replacing windows 7 with windows 8 without losing data

[Born.9inety4our]

how to uninstall or replace windows 7 with windows 8 without losing data? as much as possible if i can install win8 with the same support for games and other apps.. please help im thinking to use windows 8 64bit instead of windows 7, it is said to have lower ram consumption, it means higher fps(not much)

 

[ViRGE]

It sounds like all you need to do is an upgrade install, unless I'm missing something here.

 

[Mem]

You will be fine going from Win7 x64 to Win8 x64 via upgrade, download assistant tells you what programs etc are not compatible and you also get options to do a clean install or upgrade to keep your stuff,problem is if you got Win7 32 bit then ONLY option is clean install for Win8 x64.


This is worth a read http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/operating-systems/windows-8-1093002/review/2

 

[corkyg]

I've done it on 2 systems. A direct upgrade install was perfect. Lost nothing. Mem's point about 32 vs 64 bit is correct. If you are changing from X86 to 64, you do a clean install and use the moverware.

 

[Born.9inety4our]

i made a decision to dual-boot windows 7 and windows 8..will there be a problem if i do this? im new in doing this OS things

 

[Born.9inety4our]

I've done it on 2 systems. A direct upgrade install was perfect. Lost nothing. Mem's point about 32 vs 64 bit is correct. If you are changing from X86 to 64, you do a clean install and use the moverware.

i'm using 64bit and will install a 64bit os again

 

[ViRGE]

i made a decision to dual-boot windows 7 and windows 8..will there be a problem if i do this? im new in doing this OS things

Nope. You can certainly do that.