So the Windows 8 developer preview is out, now you can install this in a virtual machine to try it out, but it is more fun to run it direct on your hardware. However this build is pre-beta, so not ready to do all your daily “ production” work on. You can solve this by dual booting, but it is cooler to boot of a VHD! Booting from VHD was introduced in Windows 7.
Now there are several methods on the Internet to make this work, I have found this procedure so the procedure is the simplest and quickest.
No need to use WAIK, DISM, x-image, sysprep, WIM2VHD. Even no need for BCEDIT!
A guide with screenshots is here:
www.hanselman.com
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