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Quick Guide to installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview in dual-boot

article published on 29 February, 2012

Earlier today Microsoft made the long-awaited Consumer Preview of Windows 8 available for download and installation. Before we begin, the very basics are the minimum requirements to install the OS, which are: A 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM (or 2GB for 64-bit), 16GB of storage (or 20GB for 64-bit), and a DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM 1.0 support. That being said, let's get started. ... [ read the full article ]

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DVDBack23
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_ 		16. March 2012 @ 18:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by maty07:
 if i install that now can i later unistall windows 8 and if i can how??
Use the partition manager and wipe the partition with the Win8 OS on it.
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maty07
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_ 		17. March 2012 @ 03:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how do a boot windows 8 from usb flash drive???
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brianjw1
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_ 		17. March 2012 @ 18:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have tried this but when i get to the installation screen to pick the partition and choose my desired partition it says this partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported by windows
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kgkings
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_ 		25. March 2012 @ 08:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Do I have to install an anti-virus program to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview when it's on a partitioned drive?
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Ahmad24
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_ 		30. August 2012 @ 03:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Please share the pictures/ Images that how windows 8 looks like after installation.
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darkath11
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_ 		4. November 2012 @ 05:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by brianjw1:
 i have tried this but when i get to the installation screen to pick the partition and choose my desired partition it says this partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported by windows
I have this same problem with the Win8 Pro Disc Install i bought yesterday, with the dynamic volumes not supported bit when i try to choose the free partition NTFS i set up for it... anyone got any ideas how to get around this?
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