Windows 8

[Bingbing10]

i am upgrading to windows 8 now and im just about the install (god that cost me so much money    ) and was wondering when it says keep personal files or nothing is it best to fresh install or ?

thanks guys

[Recon-UK]

Fresh like a clean bum.

[chicksoup]

fresh is always better

[Bingbing10]

Fresh like a clean bum.

ive backed all my stuff up so i can just copy it back over

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

if you can't afford to loose those files, don't if you want a fresh Storage Space, delete, it up to you mate

[Recon-UK]

ive backed all my stuff up so i can just copy it back over

Should be fine then.

[mgsstar]

I upgraded from WIndows 7 to 8 using the upgrade method and didn't have any problems. I just had to reinstall a few applications and I was ready to go. 

[Bingbing10]

Should be fine then.

 

 

if you can't afford to loose those files, don't if you want a fresh Storage Space, delete, it up to you mate

what about games cos im putting this on a ssd for boot drive which also has bf4 on it . will i have to reinstall or can i just copy back over from backup

[Askew]

Upgrade...

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

what about games cos im putting this on a ssd for boot drive which also has bf4 on it . will i have to reinstall or can i just copy back over from backup

you'll have to reinstall

[Bingbing10]

I upgraded from WIndows 7 to 8 using the upgrade method and didn't have any problems. I just had to reinstall a few applications and I was ready to go. 

 

well i have just ran it straight from the disk in windows 7 is there any other way of installing it ? like when i first installed windows 7 when i built my pc

[chicksoup]

what about games cos im putting this on a ssd for boot drive which also has bf4 on it . will i have to reinstall or can i just copy back over from backup

copying will work and you can also run the scan after copying the files to make sure everything is there

[flibberdipper]

I have a saying (since I reinstall operating systems a lot): Fresh is best.

[Bingbing10]

I have a saying (since I reinstall operating systems a lot): Fresh is best.

also all but bf4 are saved onto my hdd which isnt my boot drive ( my ssd is ) and i wont have to reinstall them will i ?

 

edit : and it will not delete anything that is on my hdd ??

[Bingbing10]

copying will work and you can also run the scan after copying the files to make sure everything is there

 

 

you'll have to reinstall

 

also all but bf4 are saved onto my hdd which isnt my boot drive ( my ssd is ) and i wont have to reinstall them will i ?

 

edit : and it will not delete anything that is on my hdd ??

[Altecice]

Do a fresh install. so long as you dont run a format during the install your files will be placed in a folder at the root directory of the C drive called Windows.old. From that you can nativate to your user folder and copy back over personal files. You CANNOT copy over installed programs. you will need to reinstall all your software again.

 

Once you have done what you need to with the windows.old, Run a disk cleanup and select the button (after the first scan) called clean up system files and from that it will rescan the C drive again and find the Windows.old and you will have the option to remove it. You cant just simply delete the windows.old folder from Windows explorer.

 

As for software on other drives that will not be used as the boot drive. You will still need to redownload/reinstall programs (yes including your BF4).

[Bingbing10]

Do a fresh install. so long as you dont run a format during the install your files will be placed in a folder at the root directory of the C drive called Windows.old. From that you can nativate to your user folder and copy back over personal files. You CANNOT copy over installed programs. you will need to reinstall all your software again.

 

Once you have done what you need to with the windows.old, Run a disk cleanup and select the button (after the first scan) called clean up system files and from that it will rescan the C drive again and find the Windows.old and you will have the option to remove it. You cant just simply delete the windows.old folder from Windows explorer.

 

As for software on other drives that will not be used as the boot drive. You will still need to redownload/reinstall programs (yes including your BF4).

 

so to be clear i will have to re install all games that are on both my ssd ( boot driver ) and Hdd plus things like sony vegas pro and what will happen to all my images and that which are on my hdd ?

[flibberdipper]

also all but bf4 are saved onto my hdd which isnt my boot drive ( my ssd is ) and i wont have to reinstall them will i ?

 

edit : and it will not delete anything that is on my hdd ??

You might have to. None of the Steam ones will really need to be though since you can just make a backup of all of them, then uninstall them. Then when you get Steam installed you can just restore them. The speed you are able to keep from just doing a fresh install makes it worth doing it.

[mgsstar]

well i have just ran it straight from the disk in windows 7 is there any other way of installing it ? like when i first installed windows 7 when i built my pc

You could use it as a boot disk and boot straight into the installer but I remember I did my installation in Windows 7. I remember keeping having all my files intact after the update without the windows.old folder and I think I used this method: http://www.gigabyte.com/WebPage/104/step-upgrade.html

[chicksoup]

 

also all but bf4 are saved onto my hdd which isnt my boot drive ( my ssd is ) and i wont have to reinstall them will i ?

 

edit : and it will not delete anything that is on my hdd ??

 

I think when you install origin new you can define where to save BF4 and then the program will recognise the other files. otherwise copy them to a different folder and recopy them while downloading (worked for me, easier to fool than steam)

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

 

also all but bf4 are saved onto my hdd which isnt my boot drive ( my ssd is ) and i wont have to reinstall them will i ?

 

edit : and it will not delete anything that is on my hdd ??

 

do you have cloud storage ?

[Bingbing10]

do you have cloud storage ?

Guys I have had a mare and now my hdd is not showing up in windows 8 plus there is a 50 gb reserve coming up on my ssd ?!!

I was wondering is there is anyway that I can do a brand new fresh install like when u first installed an OS onto my PC when I built it.

However for some reason my ssd is not letting me select it as a bootable drive in my bios ?

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Guys I have had a mare and now my hdd is not showing up in windows 8 plus there is a 50 gb reserve coming up on my ssd ?!!

I was wondering is there is anyway that I can do a brand new fresh install like when u first installed an OS onto my PC when I built it.

However for some reason my ssd is not letting me select it as a bootable drive in my bios ?

you can boot from the DVD reader and format the Drives wile in the Win Setup and install the OS fresh, how ever i'm not sure about your SSD problem !

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Guys I have had a mare and now my hdd is not showing up in windows 8 plus there is a 50 gb reserve coming up on my ssd ?!!

I was wondering is there is anyway that I can do a brand new fresh install like when u first installed an OS onto my PC when I built it.

However for some reason my ssd is not letting me select it as a bootable drive in my bios ?

you can Boot from the Win Setup Disc and format the HDD from the Win Setup, how ever i'm not sure about your SSD problem !

[Altecice]

so to be clear i will have to re install all games that are on both my ssd ( boot driver ) and Hdd plus things like sony vegas pro and what will happen to all my images and that which are on my hdd ?

 

Correct

 

 

If i get what you are meaning and you want to do a proper clean install, you will loose everything on the drive's as you will need to format.