Windows 8 Release Preview to RTM

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Up first: an upgrade from Release Preview (build 8400) to RTM (build 9200) is not possible.
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As so many people I installed the Developer Preview, the Consumer Preview, the Release Preview and the RTM. Every new version was a clean install from USB stick thanks to the USB/DVD downoad tool. Never had any problems with the previews, but the RTM showed “missing media driver”.

Turns out there is an old (2007) Windows XP post from Naxxfish giving me a workaround by adding the SATA driver to the USB stick. To extract the image I used 7-zip that supports the exe and the ima file. Running Windows 8 Build 9200 now.

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Developing used to be the world for me. I've developed lots of solutions and programmed in various languages. Testing was something done by other people. After working together with a leading software tester I started to cross over to the dark side of testing. It started with a simple unittest. Now I'm automating almost every test there is. I still develop solutions, but my solutions got better.
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One Response to Windows 8 Release Preview to RTM

  1. Windows 8 kopen says:
    September 19, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    I am still not getting the consumer preview on a USB. Will try the naxxfish workaround, thank you…

    Reply

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