Wondering... Did Windows 8 64bit require something more than Windows 8 32bit, except more HDD space and compatible CPU.
Yesterday I buy upgrade for Windows 7 to Windows 8. Upgrade Assistant downloads windows and I burn DVD. When try to install it Setup copies some files, restarted Windows 7 and there appears Windows 8 logo.. After some time PC is restarting and return to Windows 7. Tried to boot from Windows 8 DVD, but again - logo, restart...
After that I download Windows 8 32bit and Windows 8 64bit from MSDN. When try to install 64bit - logo, reset...
But when try to install 32bit - everything is OK. It runs great.
MB: Asus M2N4-SLI
CPU: AM2 Athlon X2 64 4200+
RAM: 2x1GB A-Data
GPU: Asus 7950GT
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Are you upgrading, or are you doing a clean install? (AKA delete partition, reformat. Then install)
If upgrading was the previous OS 32 or 64 bit?
ErylFlynn said:
Are you upgrading, or are you doing a clean install? (AKA delete partition, reformat. Then install)
If upgrading was the previous OS 32 or 64 bit?
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Original OS: Windows Ultimate 64bit
first try to upgrade with "Assistant" (Windows 8 logo -> Reboot (before reach Setup))
after that try to make clear install but after try to boot from DVD -> Windows 8 logo -> Reboot (before reach Setup)
Why do you need x64? It's useful only if you have more than 3 GB of RAM or if you're using the application that uses lots of virtual memory (anyway swap is bottleneck, and you need more ram).
Not sure, have you tried a full wipe and install? Boot from disk and delete the partition and rebuild it. That is what I did, and I went from win7 pro 64 bit to Win 8 pro 64 bit no problems.
Useless guy said:
Why do you need x64? It's useful only if you have more than 3 GB of RAM or if you're using the application that uses lots of virtual memory (anyway swap is bottleneck, and you need more ram).
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well... I just use "Upgrade Assistant" and don't know how to download specific version..., Assistant do it itself.
ErylFlynn said:
Not sure, have you tried a full wipe and install? Boot from disk and delete the partition and rebuild it. That is what I did, and I went from win7 pro 64 bit to Win 8 pro 64 bit no problems.
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Tried with reinstall windows 7 64bit(that I have) and after that to upgrade to windows 8(that I download).
Tried to boot from Windows 8 DVD(That I downloaded) - When boot appears Windows 8 Logo and after a while PC reboots and nothing happens(cannot go to Windows 8 Setup)
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Hi guys.
I think I'm posting in the wrong place, move the threads, please.
I've got an HD SATA with 3 partitions, 2 primary and 1 logical (Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits, Windows 8 Consumer Preview 32 bits and a partition for music)
The instalation of Win8 took 3 hours.
I don't think is the HD whose is the problem, but I wanna format my HD.
Is recommended format per completely, or just the primary partitions?
Thanks
MRaimo said:
Hi guys.
I think I'm posting in the wrong place, move the threads, please.
I've got an HD SATA with 3 partitions, 2 primary and 1 logical (Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits, Windows 8 Consumer Preview 32 bits and a partition for music)
The instalation of Win8 took 3 hours.
I don't think is the HD whose is the problem, but I wanna format my HD.
Is recommended format per completely, or just the primary partitions?
Thanks
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formatting the whole thing or just the partition will make no difference so save the hassle and just nuke the win 8 partition
3 hours is a LONG time though something isn't right there
redownload the iso and setup a usb install
The primary is all that is needed , so if you have other partitions dont worry about them, I just installed Win 8 64 bit last night , it wouldnt install over a previous primary , so I formated the primary (with mbr) and it took less time to load than any other copy of Windows Ive ever used ! I love it !!
MRaimo said:
Hi guys.
I think I'm posting in the wrong place, move the threads, please.
I've got an HD SATA with 3 partitions, 2 primary and 1 logical (Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits, Windows 8 Consumer Preview 32 bits and a partition for music)
The instalation of Win8 took 3 hours.
