windows 7-8 upgrade

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So 've had windows7 installed on my PC for a while now and I just purchased Windows 8 I'm doing my first upgrade and I'm curious do I have to reinstall all of my drivers when just upgrading not reformatting

 

[Robert Collins]

don't do it. save the copy of windows 8 for a future build .

If you upgrade you update the drivers afterwards, but you may want to make sure you have a copy on hand of network drivers. I once upgraded a computer which used a usb wireless adapter to connect to the internet. After upgrading the OS the computer didn't have internet access.

 

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So? Don't install windows 8 that I received for school? save it for 5-6 years instead of installing on the the $1500 computer I just built? That seems wrong...

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

If the Windows 8 you purchased is a full version, then install it in a separate hard drive partition and dual-boot the PC to run both Windows 7 and Windows 8. If it's an upgrade version, then unfortunately, expect several bugs. I once upgraded from 7 to 8 and 8 was not performing as well as it should as a standalone OS.

 

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I originally had windows 8 on this PC that came with a pre-built hi hun install windows 8 install windows 7 64 bitnow I've purchased Windows 8 .1 Pro for the new systemI'm not going to dual boot anything I'm just asking a simple question of if I'm going to need to reinstall my drivers I don't need peoples opinions on Windows 8 vs windows 7 I've already made my decision