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hawk767 · Oct 28, 2012, 02:24 AM

Thanks Phusius for pointin this out to me. Probably wouldn't have gotten windows 8 if not for this deal.

Installation went smoothly enough, burned the ISO to a DVD and booted from the disk for a clean install, wiping my SSD. I did see a few people had some issues with this method so if I run into them I will either try the registry fix or just to an install over.

I did run into some issues with crashing while I was installing drivers getting a particular error I can't recall the name of =/. This may have been caused by my having my HDD for storage with all previous stuff on it, I think my drivers are there rather than on the SSD.

Otherwise everything has been working fine. The new windows is certainly fast and slick though I'm certainly not sold on the Start menu removal and what not I'll either get used to it or get one of the tools that restores it to win 7 style.

Processor:	AMD Phenom 1100T BE @ 3.7 GHz OCed
Motherboard:	GA 990FXA UD5
Cooling:	Hyper 212 Plus
Memory:	2 x 4gb G.Skill Sniper
Video Card:	Sapphire 6970 2gb
Hard Disk:	1tb Barracuda + 64gb Samsung SSD (OS)
Case:	Cooler Master HAF 932
Sound Card:	Xonar DG + Audio Technica M50's
PSU:	850w Corsair

Oct 28, 2012, 02:24 AM	#305
hawk767 Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 18 (0.07/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Thanks Phusius for pointin this out to me. Probably wouldn't have gotten windows 8 if not for this deal. Installation went smoothly enough, burned the ISO to a DVD and booted from the disk for a clean install, wiping my SSD. I did see a few people had some issues with this method so if I run into them I will either try the registry fix or just to an install over. I did run into some issues with crashing while I was installing drivers getting a particular error I can't recall the name of =/. This may have been caused by my having my HDD for storage with all previous stuff on it, I think my drivers are there rather than on the SSD. Otherwise everything has been working fine. The new windows is certainly fast and slick though I'm certainly not sold on the Start menu removal and what not I'll either get used to it or get one of the tools that restores it to win 7 style.