I don't think is the HD whose is the problem, but I wanna format my HD.
Is recommended format per completely, or just the primary partitions?
Thanks
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No, formatting will make no change in install time, however if you have a slow read or write device in the system that could be a problem. You could also have the a problem with your processor or drivers messing things up. When I installed Windows 8 on my HP ZD7249CL it took about an hour and a half because windows 8 couldn't find any drivers for it and when it did, it then felt the need to install them but say that it couldn't us them because they were not compatible with the OS.
I have an Acer W500 with a fresh install of Windows 7 and want to upgrade to Windows 8
Can anyone tell me the pros and cons for either upgrading using the ISO on a bootable USB as against downloading and using the setup programme?
I would like a clean install, no dual boot and there is no software already on the tablet that I want to keep.
Thanks
vans2 said:
I have an Acer W500 with a fresh install of Windows 7 and want to upgrade to Windows 8
Can anyone tell me the pros and cons for either upgrading using the ISO on a bootable USB as against downloading and using the setup programme?
I would like a clean install, no dual boot and there is no software already on the tablet that I want to keep.
Thanks
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I have found one issue. If you try to run setup from within Windows 7 you must have at least 16GB free the C Drive. As the Acer W500 comes with a 32GB SSD drive that is a non starter.
So it is ISO on a USB boot disk for me.
Greetings,
I purchase an upgrade DVD of Windows 8 from local Micro Center store. My laptop, ACER 4830TG-6450 with 8 GB RAM, has dual Windows 7 boot originally i.e. I have two Windows 7 Home Premium installed on two different partitions. I boot my notebook from one of Windows 7 partition and upgrade to Windows 8 using the DVD. During Windows 8 upgrade, I don't see the Custom Install options. I proceed to do the upgrade anyway and after doing so, I am no longer have the dual boot menu. Is there a way to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
pwanghk said:
Greetings,
I purchase an upgrade DVD of Windows 8 from local Micro Center store. My laptop, ACER 4830TG-6450 with 8 GB RAM, has dual Windows 7 boot originally i.e. I have two Windows 7 Home Premium installed on two different partitions. I boot my notebook from one of Windows 7 partition and upgrade to Windows 8 using the DVD. During Windows 8 upgrade, I don't see the Custom Install options. I proceed to do the upgrade anyway and after doing so, I am no longer have the dual boot menu. Is there a way to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Never mind, after finishing Windows 8 upgrade, the machine doesn't have the boot menu and boot directly to Windows 8. I thought that it wipes out my dual boot entirely. I restart Windows 8 and there is a new boot menu showing both OS, Windows 8 and Windows 7. I do apologize for any inconvenient this may cause.
I'm interested in installing the 8.1 preview on my Samsung Ativ tablet. Its an 11" tablet with a 1.8GHz Intel Atom 32bit CPU, 2GB Ram.
My concerns are regarding roll-back of the previous OS should there be a problem. That and removing the preview build once the RTM gets released. Anyone have an ETA on that???
The tablet does not have a CD drive obviously, nor do I have any restore media on thumb drive. It has a reinstall partition on it that I've used before, I just want to be sure that this partition doesn't get removed when I upgrade. Will that partition ALWAYS live on the device regardless of what kind of OS I install? Is it on a read-only partition?
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/sam...iv-smart-pc-atom-does-work-windows-8-1-a.html
Hold windows button while powering the device on, that will then open your bios instead of booting into windows 8 supposedly.
Windows 8.1 will overwrite your old recovery partition. There is no protection such as it being read only etc. If you wish to keep the 8.0 recovery partition (highly advised) then you will need to create yourself a recovery USB, I think you need an 8gb thumb drive for that. Before proceeding into the 8.1 install make sure that you have tested that you can load into your recovery USB, even if you dont actually perform the recovery. A few people have made their USB's, updated to 8.1 and then wanted to go back only to realise that their recovery USB is corrupt or that they have no idea how to use it or in more extreme cases havent made one at all.
