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    win 8 on L502x

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bonjurkes, Oct 26, 2012.

  1. bonjurkes

    bonjurkes Newbie

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    Hello all,

    I bought a win8 pro upgrade key, so I am planning to upgrade to Win 8. But I have few questions.

    1-) How can I install it to not hurt my recovery partition? After downloading ISO, can I just start normal installation and choose the hard drive, by not touching recovery section?

    2-) Switching to secure boot may hurt my current windows 7 installation? Or most important, will it hurt my recovery partition?

    3-) If I don't like windows 8 for some reason, can I just run the recovery and get back to windows 7?

    Looks like dell already released win 8 drivers, so I guess downloading them will be enough.

    Thanks!
     
    bonjurkes, Oct 26, 2012
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  2. tvdang7

    tvdang7 Notebook Evangelist

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    i would like to know about the secure boot thing too.
     
    tvdang7, Oct 27, 2012
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    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    Rackers Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is anybody having problems downloading Windows 8 drivers from Dells website? It keeps saying there is an error.

    Thanks
     
    Rackers, Oct 27, 2012
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  5. wendiko

    wendiko Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where can I find those win 8 drivers?
     
    wendiko, Oct 29, 2012
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    wendiko Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am download the drivers right now from dell.com lets see how it works
     
    wendiko, Nov 1, 2012
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    i am missing the OSD on windows 8. Anyone installed the win 8 in the L502X?
     
    wendiko, Nov 6, 2012
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