Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 8 from another Windows operating system you can recover a significant amount of disk space.
This guide shows you how.
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This guide will show you 4 options to access an elevated command prompt in Windows 8.
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This article covers installing Windows 8 Upgrade.

In the past I’ve never advocated upgrading an operating system. Windows 7 seemed to to a better job than previous Windows versions at an upgrade though it was far from perfect. On my personal computers I’ve attempted 2 true upgrades. I upgraded one without any issues and the PC runs great. One had issues (read: failed) trying to upgrade (see the bottom section of this article). Of course YMMV.
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The purpose of this article is to show the non-expert PC user the experience and options of buying the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade from the Microsoft Store.

Keep in mind this is for an UPGRADE version. See the Terms and Conditions for more info.

The page to purchase the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade is here: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbpage.Windows_8_Pro
Currently the price is $39.99 (U.S.). This deal is set to expire on Jan. 31, 2013.
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This article will show you how to do a clean install with the Windows 8 upgrade media.

From my experience doing a clean install of Windows 8 with upgrade media is almost exactly like doing it with Windows 7.

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