Download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Edition from here .
You'll see this at the middle of the screen.Download the setup according to you choice.Also note down this product key (another one also written in this tutorial).
Your primary computer is running Windows 7 and you would also like to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview on the same computer but while keeping the old Windows 7 installation intact. How can you do that? I'll be telling you in coming minutes.
To get the real best experience,i would suggest you to install the Windows8 on a separate partition of your computer's hard disk.This will lessen the risk of damaging your previous Windows 7 installation on other partition.You'll be asked at the boot up time as which OS you want to switch on.This is called the dual boot setup.
First of all,you need to have 30 GB free space on a partition for 64-bit Windows Installation or 20GB for 32-bit Installation.I'll also suggest to make a backup of your current important data.
Install Windows 8 on another Partition
Create a physical partition on the hard disk.
- Search for “Disk Management” in the Windows Search box and choose the one with the description – “Create and format hard disk partitions.”
- Select the Drive Volume that you want to partition (C: in our case) and choose “Shrink Volume.”
- Next you need to specify the size of your new Windows 8 partition. For a basic installation, 20 GB (or 20480 MB) should be fine – you need to put this number in the box that says “Enter the amount of space to shrink.”
- Windows will now create a new “unallocated” volume with a capacity of 20 GB. Right click that volume and choose “New Simple Volume.”
- Inside the Simple Volume Wizard, leave the volume size at the default value(1), assign a new Drive Letter to this volume and then format the partition using the NTFS format.
The new hard disk partition is now ready to house your copy of Windows 8.Congratulations.
Let’s now install Windows 8 on this new partition. Insert the bootable Windows 8 DVD into the computer’s DVD drive and reboot your computer.
or If your DVD drive is not working,you can try installing with Bootable ISO Pen drive.
If your computer does not boot from the DVD, open the BIOS settings – press F2 or F12 or the Delete key while booting and one of these keys should work. Switch to the Boot menu in BIOS settings and set CD-ROM as the first device in the boot order.
Save the settings, exit the BIOS and your computer should automatically reboot. It should say “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..” and when you do that, it should take you straight into the Windows 8 installer. Follow the prompts to install Windows 8 on the new 20 GB partition and if requires a key, just use the following serial number.
NF32V-Q9P3W-7DR7Y-JGWRW-JFCK8The installation should be complete in about 7-8 minutes. Also, it will ask you an “Choose OS” screen (screenshot) so you can change your default OS or switch to another one with a click.
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