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| Thread ID: 106435 | 2010-01-08 06:37:00 | vista 7 upgrade trouble | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
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| 846961 | 2010-01-08 07:41:00 | We've already TOLD you WHERE to format the hdd. At the setup screen | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846962 | 2010-01-08 07:45:00 | ok thanks for the help everyone ill give it a go tomorrow as its abit late to start now thanks again | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 846963 | 2010-01-08 13:08:00 | Take the dvd out of the drive, reboot the computer and press F8 (or whichever key the first boot screen tells you to get to the BIOS (they might call it Setup) screen) then look for Boot Order, or Boot Device Priority (may be under Boot menu or similar), change the 1st boot device to DVD drive, put Win7 dvd back in the drive and press F10 etc to save settings, computer will now reboot and start installing Win7; on the first window you see, it will give you two choices, Upgrade or Custom, click Custom (because you have already overwritten your original Vista installation (though you could try Wainui's suggestion to recover your data)); on the next window that opens, at the bottom, in the list of choices is Format, stop there and come back to us. ok so how do i uninstall it from the BIOS as its the only place i can get to and do i have to ask Microsoft for both my licenses back? (You haven't lost or given away your licenses/product keys, they are not a one-use item (you just cant use them on more than one machine)). :sleep |
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| 846964 | 2010-01-08 20:51:00 | ok, i think i know what to do know thanks so much just one question i have several games installed on the pc and i was wondering do i have to uninstall the before i reformat the drive ( so that it is registered that i have uninstalled it) or can i just reformat the drive and then reinstall them once win 7 is successfully installed? P.s sorry i kept asking where to format the drive i thought i had to go to the place where you can create partitions etc but i didnt know where to find that, now i get that i can reformat it during a fresh install of win 7, my bad :) thanks again |
smithinator (15240) | ||
| 846965 | 2010-01-08 20:56:00 | When you do a clean install, it'll format (remove everything), inc games. You'll have to reinstall everything. After you reinstall Windows 7. Dont forget to install the chipset drivers after windows has been installed. Then the other drivers | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846966 | 2010-01-08 21:02:00 | so it doesn't matter that i didn't remove them the normal way cos i always thought to prevent copy write the game registered the key online so if you where to install it onto another PC it would know you already have it installed else where, and by wiping them via a reformat wouldn't allow the game to register the fact i had actually uninstalled it thus not allowing me to reinstall at a later date, this was just a theory i was thinking about a while back. | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 846967 | 2010-01-08 21:05:00 | No it wont matter if you didnt uninstall them first. Because everything will be gone after you format the hard drive. It may keep the key online somewhere. But you cant do anything about that. If it (the game doesnt work after you reinstall), you'll have to get in touch with whoever made the game. Only way to find out, is reinstall the game/s after. See what happens | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846968 | 2010-01-08 21:09:00 | thats good news ( if it allows me to reinstall ) ill try later today when i come home thanks for the help, ill let you all know how it goes. :D | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 846969 | 2010-01-08 21:41:00 | This may or may not be of any help -- Found These step by step (www.pcmag.com) pictures, ( once booted from the DVD, you will basically start from the forth one, install) when you get to the upgrade or custom - select custom - then on the next window where it says what partition, select the one that has the current OS, or both if it has two ( one may be a hidden) this is also assuming you have only one drive. Once selected, click on DELETE, this will totally wipe every thing, agree to any prompts, then proceed on, it will format, install etc, you will have to enter in things like your user name you want but the OS will do the rest. Edited: reread the link I put in post 18 - since this is an upgrade DVD, you may not be able to activate or enter in the key - but that link tells you what you need to do if this happens. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 846970 | 2010-01-08 22:19:00 | i just want to make sure : 1st i go to the bios and change first boot to disk, save changes 2nd i put in the windows 7 upgrade disk and restart 3rd i go through the steps until i hit upgrade or fresh install 4th i choose fresh install 5th i reformat hdd and 6 follow the steps until installation is complete is this correct i just want to make 100% sure ive got it right so i dont make the issue any worse, if that was possible |
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