I'd leave well alone if I were you, OP. Windows 8 was an absolute disaster, and foisted on the public far too soon, and before it was thought through properly. I have just had a new solid state hard drive installed into my laptop (5 years old) because, although I quite fancy a new one, I am reticent to change from Windows 7. Does everything I want it to do, I like the interface, and it's user friendly.