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    W8 upgrade query

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Arunta, Oct 27, 2012.

  1. Arunta

    Arunta Newbie

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    I have a K52 laptop running W7 and everything is working fine. I am seriously thinking out of curiosity to download W8 Pro which I can do for about $70 Australian. The query is if I do and I am not happy with W8 or being an old guy find it hard to use would there be any touble reinstalling W7 using the DVD's I created when I first used the laptop.
    All thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.
     
    Arunta, Oct 27, 2012
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  2. JOSEA

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    Arunta, Yes you should be able to reinstall W7 with the DVD's but I have read of a few situations where this did not work. As a secondary way to get back to W7 I would recommend D/L of Paragon 12 Free Backup Software: Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition - Overview and create an image to an external hard drive. Then to restore (if needed) you create a bootable CD or USB stick with the Paragon program, boot from it with the external drive connected + restore easily; and probably much faster.
    Welcome to the Forum!
     
    JOSEA, Oct 27, 2012
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  3. Arunta

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    Many thanks for your reply Josea it is much appreciated. Will do as you suggest...:thumbsup:
     
    Arunta, Oct 27, 2012
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    I think you should wait a bit, i upgraded to win8 on my U30SD and i have some issues with fn combinations not working, and as usual with asus, no fresh drivers...
     
    Plantman, Oct 27, 2012
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