 7 64 bit and Windows Developer Preview 64 bit on 2 separate drives.
2: Running Windows Developer Preview 32 bit from Virtualbox in Windows 7 64 bit drive.
3: Running Windows Developer Preview 32 bit from Hyper V in Windows Developer Preview 64 bit drive.
Note: Only Keyboard, mouse and network connection are working in the Hyper V install, no audio or USB support at present.
1: Dual booting Windows 7 64 bit and Windows Developer Preview 64 bit on 2 separate drives.
2: Running Windows Developer Preview 32 bit from Virtualbox in Windows 7 64 bit drive.
3: Running Windows Developer Preview 32 bit from Hyper V in Windows Developer Preview 64 bit drive.
Note: Only Keyboard, mouse and network connection are working in the Hyper V install, no audio or USB support at present.
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- My own abomination, I call it the Money Pit
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- ASUS Sabertooth P67
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Dual Channel Kit
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- EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA GAMING 10GB GDDR6X
- Sound Card
- Onboard Realtek or Nvidia High Definition Audio (HDMI)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung JS7000 50" SUHD TV or Samsung 27" FHD 60Hz 8ms GTG VA LED Smart Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 1 x Samsung 870 EVO 250 GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro), 1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro)
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- Corsair AX860 - 860W Modular Power Supply
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- Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black
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- CORSAIR Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler
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- Logitech K830 Illuminated Living-Room Keyboard
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- Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Wireless Mouse
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- 10/100/1000 Mbps capable
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- (Primary) Latest Firefox version & Microsoft Edge
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LG Super Multi Blue Internal Blu-ray Disk Rewriter - BH10LS30
6x2 HDMI Switcher (6 inputs, 2 outputs) so I can send the output of my Cable Box, Roku, or any my 4 computers to either my TV or Monitor separately or simultaneously.
Harry Urashima
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Dual boot on my new Dell laptop. I shrank the Win7 Professional partition using Window's own disk management utility, but formatted the new partition during Win8 64bit install.
My laptop does the same a couple guys mentioned here: it loads Win8's boot manager, and if I choose to load Win7, it reboots and loads Seven directly.
I am planning on installing Ubuntu 11.04 and make it a triple boot, but I think Dell's "recovery" partition will prevent me from doing it. Maybe I'll have to format and reinstall everything.
My laptop does the same a couple guys mentioned here: it loads Win8's boot manager, and if I choose to load Win7, it reboots and loads Seven directly.
I am planning on installing Ubuntu 11.04 and make it a triple boot, but I think Dell's "recovery" partition will prevent me from doing it. Maybe I'll have to format and reinstall everything.
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- Windows7 / Ubuntu 11.04 / Windows 8
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- ATI Radeon HD 6630M
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I installed Windows 8 64 bit on a VHD (30 GB dynamic) in my main 7 drive and set it up as a triple boot with Windows 7 and XP. 7 is still my main, but I'm using 8 a few times as well.
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- Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 and Windows XP Professional SP3 x32 (Dual Boot)
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- PC/Desktop
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- HP ProBook 4540s
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.4 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD 4000
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
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HGST 1TB 5400 RPM 2.5-inch Internal Hard Drive
Western Digital My Book Essentials 4 TB External Hard Drive
Western Digital My Book Essentials 2 TB External Hard Drive
Western Digital My Book Essentials 640 GB External Hard Drive
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I installed Win 8 x64 on an 300 GB Velociraptor, dual booting with Win 7 x64 (which lives on an Intel X-25 120 GB SSD).
Both are pretty darn snappy, and I just boot into Win 8 to play around with it a bit.
Both are pretty darn snappy, and I just boot into Win 8 to play around with it a bit.
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- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
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- Dell E520
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- Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
- Motherboard
- Whatever Dell put in there...
- Memory
- 8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
- Sound Card
- Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- 1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
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- PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
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Installed it in VB on Win7 which is on my SSD (Intel 120GB), will dual boot Win7/Win8 at some point.
