Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the three types of Win8 operating system installation

Three common installation methods

1. Put the Windows 8 Consumer Preview into your C drive! Overwrite the Win7 or XP system on the previous C drive.

2. In Win7 or XP, the Win8 system is loaded into other disks to form a dual system of Win7 or XP and Win8.

3. Pure experience or the need to write a screenshot of the tutorial, use the virtual machine vm or vbox to install the Windows 8 operating system.

Advantages and Disadvantages

The first way to choose a friend for this situation: If you have at least two computers, even if one of them fails due to the Win8 system failure or installs the Win8 system After the compatibility problem can not be used very well, it will not affect your work and study, because you have another computer at hand, you can use it to solve the problem of the computer, you can learn and work normally.

There are only a few problems with Win8 single system installation, and it is easier to solve in time. For example, your C drive is less than 16GB or 20GB (64-bit Win8 system requirements). This problem can be solved by a lot of software. Repartition, modify the total capacity of the C drive, and so on.

One thing to note when choosing this method is that you don't have a few big programs installed on this computer with Win8 system, and there is no very important information. If you have a mobile hard disk, you can back up important files. That would be great!

The second method is the most recommended, because the dual system will not damage the original Win7, XP system, it will not affect your normal use. Although some students because of the Win8 system, the boot problem caused the Win7 system to enter, this can be fixed, the problem is not big. Each system of the dual system or even the three systems is relatively independent. As long as your hard disk is large enough, nothing is a problem. In addition, if you go to work, the computer is carefully installed, and you want to think about it! You may also encounter a more common one. The problem is that the dual system is equipped with Win8. The activation of the previous Win7 Ultimate will be invalid. Don't worry, what used to do before, and then again.

Dual system installed Win8 will have a variety of similar methods, such as hard disk installation, virtual CD-ROM installation, U disk installation, Pe installation, etc., I personally recommend U disk installation, if you have 4GB U disk one, this article makes the U disk into a system disk, generally speaking, the installation will be relatively smooth! In advance, a 20GB or larger drive letter is divided and formatted. It is convenient to choose this drive letter to install Win8 system!

The third way is to use the vbox virtual machine to install Win8 operating system! If you have a computer at hand, the space is not enough, work, study needs You can't do without this computer, and you don't have such a strong desire for Win8 system, just want to try it yourself, look at it! Or the editors of each website need to write tutorials, do tests, etc. It will also be installed on the computer with a virtual machine. In this case, regardless of success or failure, it will not affect your current system, it is safe enough, but it is also the most likely to fail because of the different settings of the PC.