Win 8 is dogshit. I did try to install 8.1 but it demanded access to my social media platforms! No fucking way. I have however put Classic Shell onto 8 and it is less worse.

I have also found out how to save things where I want to, not where the fraggling OS wants to, in 7 (on the extra hard drive, duh, so that "format C" does not wipe out my data) and maybe, just maybe, I can do the same with Win 8 and put all my data onto a thumb drive.