The Windows 8 Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers and testers.

The Windows 8 Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
• Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
• To run Windows 8 apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater

1- Download Windows 8 Developer Preview from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516

2- Burn iso file to DVD or we can install it in VMware Workstation 8 but when select system you will choose windows 7 because VMware

    Workstation 8 not support Windows 8 Developer Preview directly )

3- boot from DVD.

4- After booting.

5- Select your Language, Time and Currency Format and Keyboard or input method.

6- You can select Upgrade or Custom (i prefer custom)

7- select partition and click next.

8- Just wait until installing finshed and system restarting

9- Type computer name and click Next.

10- Click Express Settings or Customize.

11- There are two ways to use an account in Windows 8 Windows Live Account or Local account we will select local account

12- Type account and password

13- This Windows 8 UI Appearance click Desktop Icon to go your Desktop

Windows 8 UI fantastic with touch screen

This article was originally posted at http://mabdelhamid.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/how-to-install-windows-8-developer-preview/

See Also

• Wiki: Windows 8 Developer Portal (en-US)