Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

theheyes · 20 Sep 2012 at 18:06

warren_1979 said:
Classic

I'm looking to pick up Win8 and a SSD drive. Just a quickie, when I install Win8 do I need to format the SSD drive? Never having had a SSD drive this is all new to me.

Cheers.

You'll need to partition it but it's all through the wizard, it's dead easy.

ic1male · 20 Sep 2012 at 18:14

theheyes said:
You'll need to partition it

You don't even need to do that - you just click on the empty drive and Windows will do the partitioning and formatting in one (presuming you want to devote the whole drive to the OS).

silversurfer · 20 Sep 2012 at 19:02

Shouldnt he have the ACPI drivers ready so it runs right

theheyes · 20 Sep 2012 at 19:52

ic1male said:
You don't even need to do that - you just click on the empty drive and Windows will do the partitioning and formatting in one (presuming you want to devote the whole drive to the OS).

That's what I meant by the second part of what I said

ic1male · 20 Sep 2012 at 19:54

theheyes said:
That's what I meant by the second part of what I said

Clarity is everything in the world of IT support, my good chap.

nightmare99 · 21 Sep 2012 at 15:11

Shouldnt he have the ACPI drivers ready so it runs right

They will be Windows inbox drivers anyway.

Subliminal Aura · 22 Sep 2012 at 16:25

Has anyone here installed Vmware workstation on a Windows 8 host ?

Installer just fails hard and google keeps returning back installing windows 8 in a vmware vm :rolleyes:

RSR · 22 Sep 2012 at 16:55

Subliminal Aura said:
Has anyone here installed Vmware workstation on a Windows 8 host ?

Installer just fails hard and google keeps returning back installing windows 8 in a vmware vm

Why not run Hyper V as its built into W8?

Subliminal Aura · 22 Sep 2012 at 16:56

[RXP]Andy;22820790 said:
Why not run Hyper V, as its built into W8?

Because my CPU doesn't have VT-x support so Hyper V won't work

DeathStorm · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:48

No problem putting VMWare 8 on this Windows 8 box, I assume you're using 7?

Subliminal Aura · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:53

DeathStorm said:
No problem putting VMWare 8 on this Windows 8 box, I assume you're using 7?

Interesting ... I've tried VMware workstation 8, 9 and the 2012 preview ... same problem with all of them, just won't install :mad:

Nelly · 23 Sep 2012 at 17:04

I am about to build a new system, I do have Windows 7 64bit Home Edition, I am contemplating switching to Windows 8, do all games work without any problems?

I was going to start a new thread in the PC Games section, but thought I would ask here first.

prescott28 · 23 Sep 2012 at 17:34

Nelly said:
I am about to build a new system, I do have Windows 7 64bit Home Edition, I am contemplating switching to Windows 8, do all games work without any problems?

I was going to start a new thread in the PC Games section, but thought I would ask here first.

So far as I know most games work fine. You would probably be best to specify which ones are important to you, though, just to make sure.

What will you do, by the way - install Windows 7 and upgrade? That way the cost is just £25.

Nelly · 23 Sep 2012 at 20:09

prescott28 said:
So far as I know most games work fine. You would probably be best to specify which ones are important to you, though, just to make sure.

Too many to list really, I think I'll just buy it anyway, I'm sure their will be fixes for any games that don't wortk straight away eventually, and all new game releases will hopefully be compatable.

prescott28 said:
What will you do, by the way - install Windows 7 and upgrade? That way the cost is just £25.

I've always bought a new versions i.e. XP, Vista and Win 7. I was going to buy a retail version of Windows 8.

Seems easy enough to get an RTM version, then all I do is activate it when it's fully released in October, saves me messing about.

Subliminal Aura · 23 Sep 2012 at 21:12

Nelly said:
Seems easy enough to get an RTM version, then all I do is activate it when it's fully released in October, saves me messing about.

Thought of this myself .... I wonder if it's possible to upgrade preview to RTM ?

Might just wait for official and go for a fresh install

Nelly · 23 Sep 2012 at 21:58

Subliminal Aura said:
Thought of this myself .... I wonder if it's possible to upgrade preview to RTM ?

Might just wait for official and go for a fresh install

Preview version is not upgradeable, you need a fresh install of the RTM version.

I think I'll just install the RTM (9200) version anyway, it's floating around the web like wildfire, then I'll buy RTM once it's officially released in October, it will have an activation period anyway and save me messing about.

Nelly · 24 Sep 2012 at 00:16

Changed my mind, I'll wait 3 months before purchasing Windows 8, all the gaming bugs and other software bugs should be ironed out by then, after the complaints from new users of Windows 8 next month.

Things change I've changed · 24 Sep 2012 at 01:38

People that that said Win8 fixed the issue with regards to remembering window positions lied :mad:

Just testing win8 via vmware and it only remembers the size and position of the 'last' file explorer window open and proceeds to open any new windows in the same position and size of your last window rather than remembering thier size and position independently which is stupid just like win7, this is a real pain for multi-monitor set-ups when you want to open folder windows on different screens by default, winxp never had this problem.

deadite66 · 24 Sep 2012 at 07:05

i use WindowManager ever since windows7 dropped window positions.
it will remember every app too unless you toggle 'explorer only'.

Things change I've changed · 24 Sep 2012 at 16:04

deadite66 said:
i use WindowManager ever since windows7 dropped window positions.
it will remember every app too unless you toggle 'explorer only'.

Thanks, I wonder why they dropped the functionality, win XP it worked fine natively, seems odd considering more people are using multi-screen set-ups now :confused: