Everyday our life style is changing and so we want something stylish and new in our lives. Even our laptop/PC’s are not an exception to this, and even though it is updated, we are ready to update it further with new Software and tools to enhance its features.
So, why not
now we update our old and boring OS with the very stylish and awesome new OS Metrostyle
Windows 8?
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1) Making partitions:-In your computer there
should be an empty partition having enough space (min of 40GB).If You don’t
have separate empty partition so you can make it following steps:-
· To create a partition, go to the Start
Menu, right click on “computer”, and select “Manage”. A window will open called
the Computer Management window.
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· Select hard drive to make up into partitions
(make sure that the selected drive can be partitioned or not). Click on Disk
Management under the Storage category in the sidebar menu.
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· Right click on the hard drive you’d
like to partition and select Shrink Volume.
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· Choose the amount of space to shrink
for your new partition and click Shrink. (Recommend 40GB of space in the new
partition as mentioned above.
· You will see the new partition you
created.
2) Make bootable removable disk: - This
can be made by any software and win 8 iso file. Make sure that you are having
correct version of iso file with respect to your machine (X86 etc.)
3) Don’t forget to get Product key and
make note of it.
4) Starting Installation:-
· Start the installation
· Restart your PC and Insert the
bootable removable disk in any of USB port of PC.
· While
the PC is booting up, you will have to press a key to force the PC to boot from
the disc before Windows loads. (Keys to be press HP [F9], Lenovo [F12], Dell
[F12], Acer [F12], ASUS [Esc] and Sony [F10]).
· You
will get an unusual screen where bootable options will be listed under “Boot
Menu”.
· Select Removable Drive (or USB)
· Windows
8 installation process will begin
· Select
your language preferences, and press “next”.
· Press
Install Now.
· Enter the product key and click “next”.
· Check the “I accept” box, and press
“next” (You can read the License, Terms and conditions).
· Select the Custom Install option (be
careful choose custom because you are installing it side by side win7 so don’t
select upgrade it will upgrade your win7 by win8 )
· Select the drive and partition where
you want to install Windows 8 which we created earlier (be careful. Do not
choose the partition where win7 is installed.
· Everything will be copied and
installed. It will take some time.
· After installation you will get
windows8 .Customize it according to it.
· The PC is finalizing your settings.
Congratulations! You’ve installed Windows 8.
