I am considering upgrading my XP system to Windows8. I would ike to retain the safety of being able to boot from XP if the upgrade doesn't work out well. If I just copy my "C" partition to another partition, say "E" and then try to upgrade the "C" partition will I then be able to chose to boot into the old XP from "E" if I want to? Is it as simple as that?
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Upgrading from XP to Windows8 with a safeguard. 1
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It is probably not kosher, but you can upgrade (the Windows 8 component of) a dual-boot system with an earlier trial version of Windows 8 (such as Enterprise) with the Full Windows 8 Pro upgrade download, and then supercede that with the Media Center upgrade. Thus: "cake and eat it" spring to mind.
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