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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Topic started by: javajolt on March 01, 2012, 03:23:36 AM
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You can upgrade to Windows 8 consumer preview from Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 developer preview but you may not be able to keep all the files, programs or settings. Currently complete upgrade to Windows 8 consumer preview is only supported from Windows 7 and you can’t even directly upgrade from Windows 8 developer preview. Here are the supported paths of upgrade-
Current operating system ■ What you can keep
Windows Developer Preview
■ User accounts and files
Windows 7
■ Programs
■ Windows settings
■ User accounts and files
Windows Vista
■ Windows settings
■ User accounts and files
Windows XP
■ User accounts and files
Up-gradation to Windows 8 consumer preview from Windows XP and Windows 8 Developer preview is only possible via migration. We would shortly write an article detailing how to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 consumer preview.