[Barrykgerdes]

Has anyone tried the trial Win 8.1 O/S

I downloaded the win 8.1 (trial) *.iso today (3.8GB) and tried to install it on an empty 750GB sata drive. Could not be done! you need an operating system on the HDD first (XP,2000,Win7,win8 are all suitable).

I then first installed XP onto the drive. This allowed the Win8.1 system to install. I installed it as a separate system without any bother. However it took quite some time, about an hour!

The "start" button has been re-introduced but the "menu" is accessed with a right click. This allowed an icon for the network and control panel to be added to the desk top. I could not find a button for the computer at first. It is called "file explorer". However I now have desktop icons for the main items and I can now add any programs I need.

I then added easyBCD 2.2 to the desktop and did a search for my older O/S's on the 2nd and 3rd HDD's these were added to the BCD menu and I can now boot to all the other systems on the computer from the BCD menu.

Barry

PS I still don't like Win 8 or 8.1