At the “Making Money with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript” event today, I gave a lunchtime session on the various installation options that are available with Windows 8. If you would like a copy of my slides, you can grab them here:
In this session I outlined the various options for installing Windows 8 including:
- Clean install of Windows 8
- Upgrade of Windows 7
- Virtualize Windows 8 on Windows 7
- Virtualize Windows 7 on Windows 8
- Dual Boot using Partitions
- Dual Boot using Boot-to-VHD
- Windows to Go
In addition I offer a number of methods to get Windows 8 for yourself:
- Windows 8 Enterprise 90-Day Eval – aka.ms/w8eval
- MSDN Subscribers can download – aka.ms/msdnweb
- Think about joining BizSpark – aka.ms/bzspk
- Purchase an upgrade
- After release – Purchase and download from windows.com
- New computers purchased between 06/02/12 and 01/31/13 – $14.99
- Older computers: $39.99
- Get it with a new computer
- Look for the new Microsoft Surface – aka.ms/mssurface
- TONS of new computers coming out – aka.ms/w8po
Lastly there are links to some useful tools as well as Harold Wong’s great blog post on configuring Boot-to-VHD:
- SlySoft Virtual Clone Drive ISO Mounter for Windows 7 – www.slysoft.com
- Microsoft Store USB DVD Download Tool – aka.ms/w7usbdvd
- Harold Wong’s Boot-To-VDH Blog Post – http://aka.ms/hwbootvhd
- Harold Wong’s IT Camp Files (ImageX, Vhd Image, …) – aka.ms/hwitcampfiles
Enjoy!
[...] Boot-toVHD: For devs that have an existing Windows 7 installations, another great choice is Boot-to-VHD. My Teammate Harold Wong has a great blog post on installing Windows 8 using Boot-toVHD. I also have a slide deck that covers the basic options that existing Windows 7 developers have when looking to ins…. [...]