aviv00 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) heyif u want to try windows 8 without messing ur main os and not have to burn dvd or usb drive this is nice guide to help usteps to install on VHD0. u will need few appsEasyBCDGimagex1. first lets create vhd with "Computer Management" @ Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools, right click on disk management and choose create VHD, create 15gb its enuf for testing, after its mounted format it2. use Gimagex to apply/deploy the image of windows, install.wim, the windows 8 image is in iso u downloaded, at sources dir3. with easybcd create new virtual disk entrythat's itsteps to install on HDD a bit difficult0. we need few appsEasyBCD [Optional]Gimagexand Windows PE/Setup [any version will help windows vista / 7... ]we need windows PE so we can boot the system to another OS and be able to move few OS dirs[needed if u have old OS if not skip to step 2]1.lets boot the system with windows PE / windows setup of any kinda [6.x] and open CMD.exe withshift + F10we need to move few dirs like:Windows, Program files, ProgramData, Users, Program Files (x86)Example how to moveMove "Program files" c:\windowsOLD\after we move all the current OS dirs to windowsOLD lets2.from windows PE\Setup launch cmd.exe with shift + f10 then run gimagex.exe, deploy the image as we did with VHD [ check step 2 in VHD guide][needed if didn't have old OS installed before]3. now we gonna use windows recovery that with windows setup disk or wimto recovery the OS if u didnt have any OS beforeTips1.u dont need to have windows setup on dvdu can add boot.wim [that include setup boot] to boot menu with easybcd and then boot to it [much faster booting then dvd]2.if u like to change back to ur old OS and dont have to format u just have to do this again but now move the dirs of windows 8 to windows8 dir and move back windowsOLD dir to c:\Problems ?if u get problem with winload.exe that not digital signatureoverwrite bootmgr and bootmgr.efi in c:\ dir with new version of windows 8 setup disk Edited May 14, 2012 by aviv00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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