Installing Windows 8 from Scratch. Conversely, if you’re not upgrading from Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, Microsoft has made it strangely difficult to perform a clean install of ...

The Windows 8 installation will begin, and you can set it up as you normally would. After the OS is installed, select the option at the bottom to Install Tools.

Once your PC boots from the Windows 8 DVD, just install Windows 8 to your new partition (identifiable by the drive letter and name you picked out). And here’s an extra tip: ...

Microsoft has made upgrading to Windows 8 really easy with their upgrade tool, but if you have special needs and need a more traditional installation disc, you might not know where to look. Here's ...

A complete installation guide for trying out the latest version of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows OS.There are 3 versions of Windows 8 currently available to try. In order of release, with the ...

Sure, most of the fanfare about Windows 8 has centered on its use in tablets, but the operating system is also designed for laptops and desktops. If you have an old PC knocking around, why not ...

There are two main ways to install Windows 8 on an existing machine: by using the upgrade installer directly on the test PC or by creating a disc or USB key with the OS installer ISO image.

Here's how to dual boot Windows 8 with your current Windows 7 installation so you can run them both side by side. If you've ever dual booted a machine before, this shouldn't seem too foreign.

Now that the Windows 8 beta is freely available from Microsoft, it's time to check out what it can do for you. Here's how you can install it on your computer.

Microsoft has outlined the streamlined, from-60-down-to-11-clicks upgrade process for Windows 8 -- as in, the installer that appears when mom or pop insert a Windows 8 disc into their Windows 7 or ...

It has been two weeks since Windows 8 build 7955 leaked to the Internet. The particular image that leaked that day was an extracted install.wim combined with the Windows 7 installer, so the new ...