Proper upgrade path for Windows 7 to Windows 8 when the directory setup is non-standard

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Published on 2012-10-27T12:01:13Z Indexed on 2012/10/30 5:06 UTC
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I have both a HDD and a SSD in my computer and after installing Windows I moved things around a little to ensure that the OS is on the SSD but my user profile resides on the SSD (with a few exceptions). I used junction points heavily for that. Windows and most applications are fine with that and it works well.

Now I wonder whether I can in-place upgrade this to Windows 8 while retaining that exact setup or whether there is anything I can do to ease the upgrade process.

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