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Windows 8 Installation Guide

Getting started

After booting from the DVD that I created from my download, the first thing I encounteredwas the new light blue Windows logo on a black background, as shown in Figure A. Thisimage remained on the screen for a few moments while Setup was initializing. I was kind ofhoping that the flag would be animated, but the only animation was the dots spinning in acircle.

Figure A

The new light blue Windows flag is in troduced.

After a few minutes, you'll see the Windows Setup screen shown in Figure B and you willspecify your language settings before clicking Next. When you do, Setup will perform somemore initialization tasks in the background.



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Figure B

The first step in the installation is to specify your language settings.

As soon as the initial steps are taken care of, you'll see the Windows Setup screen showninFigure C and will click the Install Now button.



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Figure C

To get started, just click t he Install now button.

Collecting Information

Once you click the Install now button, you'll see the beginning of the information collectionphase of the installation procedure. As you can see in Figure D, the first step here is toinput the Windows 8 product key.



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Figure D

You'll enter your product key to start the information collecti on phase of the installation procedure.

The next step is to acknowledge that you accept the license terms, as shown in Figure E. Ifyou take the time to read through them, you will see that Microsoft has indeed radicallyoverhauled EULA as Ed Bott over at ZDNet wrote about in a recent column.

Even if you don't take the time to read the license terms during the installation, once you

have installed Windows 8, you can find the Microsoft Software License Agreement in the

Windows Help and Support system - just search with the term License. Not only is the

license shorter in length, but it is also much clearer and easier to read.



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Figure E

The new EULA is much easier to read that previous versions.

When you are prompted to choose which type of installation you want to perform, as shownin Figure F, you'll choose Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) type in order to perform

a clean install of Windows 8.



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Figure F

In order to perform a clean install of Windows 8, you'll select the Custom option.

When you are prompted to choose where you want to install Windows, as shown in FigureG, you'll see a list of any partitions that are currently on your hard disk. As you can see in

my example system there are actually four separate partitions. You may have a differentcombination depending on your system.

As I mentioned, performing a clean install means blowing away all existing partitions. The

first partition in this list is labeled System Reserved and it was created automatically during

the Windows 7 installation. A new System Reserved partition will be created by Windows 8,

so you can remove existing one. The partition labeled Recovery contains the OEM recovery

for Windows 7. I created the recovery DVDs soon after I got the new system. It won't do me

any good going forward with Windows 8 anyway, so I will remove that partition too. The

partition labeled WIN7 contains the Windows 7 installation that I am replacing, so it is

definitely going. The partition labeled DATA contains all of my data that I copied to an

external hard disk, so it is safe to blow that one away too.



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Figure G

On you example system there are four partitions that I will be blowing away.

To begin blowing away partitions, you start by clicking Drive options (advanced). When youdo so, you'll see a list of commands for managing partitions, as shown in Figure H.



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Figure H

When you c lick Drive options (advanced), you'll see a list of commands for managing partitions.

Now, you'll select each of the partitions, one by one, and select the Delete command. Whenyou do, you'll see a confirmation prompt like the one shown in Figure I. Just click OK to

delete the partition.



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Figure I

As you delete each part it ion, you' ll be prompted to confi rm the operation.

Once you delete each of the existing partitions, you'll see that all of the space will becombined together in one chunk labeled Unallocated Space, as shown in Figure J. While

you could create a new partition and format it, you don't have to. Windows 8 willautomatically take care of that in the next step. So just go ahead and click Next.



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Figure J

Al l of the space wil l be combined together in one chunk labeled Unallocated Space.

Installing Windows

When you click Next, Setup creates the partition, formats it, and then instantly moves intothe Installing Windows phase which begins with copying and getting files ready for theinstallation, as shown in Figure K. This process will take a while to progress though, so youcan sit back and relax a bit.



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Figure K

The Installing Windows stage begins wi th copying files from the DVD to the hard disk.

When this phase of the process is complete, Windows will alert you that it is going to restartin order to continue, as shown in Figure L. If you are really impatient and really quick, you

can click the Restart now button.



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Figure L

Windows will restart after the first part of the process is complete.

Upon restarting you'll see the black screen with the blue Windows logo and see that Setupis getting devices ready, as shown in Figure M. As soon as that part of the process iscomplete, Windows will alert you that it is going to restart again, as shown in Figure N.



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Figure M

Windows Setup will get all installed devices ready to work with Windows 8.



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Figure N

Windows wi ll restart again.

Configuring Windows

When the system restarts, you'll be prompted to choose a color scheme for Windows 8 anda PC name, as shown in Figure O. I chose a light blue color scheme for now. I can changeit later.



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Figure O

You can choose a color schema and name your computer.

When the Settings screen appears, as shown in Figure P, you can choose to customizethese settings or you can allow Windows to use the express settings. If you are unsure, youcan click the Learn more link and get more details. I chose to use the express settings. I canchange any or all of these setting later if I want.



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Figure P

You can customize the settings or just go the express route.

On the next screen, you'll choose how you want to sign on to Windows 8, as shownin Figure Q. While you can choose to sign in with a local account, I would recommend that

you use an existing Microsoft (email) account, such as a Hotmail.com or a Live.comaccount. If you don't have a Microsoft account, you can sign up for one or you can use anyemail address that you want and Windows 8 will create an account for you.



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Figure Q

It will be to your advantage to use an existing Microsoft account or to create one.

The advantage of using an existing Microsoft account or creating one is that you will be able

to instantly use the Windows Store, will be able to easily sync settings between multiple

Windows 8 computers, and be able to easily take advantage of other Windows 8 features. I

already have a Microsoft account, so I entered it here.

After filling the details of your account on the next couple of screens, you'll eventually see ascreen that changes color as it alerts you the Setup is getting your PC ready. The greenversion of this screen is show in Figure R.



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Figure R

While this screen changes color oft en, it wil l remain for a few minutes while Setup works in the background.

As you may know, Windows 8 comes with a host of native apps for the Start screeninterface that replace and add to the group of applications that used to come with previousversions of Windows. The screen shown in Figure S indicates that Setup is installing those

apps.



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Figure S

As the last step in the installation, Windows 8 install s it s set of native apps.

Once the apps are installed, you'll see the Start screen, as shown in Figure T, and canbegin using Windows 8.



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Figure T

The Start screen appears when the installation procedure is complete.

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