There are alot of guides including a good one from microsoft on how to create a recovery USB, it essentially just duplicates your devices existing recovery on your thumb drive. It is highly recommended that you do this anyway as you can then delete the existing recovery partition and free up a whole load of space for your tablet (I'm guessing your not very happy with the amount of usable space on your tablet already)
Full release, well, RTM is in late august apparently so it should be 1-3 months after that. Some point this autumn anyway.
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Will that partition ALWAYS live on the device regardless of what kind of OS I install? Is it on a read-only partition?
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I am not sure how your device is setup. I made a recovery USB like the directions advise before installing the preview on my Surface Pro. It seems like Internet Explorer is hanging on more sites than before but it hasn't bothered me enough to reload the recovery from the USB partition.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Hold windows button while powering the device on, that will then open your bios instead of booting into windows 8 supposedly.
Windows 8.1 will overwrite your old recovery partition. There is no protection such as it being read only etc. If you wish to keep the 8.0 recovery partition (highly advised) then you will need to create yourself a recovery USB.
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First off, I'm putting this on a tablet, thus there is no windows key, no keyboard at all. So I would need to use a USB keyboard and hope that its initialized early enough in the post so that it recognizes the keypress.
Second, and I highlighted the most important part of all, if I hose the recovery partition then I'm kinda screwed for future recovery efforts. I need to tred very lightly here. I will wait if need be for the win 8.1 RTM if there is a way to keep the recovery partition intact. Perhaps I could make a new recovery partition that contains windows 8 AND 8.1, thus anytime I need to recovery after that point it will install win 8.1. Is that possible?
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I'm guessing your not very happy with the amount of usable space on your tablet already.
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Nope, not really I got a 32 GB Micro SD in there so that helps. I have a 64 GB micro and it died about a week after buying and I threw away the box and receipt. Paid cash so no way to look it up by credit card.... oi:crying:
3devious said:
I am not sure how your device is setup. I made a recovery USB like the directions advise before installing the preview on my Surface Pro. It seems like Internet Explorer is hanging on more sites than before but it hasn't bothered me enough to reload the recovery from the USB partition.
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Can you explain what you mean by that? The part about IE...
JDMpire said:
First off, I'm putting this on a tablet, thus there is no windows key, no keyboard at all. So I would need to use a USB keyboard and hope that its initialized early enough in the post so that it recognizes the keypress.
Second, and I highlighted the most important part of all, if I hose the recovery partition then I'm kinda screwed for future recovery efforts. I need to tred very lightly here. I will wait if need be for the win 8.1 RTM if there is a way to keep the recovery partition intact. Perhaps I could make a new recovery partition that contains windows 8 AND 8.1, thus anytime I need to recovery after that point it will install win 8.1. Is that possible?
Nope, not really I got a 32 GB Micro SD in there so that helps. I have a 64 GB micro and it died about a week after buying and I threw away the box and receipt. Paid cash so no way to look it up by credit card.... oi:crying:
Can you explain what you mean by that? The part about IE...
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I know its a tablet. There is a windows key on all tablets, what did you think the massive button below the screen was, it just returns the key code for the normal windows key on a usb keyboard.
Make a recovery USB, then you can hose the recovery partition safely, the recovery usb is essentially that partition moved from tablet to USB memory stick (or you can do DVD but you would need a usb DVD drive in your case and it seems you can't always boot from usb DVD drives for some reason, so I wouldn't advise it). 8.1 will overwrite the old 8 recovery, move the old 8 recovery to usb and then update to 8.1 and you can use the usb to roll back to 8.1.
The internet explorer thing, well, windows 8.1 and all new software in it is beta quality. The pre release is not for consumers, its buggy. Things crash.
I have this windows 10 tablet and I would like to either install Android or dual boot with Android.
I has an Atom Z3537G 1.8gHz processor 2Gb RAM and 32 Gb storage.
What are my best options?
TIA Jim
A solution for your needs might be the InsydeH20 bios, which allows you to run Android in x86 architecture.
I am not sure if it supports your device, but you can do some research at their homepage.