My friend has a Windows 7 laptop (32 bit) and his cousin recently won a Windows 8.1 Key and two Office Keys via some Microsoft coding competition or stuff.
Now the thing is how do I install it on his laptop?
He has just one partition (C drive) and wants to keep his personal files (images, music, videos, DOCs, PDFs, etc.).
So if I create a D partition using a software like EaseUS Partition, then move his data into D partition and then install Windows 8.1 on C partition then will his personal data be safe?
Also, is this the correct procedure to install Windows 8.1 64 bit on Windows 7 32 bit? As in shall I download the ISO from Microsoft and create a bootable disk or shall I just mount it in Windows 7 and run the setup exe file?
Please help me on this and I'm really sorry if questions like these have been asked before.
Thank you.
Now the thing is how do I install it on his laptop?
He has just one partition (C drive) and wants to keep his personal files (images, music, videos, DOCs, PDFs, etc.).
So if I create a D partition using a software like EaseUS Partition, then move his data into D partition and then install Windows 8.1 on C partition then will his personal data be safe?
Also, is this the correct procedure to install Windows 8.1 64 bit on Windows 7 32 bit? As in shall I download the ISO from Microsoft and create a bootable disk or shall I just mount it in Windows 7 and run the setup exe file?
Please help me on this and I'm really sorry if questions like these have been asked before.
Thank you.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro (32 bit)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire 5738G
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo
- Motherboard
- Acer JV50
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1x Generic PnP Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768 - 32 bit
- Hard Drives
- C: (120 GB)
E: (143 GB)
K: (24.3 GB)
- Keyboard
- Acer Inbuilt
- Mouse
- Acer Inbuilt, 5 Button Wheel Laser Mouse (External)
- Internet Speed
- 8mbps downstream 2mbps upstream
- Browser
- Google Chrome (Stable Channel)
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender (Windows 8.1), Malwarebytes Free Version