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Introduction |
You already have a Windows 7 machine and now you bought
Windows 8? Planning to do an in-place upgrade so that
you don't need to reinstall all your programs from scratch
? Then this is the right article for you. It will show
you how easy the in-place upgrade is performed to
upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8.
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>> Always backup your data, so that if whatever
happens during the upgrade, your data would be safe.
- Ok, so put your
Windows 8 DVD disk into the DVD drive
and then the AutoPlay should popup
to choose an action, click on
Run setup.exe

If the AutoPlay didn't run in the
previous step, you can open
Computer and then double click
on the DVD Drive

If you have User
Account Control (UAC) enabled, then it
will ask you if you want to allow the
program to make changes to this
computer, click Yes

Windows 8
Installation Wizard will be prepared

The setup wizard
will launch and will ask you if you want
to get the latest updates, it is
recommended to go online if your machine
is connected to the internet. Click
Next to continue

The system will check if any updates
required and will download them

Then you will be
asked to type the Product Key to license
Windows 8. Once typed, click
Next

On the License
Terms page, accept the terms and then
click Next

Its time you choose
what you want to do with your
existing settings and data. Do you want
to preserve both ? only personal files ?
or nothing ?
Windows settings: Windows setting like
Ease of Access, your desktop background
or Internet favorites and history will
be kept.
Personal Files : Anything saved in the
User Folder is considered a personal
file, like the Documents and Desktop
folders.
Apps: For the apps that are
compatible
with Windows 8, some apps are not
compatible with Windows 8 and you will
need to reinstall them.
Nothing : Delete everything and replace
your current version with a copy of
Windows 8. Your personal files will be
moved to a windows.old folder
I will be doing an upgrade to the
operating system and would like to
preserve everything as it is and keep my
data, so I will choose the first option,
click Next to continue

Windows 8 Setup
will check if everything is ready and if
any incompatible Applications installed
on your Windows 7. If no incompatible
applications were found, then jump to
Step # 9, else continue reading.

If there is an application that is not
compatible with Windows 8, then setup
will inform you about it and you will
have to uninstall in order to continue.
For example, in the below snapshot, you
can see that setup has detected that
Microsoft Security Essentials
is not compatible with Windows 8 and
must be uninstalled. Click Uninstall

Click Refresh
If no more incompatible
applications found, you will be asked to
Restart your machine. Click
Restart

Your Windows 7 will reboot and
once you log in back, the Windows 8
Setup will resume, asking you if you
want to carry on with the settings you
have selected previously or you want to
start over. Choose Continue from
where I left off and click
Next

Windows 8 Setup is
now ready to install Windows 8 with the
settings you have chosen. Click
Install to begin

Installing Windows
8 will start


Your PC will restart several times.

Then the
Personalize window will be
displayed, choose a color you like for
your Window 8, I will choose Orange
and then click Next

On the
Settings window, choose
Use express settings

On the Sign
in to your PC window, type your
Microsoft account and click Next

Then type your email's password and then
click Next

You will need to add security info for
your Microsoft account, such as phone
number and an alternate email.


After your account
is created, Windows 8 setup will start
building your machine and applying the
settings you have chosen previously
using the Wizard.

Once done, the new
Windows 8 Start menu will be displayed,
and with this, your Windows is upgraded
successfully. Congrats.

Summary
Microsoft has made an easy and new
setup wizard to install or upgrade Windows 8.
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