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Interesting thread. I WAS thinking of upgrading this Laptop to W8 (cheap 2 generation OS jump and i HATE Vista)

i HAD these issues: (1) Upgrade Assist wont work for 32bit to 64 bit so
(1)b what happens to toshiba custom firmware (prob. not essential but i like having a DVD burner,audio,
and must have networking working)
(1)c AFAIR this laptop ‘passed” the upgrade check. But the DirectX version 9/WDDM requirement is vaguely put.
Exactly what must be Dx9 or higher? the drivers? the HW? Exactly how does one check this?
Dxdiags seems useless – my main? driver is version 11 but on the right it mentions ver.7
AFAIR I used to have a better Dx checking tool but EXACTLY what are we checking for?
1(d) MS doesnt cover this – does a 32bit license include 64bit?
I assume for a retail/OEM disk, yes, ; for the d/l, no – but they dont say

why? because I had hoped for a 2 stage process:
1. upgrade the 32bit Vista to 32 bit Win8
1(b) migrate what programs I could, maybe buying laplink sw if reqd (but I’m poor so…)
2. upgrade 32bit Win8 to 64bit Win8 (still requires reformatting?)
(2b) maybe I could migrate my now-migrated win8 apps to 64 bit install w/ laplink)

but given this thread re the 2 GB (RAM is cheap but so am I and I’ve already running 8 GB in my main laptop
and probable a tablet is in my future so why invest…) maybe just do the 32bit Win8 and that’s it…

Thoughts?

No First Run Wizard, no joy. Also, I had to enable virtualization in real Machine’s Bios.

went to settings, deselected all drives except Cd-ROM/DVD, moved floppy down out of the way and promoted
CD to top position (using up arrow) .

basically used info from here (last msg as of today)

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33970

namely:

Re: Re-running ‘First Run’ Wizard?

Postby BillG » 25. Aug 2010, 02:24
You use exactly the same sequence. First shut down the vm.
From the Settings screen, go to System and change the boot device to the CD/DVD.
From Storage, select the Windows install disk (ISO file or physical drive).
Start the vm.
Press any key to boot from CD/DVD.
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during install am getting pesky ‘you have 24-bit color should select 32-bit’ but I have no right mouse click
[whether i use mouse “capture” or “mouse integration”], maybe after install)

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don’t know if i reenable hard drive after install either…sigh

unsure good of WS to recommend VB w/o a functioning First Run Wizard
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