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| 825487 | 2009-10-30 01:47:00 | Has anyone be able to do a clean install on a blank hard disk using a upgrade version of Windows 7 ? They say dont activate during install process but after the install has been completed by manually activating it Just curious if anyone ran into any problems. |
learning (5137) | ||
| 825488 | 2009-10-30 02:05:00 | WHAT are you upgrading from?? Dont upgrade from 32 to 64 bit. As some people have had probs doing this | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 825489 | 2009-10-30 02:07:00 | Has anyone be able to do a clean install on a blank hard disk using a upgrade version of Windows 7 ? They say dont activate during install process but after the install has been completed by manually activating it Just curious if anyone ran into any problems. Pretty straight forward, lots of tutorials on the web.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 825490 | 2009-10-30 04:18:00 | WHAT are you upgrading from?? Dont upgrade from 32 to 64 bit. As some people have had probs doing this Actually i meant using a Upgrade Ver Disc fo Windows 7 and installing it on a blank hard drive without having a existing OS on it. This saves some money on purchasing the full retail version of Widnows 7 and just using upgrade version which is cheaper to install on a blank hdd with no existing Windows on it |
learning (5137) | ||
| 825491 | 2009-10-30 04:22:00 | NO I haven't but I used an OEM copy of home premium on my blank HDD as I'm too tight to pay retail | gary67 (56) | ||
| 825492 | 2009-10-30 05:46:00 | I could be wrong here so someone correct me if I am... One of my work colleagues bought the upgrade version and wanted to do a clean install using the Windows 7 Pro upgrade disk. During the setup (from within Windows Vista) when it came to the hard disk to install on it wouldn't let him delete any partitions or format the hard disk. Instead it told him that to do this the machine needs to be rebooted with the Windows 7 disk. The funny thing there is that when he booted the computer with the Windows 7 disk it wouldn't work... even if he manually selected the DVD drive as the 1st boot device. The computer would only boot from C:... I am thinking that you can only use the upgrade install from within an existing Windows session (this is the part I'm not too sure on, but I'm pretty confident that this is the requirement) I myself have always purchased OEM OS disks so have no experience with using upgrade versions. As a rule of thumb I believe in re-installing any OS from scratch on a freshly formatted disk. See if you can boot your PC using the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD you have... I am pretty sure it won't work. Just my :2cents: Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 825493 | 2009-10-30 06:28:00 | Take a look here (community.winsupersite.com):thumb:. | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 825494 | 2009-10-30 06:52:00 | Or you should be able to the use the same method as the one in Vista(install 7 twice;)) www.winsupersite.com |
Blam (54) | ||
| 825495 | 2009-10-30 07:29:00 | Just an idea, you could install the Win 7 RC (if you have it) and then upgrade from that? Im not sure if this works... Maybe it does? :confused: :) |
evrypc (15296) | ||
| 825496 | 2009-10-30 07:32:00 | Just an idea, you could install the Win 7 RC (if you have it) and then upgrade from that? Im not sure if this works... Maybe it does? :confused: :) yes, you could do that too, although its more hassle for nothing |
Blam (54) | ||
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