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jonbxx · 12-11-2012, 11:00

I installed Win 8 this weekend, along with a new SSD. There were confilcting reports as to whether I could do a clean install on a blank drive but I guess the install picked up that I had Vista on my existing drive and all went well - to a point....

On reboot, I found I had a dual boot machine with options for Vista and Win 8. Obviously I went for Win 8 and I then got a boot error. I rebooted to the DVD and selected the 'Repair' option and it fixed things perfectly!

All in all, I am very happy with Win 8. There is a bit of a learning coruve with the Metro interface but I am growing to like it. I have moved things around and added new tiles so it's now set up as I like it. One thing I didn't realise is how connected Win 8 is. I use an Android phone and tablet and love the integration of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. I now find that Win 8 can do the same. The setup isn't as simple as Android as I don't use Hotmail/Outlook.com as my mail provider but use Google of course but once I got there, it worked (big stumbling block was that I didin't realise the Charm bar was app context specific - obvious really!) My start page now has my VM mail, Facebook and LinkedIn contacts and my work calendar synced from Outlook using Google Calendar Sync. I can't quite get appointments I set up on my Win 8 calendar into my Google and then Outlook calendar but I'm working on it!

All in all, very pleased with the speed and look of the system.

Based on what I've seen, I would seriously consider getting a Surface tablet to replace my Android one in the future. Yes, I guess that was Microsofts plan all along...

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jonbxx cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: #Plagueisland Age: 54 Services: VM VIP Pack Posts: 1,712	Re: [MERGED] Windows 8 discussion I installed Win 8 this weekend, along with a new SSD. There were confilcting reports as to whether I could do a clean install on a blank drive but I guess the install picked up that I had Vista on my existing drive and all went well - to a point.... On reboot, I found I had a dual boot machine with options for Vista and Win 8. Obviously I went for Win 8 and I then got a boot error. I rebooted to the DVD and selected the 'Repair' option and it fixed things perfectly! All in all, I am very happy with Win 8. There is a bit of a learning coruve with the Metro interface but I am growing to like it. I have moved things around and added new tiles so it's now set up as I like it. One thing I didn't realise is how connected Win 8 is. I use an Android phone and tablet and love the integration of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. I now find that Win 8 can do the same. The setup isn't as simple as Android as I don't use Hotmail/Outlook.com as my mail provider but use Google of course but once I got there, it worked (big stumbling block was that I didin't realise the Charm bar was app context specific - obvious really!) My start page now has my VM mail, Facebook and LinkedIn contacts and my work calendar synced from Outlook using Google Calendar Sync. I can't quite get appointments I set up on my Win 8 calendar into my Google and then Outlook calendar but I'm working on it! All in all, very pleased with the speed and look of the system. Based on what I've seen, I would seriously consider getting a Surface tablet to replace my Android one in the future. Yes, I guess that was Microsofts plan all along...