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Thread ID: 123713	2012-03-12 22:36:00	Moving up to Windows 8	Richard (739)	Press F1

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1264568	2012-03-12 22:36:00	I guess a lot of people like me are still running XP SP3, having avoided Vista and W7. I will be looking to buy W8 if it turns out to be any good, as I can't remain in the dinosaur past for ever. My comp is a P4 3.2GHz 2Gb RAM so I hope this will be enough for W8. As all will know, Vista was the first Windows incarnation which could not be loaded over the previous version, and had to be a clean install. My intention with W8 is to buy another hard drive for this OS while retaining XP on my present drive. Gradually the W8 drive will be bought up to date with the programs I require. Does anyone see a problem with doing it this way? Or is there a better way to retain the programs I have running under XP?	Richard (739)
1264569	2012-03-12 23:15:00	Shoiuld be fine, I'm on Win7 and won't be upgrading because of cost	gary67 (56)
1264570	2012-03-13 00:10:00	Shoiuld be fine, I'm on Win7 and won't be upgrading because of costhave prices been released?	plod (107)
1264571	2012-03-13 00:13:00	As all will know, Vista was the first Windows incarnation which could not be loaded over the previous version This was only true if upgrading meant a "loss of functionality". For example, Windows XP Home Edition could be upgraded to any version of Windows Vista, but Windows XP Professional could not be upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium. The same was true for Windows 7. 32-bit to 64-bit upgrades always require a clean install. As for Windows 8, I'll upgrade if Metro in the RTM version is good enough to be used with a mouse and keyboard without being a pain. I'm likely to get it free from university anyway (being a computer science student), so cost isn't an issue.	pcuser42 (130)
1264572	2012-03-13 00:55:00	Why not just keep your XP untill you are ready for the next hardware upgrade?	bk T (215)
1264573	2012-03-13 02:16:00	have prices been released? Not that I know of but going on Win 7 prices I simply cannot justify the cost this time around	gary67 (56)
1264574	2012-03-13 02:21:00	I'll have to get it other wise it will be a pain when servicing new PC's Eg name branded when they come out. If it will go on my main computer or a workshop we will have to wait and see.	wainuitech (129)
1264575	2012-03-13 02:25:00	Why not just keep your XP untill you are ready for the next hardware upgrade? Being a pensioner, that may be a while!!	Richard (739)
1264576	2012-03-13 03:13:00	Being a pensioner, that may be a while!! If you could get hold of a spare drive you could try the Win 8 public beta that is currently out there..	paulw (1826)
1264577	2012-03-13 03:46:00	Dual booting is a good option when upgrading so you can still have your old setup until you get everything up and running to your satisfaction. I don't bother anymore myself though, I just blow it away and start over, can be frustrating for the first week or so but generally I have found a new solution for anything that didn't work. What I do now is sit down in front of my pc, go through the start menu and desktop and write down every program that I wan't to keep. then I make sure I have all the relevant installers and backup any data that I want to keep and start from scratch. It would proably pay to check for compatibility first but I tend to adopt a suck it and see approach, with maybe a system image of my old setup just in case. For me this is because I've always found myself abandoning the old setup fairly quickly and it can sometimes be a nuisance to remove the dual boot setup so I can reuse my old drive. Windows sticks boot files on the primary boot drive even if you install the OS somewhere else, not too hard to fix once you know how but annoying all the same. I discovered this when I pulled out my old XP drive and windows 7 stopped functioning. (Easy BCD is the easiest way to fix it if it happens to you).	dugimodo (138)
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