Heard the hype? Curious to try Windows 8 for yourself? Here's how to get the shiny new OS up and running in a jiffy, if you're bold enough to take Microsoft's $40 upgrade option seriously.

If you do a clean install using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, you should be fine—but if you've already formatted your drive or you're moving to a new drive, you can't do a "clean install ...

Now that the Windows 8 beta is freely available from Microsoft, it's time to check out what it can do for you. Here's how you can install it on your computer.

Here's how to download and install the Windows 8 Developer Preview build onto a new partition in your hard drive.

Those of you who want to try out the new Windows 8 Release Preview can install it from an ISO file or run a full setup that guides you through the upgrade process. If you want to skip to the chase ...

When Windows is done reinstalling Windows 8, it will perform another restart and then bring you to the post-install process.

Here's how to download and install the Windows 8 Developer Preview into a virtual machine on your PC.

How to Install Windows 8.1 If you get a new PC or tablet, it will have Microsoft's new OS pre-installed. Here's how to get the OS on an older or custom-build machine.

Had enough of our Windows 8 Consumer Preview coverage, and want to boldly install the downloadable public beta for yourself? Believe it or not, it’s a pretty easy thing to do. You don’t need ...

Not a problem. While Microsoft has only released a disc image of Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can use the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool to install Windows 8 without a disc drive.

Windows 8.1 Installation Scenarios There are several scenarios for Windows 8.1 installation depending on the PC you want to install it on. Here are the possible choices: An existing Windows 8 ...

Don't want to wait until Windows 8.1 is released this fall? Here's how to download and install Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Preview today.