Before installing ‘Consumer Preview’ you should check to see if your PC can run this operating system and select the correct installation file download. Microsoft has created a “Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup” that will help with these steps. The Setup will also give you a compatibility report and upgrade assistance. If you want to create a bootable USB or DVD, I’ll recommend you visiting this previous article — How to create a Windows 8 bootable USB drive or bootable DVD.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO Images

Update, May 31, 2016: The links to download the ISO files to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview are no longer available, but you can download the ISO files for Windows 8.1 using these new links. English 

Windows 8 download 64-bit (x64) — 3.3 GB                    Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749  Download 32-bit (x86) — 2.5 GB                     Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39  Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

Chinese (Simplified) 

Download — 64-bit (x64) — 3.4 GB                     Sha 1 hash — DF69B851F9A81DECBB16648CC452461894416EB0  Download 32-bit (x86) — 2.6 GB                     Sha 1 hash — E29A2072745A48C14A1C2E5A61F5230841BEDB45  Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

French 

Download 64-bit (x64) — 3.3 GB                     Sha 1 hash — A9358E6799ABEEF29EDBA054AD34849C02C7F51F  Download 32-bit (x86) — 2.5 GB                     Sha 1 hash — 2EF8013B9F50B93AEAC8068F4827E2C1DC0DC0B1  Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

German 

Download 64-bit (x64) — 3.3 GB                     Sha 1 hash — DB1003A47C266697B3832BE2A23319988EE34495  Download 32-bit (x86) — 2.5 GB                     Sha 1 hash — 91075AEA665C5D6F42A24714B3A3390762C94457  Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

Japanese 

Download 64-bit (x64) — 3.3 GB                     Sha 1 hash — A8F0DB12CAECEA0BE8B27EA124F2234212D9103A  Download 32-bit (x86) — 2.5 GB                     Sha 1 hash — C8A322ED86058086207CAAECD46B4DDACF9E247A  Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2GB (64-bit) Hard disk space: 16GB (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit) Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher To use touch, you need a tablet or monitor that supports multitouch To access Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768

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