Uninstalling windows 8

[mrinmoy]

I have windows 7 installed on my dell studio 1555, now I want to install windows consumer preview in a different partition so that my system becomes dual bootable. But I want to know if I want to uninstall windows 8 how can I do that without damaging windows 7 installation?

 

[topgear]

Just install the windows 8 first on a separate partiotion - it will auto detect and give you dual boot option.

When you feel like uninstall win 8 just delete the win 8 install partition and use easyBCD to remove win 8 entry from the boot menu

 

[Vyom]

Or.. just install Win 8 on a Virtual machine, if you just want to try out for sometime... and want no hassles!!

 

[pkkumarcool]

what is virtual machine?

 

[Vyom]

what is virtual machine?

Virtual machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some popular virtual machines:

Windows Virtual PC: Home Page

*www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

 

[doomgiver]

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine

think of it like a aircraft simulator. you feel like you are flying one, but its actually still on the ground

 

[topgear]

yep, using VM to install and test a OS is a good and safe idea and VMware is the best VM app

 

[mrinmoy]

@topgear, I will try this, thanks
@Vyom, thanks for suggestion, but actually my processor does not support hardware virtualization which is necessary to vrtualize windows 8

 

[Vyom]

Well, hardware virtualization and running an OS virtually are two very different things!
Please research more.

 

[shivam mathur]

tips to help you install windows 8 in a virtual machine

 

[ksagar7up]

so wat are the pro's and con's of the win8??

 

[Vyom]

^^ Pros is that it's the "new" and "shiny" version of Windows... and the cons is .... ...
...

well, every "other" thing.

 

[mrinmoy]

Well actually I have tried to install this on oracle virtualbox first, it shows the error that your processor does not support hardware virtualization technology, then I came to know from researching that windows 8 needs hardware virtualization technology to run virtually

 

[nav18]

Well actually I have tried to install this on oracle virtualbox first, it shows the error that your processor does not support hardware virtualization technology, then I came to know from researching that windows 8 needs hardware virtualization technology to run virtually

Use Latest trial version of vmware(this one also 8) and test windows 8 with it,do not worry about hardware virtualization as it is needed in Microsoft's virtual pc.

 

[meetdilip]

Just install the windows 8 first on a separate partiotion - it will auto detect and give you dual boot option.

When you feel like uninstall win 8 just delete the win 8 install partition and use easyBCD to remove win 8 entry from the boot menu

Just wondering, is it that easy ? Since W8 use secure boot and all, will we be able to boot into other OS after deleting W8 partition ?

 

[topgear]

^^ Step by Step Instructions

*www.intowindows.com/how-to-uninstall-windows-8/

 

[meetdilip]

Thanks

 

[Vyom]

Well, i didn't have to follow a guide to uninstall it. I had XP in dual mode with win 8. And i had to remove win 8.
What I did was to format the drive on which win 8 was installed and then use the following commands in recovery console of windows XP to get back the bootloader of XP:

fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild

It worked and my XP was back and win 8 gone.

 

[meetdilip]

I think EasyBCD does the same thing, but for less advanced users.

 

[Vyom]

^^ Believe it or not, but those three commands were easy to type in for me, than to figure out what to do in EasyBCD, without the fear of messing it up more.