If you're running Windows 8, Chrome is easily the best browser you can be running -- so what happens when you run into issues during installation?

Installing Chrome on Windows 8 isn't as simple as you might think. Let's run through a few of the choices you have and issues you might run into while trying to install it.

32-bit or 64-bit?

First up, you need to know if you're running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8. There are a few ways you can tell if you're running 64-bit Windows, but here is the simplest and quickest way.

Press the Windows Key; this will take you to your Start Screen. Then, just type "PC info". A search bar will appear on the right, and you should click on PC info. Here, under System Type, it should tell you if you have 64-bit or 32-bit Windows.

By default, when you visit the download Chrome webpage, it will offer up the 32-bit version of Chrome. This is because the 32-bit version will run on 64-bit computers (the inverse, however, is not true -- 64-bit Chrome will not run on 32-bit Windows).

So if you have a 32-bit system, simply click the Download button on this webpage and the download of the .exe file will begin after you accept Google's terms and conditions and choose if you want it as your default browser or not.

Those with a 64-bit system will want to visit this download Chrome page, which is specifically for 64-bit Windows. Once the download is complete, just run the .exe file as you normally would and, presto, you've got 64-bit Windows that can fully take advantage of all the perks of your system.

64-bit Users: It's Time To Update!

The 64-bit version of Chrome is actually relatively new, so if you've had a 64-bit computer for a while, and you downloaded Chrome weeks, months, or years ago, you're actually currently running the 32-bit version of Chrome.

You can verify this by clicking on the settings button in the top right of your browser and choosing About Google Chrome. Here, it will tell you if you're running 32-bit or 64-bit Chrome.

If you're running 32-bit Chrome, don't worry; the transition is seamless. Simply download 64-bit Chrome as detailed above and run the installer. Once the installer is done, close Chrome completely. That means exiting out of all windows and even finding the Chrome icon in your System Tray (the area in the lower right of your desktop), right clicking on it, and selecting Exit.

Then reopen Chrome. You can go back to the About Google Chrome screen to verify that you're running 64-bit Chrome now. All your bookmarks and synced info should remain exactly as it was, and you can even open the last tabs you were using by going into Settings > Recent Tabs.