Windows 8 Installation Guide

How To Install Windows 8

Windows 8 Installation Guide / Tutorial

The Windows 8 is finally here.

The installation process is just like Windows 7 setup and can be completed in just around 25 minutes.This

surely indicates the performance improvements Microsoft has put on this Windows 7 replacement.

Setting up your Computer & BIOS changes (If required).

Now reboot your computer after popping in the all new Windows 8 DVD you just created in to the DVD

Drive. In most cases if you do this you'll automatically boot in to the Windows 8 Installation DVD. But in

some cases if the Boot device order is changed in the BIOS it may boot in to your older OS, instead of our

DVD.In that case you'll need to change the BIOS settings to get it done (More details in a different tutorial).

Booting Up and First Installation Steps

Steps from here are pretty straight forward. Read the descriptions in each pages before clicking the Next

button to avoid any disasters. If there are options to choose in these steps,you may find them with each image.

You may choose your Language options by selecting the dropdowns 'Language to install', 'Time and Currency format' and 'Keyboard or input method' here.I decided to leave everything to 'US' but it would be better for selecting the correct settings here for non-English users.

This screen is where the installation wizard begins.The install now options will leads to the advanced

install options. For repairing a corrupt installation the 'Repair your computer' button located at the bottom-left can be used. For fresh installs just click the Install now button.

Key in the Product Key from the Microsoft sticker located on the side of the tower.

Note that the key consists of letters and numbers.They can easily be misread as they are similar

(0 - O, 1 - 1, 2 - Z, 4 - A, 5 – S, 8 – B) and Microsoft server will automatically reject wrong keys.

Tick the 'I accept the license terms' checkbox and click 'Next' to proceed.

This screen provides two options, Upgrade and Custom (advanced). The upgrade option is for those who wish to upgrade an existing installation of Windows 8. We will opt for the second option here, the Custom install.

Click the Drive options (advanced) for advanced partition management options like 'Delete', 'Format', 'New' and 'Extend'. To create a new partition,click the “New” button. But if you have list of partitions in the previous screen, choose the one where you are planning to install windows 8 and click Format. Then click 'Next' to proceed. If you are not familiar with partitioning, we recommend that you let Windows automatically select the correct one for you.

Make sure the drive doesn't have any important data before you click “Format” because Windows 8 installation will wipe-out the contents of drive C (see pop-up warning in next snapshot).