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- Windows 8.1 Pro x64/ Windows 7 Ult x64
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- PC/Desktop
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- 76~2.0
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- Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-Z77X UD3H f18
- Memory
- 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance CL8 1.5v
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X 1GB DDR5
- Sound Card
- Onboard VIA VT2021
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LCD Dell SP2208WFP
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Samaung 840Pro 128GB, Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb, Seagate 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb,
- PSU
- Corsair HX650W
- Case
- Cooler Master Storm Scout
- Cooling
- Corsair H80 w/Noctua NF P12 12cm fan, case fans 2X14cm
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- Logitech Wave
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Dell Venue 8Pro: Baytrail Z3740D, 2GB Ram, 64GB HDD, 8" IPS Display 1280 x 800, Active Stylus.
Haswell laptop: HP Envy 17t-j, i7-4700MQ, GeForce 740M 2GB DDR3, 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080, 16GB RAM, Samsung 840 Pro 128GB, 1TB Hitachi 7200 HDD,
Desktop: eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
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None of the above. I installed it on a seperate HDD (no dual boot) and switch from Win7 with the BIOS boot sequence.
At first I made the mistake to install it over my old Vista without first wiping the partition. That gave me some problems. Once I wiped and redefined the partitions, all went well.
At first I made the mistake to install it over my old Vista without first wiping the partition. That gave me some problems. Once I wiped and redefined the partitions, all went well.
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- Vista and Win7
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- 2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
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- 5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Hay guys i already ran windows 8 in dual boot with windows 7 as well as in virtual box in ubuntu but deleted it anyway.
I wanted to inquire is it worth to set up triple boot of 7,8 and ubuntu or i should wait for the beta release???
I wanted to inquire is it worth to set up triple boot of 7,8 and ubuntu or i should wait for the beta release???
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- Windows 8.1 Pro
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- Laptop
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- DELL Inspiron 14R N4010
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- Intel i3 2.4 Ghz
- Memory
- 6 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Integrated HD
- Screen Resolution
- 1366*768
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- 320 GB
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When the evaluation runs out you'd need to remove the Developer Preview anyway. Just hold off man!!
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I use it in a triple boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7.
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- Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64/Ubuntu 11.04
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- Custom Build
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- Intel Pentium Dual Core E6700 3.2GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5G41T-M LX
- Memory
- Strontium 8192MB DDR3 1333Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- msi GeForce N560GTX-M2D1GD5 1GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- CHIMEI CMV 221D 22"
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Seagate 3.5'' 2TB HDD/WD Elements External 1TB HDD
- PSU
- SHAW Viper-1500w Gaming PSU
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- Black eMaxx ATX Mini Tower Case
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- Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 1000
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I was originally going to put this on my game rig but decided to use my linux netbook for testing windows 8 (hey it says in theory it can run windows starter so why not) gonna hook up my TScreen soon after and test this out on the net book instead...the 42" isnt a touch screen so yea...
need to look into getting a bigger touch screen down the road...
altho i just may quad boot my other rig, which runs windows XP and 7, Linux (ubuntu and mint)...ok maybe not a quad boot but still ill just cram the 5th OS on it...its got enough room...
need to look into getting a bigger touch screen down the road...altho i just may quad boot my other rig, which runs windows XP and 7, Linux (ubuntu and mint)...ok maybe not a quad boot but still ill just cram the 5th OS on it...its got enough room...
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Vware first and then fresh 64bit install on Laptop and love W8 can't wait to see the final version starting to play with all the shortcuts for the metro desktop and other neat tricks and tips i have found on theses and other forums. Boots fast and installed fast.
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- OS
- Windows 8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built Antec P-180B Case
- CPU
- Intel E8400
- Motherboard
- Asus P5QPro Turbo
- Memory
- Kingston PC6300 4 gig
- Graphics Card(s)
- HD5670
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well least this new windows will give me an excuse to break out the touch screen again...hehe
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