It's got an i7-2630QM, 12 GB RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive. Motherboard is a G73Sw (same name as the PC model), with USB 2.0 (three), USB 3.0 (one), HDMI, Bluetooth, and an SD card reader. Has a Blueray drive.
C Partition currently has only 5 GB free; I'm going to have to move some things around so that I can enlarge the partition.
Motherboard has this BIOS version installed:
American Megatrends Inc. G73Sw.205 02/10/2011 and it appears to be the most current available.
I have a lot of software installed. I am considering (for the first time ever) doing the Windows 8 upgrade in place; over the top of my current Windows 7 installation. I will have backups in case something goes wrong.
Question 1:
Any known issues with doing a Windows 8 Pro "Upgrade" in place? I had heard promising things (i.e., it went very smoothly for some people) back in January.
Question 2:
If upgrading in place, how much freespace should I start with on my C partition? I can make this happen; I just need a starting point.
Question 3:
Other than using Macrium Reflect on Windows 7 to take images of my local drive partitions and building a Win PE recovery disc with Reflect's recovery disk creation tool (before I begin), are there any other precautions I should take and/or any wacky stuff I need to look out for?
Thanks in advance!