I have a fairly fresh install of windows 8 and windows 8.1 this week looks very appealing. Is there any advantage to doing a clean install of windows 8.1 over just updating? In terms of all of the games and everything that I have installed or drivers becoming corrupt. It's basically just like a service pack right? I don't have to worry about anything that I said happening?
Windows 8.1 Update vs Clean Install
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- Mar 16, 2013
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Theoretically, yes. It is just an update. All your stuff 'should' be fine.
Me personally, I'm waiting a week or two to see if any issues fall out from other people doing it.
Just as I would with any major upgrade/update/OS change.
I've been running the 8.1 Preview on a secondary machine for quite a whil. I'm still going to wait a little while before changing my main machine over.
Me personally, I'm waiting a week or two to see if any issues fall out from other people doing it.
Just as I would with any major upgrade/update/OS change.
I've been running the 8.1 Preview on a secondary machine for quite a whil. I'm still going to wait a little while before changing my main machine over.
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